Patmos Survey: What 90,000 People Reveal About the Bible Today
The Global Pulse on Scripture In a world where nearly everyone can access a Bible with a tap on a smartphone, a crucial question remains: What do people worldwide think of it? The Patmos World Bible Attitudes Survey—commissioned by the British and Foreign Bible Society and United Bible Societies and conducted by Gallup—offers the most comprehensive global snapshot […]
State of the Bible 2018
State of the Bible 2018 … Since 2011, the Barna Group has conducted an annual survey concerning the state of the Bible in the USA. The survey is commissioned by the American Bible Society and conducted by the Barna Group. It aims to gather insights into Americans’ multifaceted relationship with God’s Word. It includes findings […]
How to Measure Scripture Engagement
How to measure Scripture engagement … Since Scripture engagement is crucial to the spiritual health and growth of individuals and communities (churches, schools, Bible agencies, ministries), it is helpful to understand “the conditions necessary for such growth to be sustained – to become permanent – and to continue” (Mark Forshaw, Global Scripture Impact). Here’s how […]
Bible Engagement SWOT Analysis
Bible engagement SWOT analysis … What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to Bible Engagement? The Bible Research Summit researchers and practitioners generated, in no particular order or categorization, these thoughts and comments: God shows up in the divine reading of the Word. Bible engagement should help people encounter Jesus through the Scriptures. Political […]
Working Definitions of Scripture Engagement
Working definitions of Scripture engagement … Bible Research Summit working definitions. In ongoing efforts to understand the nature and scope of Scripture engagement, researchers and practitioners at the recent Bible Research Summit drafted the following three working definitions: 1. Scripture engagement is encountering God/Jesus through a process/lifestyle of quality interaction in/with the Story as part […]
State of the Bible 2015
State of the Bible 2015 … Weekly Bible reading is more likely among women, African-Americans, Southerners, and people from lower-income households than among men, Millenials, or people from the North East. This according to the State of the Bible 2015 report from the American Bible Society. Some highlights from the report: Four out of five […]
Bible Reading in Canada
Bible reading in Canada … According to the Canadian Bible Engagement Study (May 2014), 55% of Canadians never read the Bible, 28% seldom read it, 7% read it a few times a year, and 11% read it once a week or more frequently. How do these statistics compare with Bible reading in the past? In […]
State of the Bible in the USA
What are the attitudes and behaviours of Americans toward the Bible? Here’s a summary of the current trends from the State of the Bible 2014 poll of a representative sample of Americans: sceptical views about the Bible have doubled in the last three years 56% of Americans are pro-Bible, yet only 37% read it once a […]