American Bible Society to shutter $US60 million Faith and Liberty Discovery Center
United States RNS A $US60 million museum that showcased the Bible’s role in American history will shut down less than three years after it opened. The American Bible Society announced on Wednesday that it will close the Faith and Liberty Discovery Center in Philadelphia on 1st April. The 40,000-square-foot museum, which cost a reported $US60 […]
Essay: ASL Bible shows that God speaks in sign languages too
In an article published on Religion News Service, ROBERT L BRIGGS, president and CEO of the American Bible Society, reflects on the recent creation of the American Sign Language Bible in marking National Deaf History Month in the US…
In the US, Martin Luther King, Jr, faith events continue in time of COVID-19 and Capitol chaos
RNS Commemorations of the life of Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, look different this year, with few in-person opportunities to preach, pray and volunteer amid the coronavirus pandemic. But many online gatherings that mark his birthday on Friday and the holiday in his honour on Monday will apply his messages of years ago to the […]
State of the Bible: Left unread during the coronavirus pandemic
RNS People may be reading the news and “doomscrolling” through social media during the coronavirus pandemic. But what they don’t appear to be reading is the Bible. That’s according to the 10 annual State of the Bible survey released on Wednesday (22nd July) by the American Bible Society. PICTURE: doungtepro on Pixabay/Creative Commons The number of American […]
Faith leaders: Police used gas that caused tears, coughing when clearing DC park
RNS On Tuesday evening President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign asserted that media outlets had falsely reported that law enforcement used tear gas to disperse protesters and faith leaders outside the White House. The police had broken up a protest on Monday shortly before the President crossed the street and posed with a Bible in front […]
Sixteen per cent of Americans choose Bible as daily routine “must have”
Just 16 per cent of Americans said they would read the Bible as part of their daily routine when asked to choose between that and other activities while 37 per cent said they preferred drinking coffee, 28 per cent favoured having “something sweet” and 19 per cent preferred using social media. Such are the findings […]
INTERNET: AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY’S .BIBLE DOMAIN POLICIES RESTRICT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ONLINE, CRITICS SAY
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports about concerns over access to the .bible domain…
Crowded lives continue to impact teens’ Bible reading in US, study finds
Crowded lives continue to significantly impact the amount of time America’s teenagers spend reading the Bible, an annual study of US teenagers’ relationship with the book has found. The 2016 Teen State of the Bible research, commissioned by the American Bible Society and conducted by Barna Research, shows that while 69 per cent of US […]