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Harry Lighton wins Bible based film competition

Harry Lighton, from Portsmouth, has won The Pitch film competition.

Good news from Syria

In December, we asked you to pray for our team member in Aleppo, who have been faithfully serving the people of Syria despite constant danger. Thanks for your prayers! We're happy to say we have good news from Syria.

New ‘Live the Bible’ initiative in Wales

The new year welcomes the launch of ‘Byw y Beibl’ (Live the Bible), a new campaign by Bible Society Wales, Y Cyngor Ysgolion Sul (The Sunday School’s Council) and Gobaith i Gymru (Hope for Wales) to encourage reading...

Crowd-funded chapterless Bible arrives

Today a long-awaited Bible arrived on the doormats (or, handed over by a courier) for the UK cohort of the 20,000+ people who ordered the crowd-funded Bibliotheca Bible back in 2014. 

News from our team in Aleppo

You've probably seen news reports from Aleppo, where the situation is volatile and changing by the hour. Please join us in prayer for our team currently in the city.

A third of all Brits believe in guardian angels

Do you believe in angels? It turns out 1 in 3 people in the UK do according to a recent poll we commissioned. One in three people believe in angels and the same proportion feel they have a guardian angel watching over them...

Prayer request from our team in Aleppo

Our team in Aleppo are still operating despite the huge conflict in city, which is under siege.

Record-breaking nativity

Bible Society, along with Calne Town Council, broke the Guinness World Record record for the World’s Largest Live Nativity, on Saturday night, in the town of Calne, in Wiltshire.

The Aetherlight

A new, interactive internet game that enables children to play in a world like modern-day Narnia, has been used by thousands of families since it launched earlier this year.

Worries over lack of pastors in Chinese churches

As government advisers, clerics and academics met in Shanghai, China today for a conference on the role of Christianity in the country, a senior church leader has said that he is ‘worried’ by the lack of trained pastors...

Meet our new Chief Executive

Paul Williams tells us how the Bible’s shaped his thinking, how he came to be at Bible Society, why he’s excited about the future…

Sarab's story

28-year-old mum, Sarab, was walking to her house in Damascus, Syria when it was bombed right in front of her. This is her story of pain, fear and recovery in her own words...
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