Bibles for those in need

Around the world people are being driven from their homes due to war, conflict, persecution or famine. According to the UN there are 84 million of them from countries like Iraq, Somalia, and the Sudan.

Such unwilling refugees end up hundreds of miles from where they long to be. Desperate and broken men, women and children – with nothing and no one.

We are committed to meeting their need for the Bible. In refugee centres and camps, with their hopes, dreams and freedom gone:

• Some are desperate for life’s meaning and open to finding it in the Bible – if only they had one.
• Others already know God – and long for the Bible’s strength and comfort to see them through these dark days.

Bible Society works with dedicated specialists to provide refugees with the Scriptures in languages they can understand.

We never hand out Bibles indiscriminately. And are always sensitive to the risks that come from such diverse groups of fragile and vulnerable people living so closely together.

We also work in partnership with agencies working to meet the refugees’ physical needs and with churches and mission agencies determined to meet their spiritual needs.