China’s pastor crisis
It’s 4 am and still dark in the small town of Luhe in central China. The town is asleep, but Rev Liu Xiaofan is awake. Every day for the last 35 years, he’s risen at this time. He walks alongside
Articles by Hazel Southam
Bible reaches China’s Black Yi Tribe
Hazel Southam tells us what life is like for the inhabitants of China’s Cloudy Mountains and one woman’s wait for the Bible. The air is thin, clear and cold in the village of Zhi Chao in China’s Cloudy Mountains. The
“I learned that God is a healer”
Amin fled Syria with his children and grandchildren. He’s received trauma healing support from Bible Society and now he says, “God is a healer.” It’s a warm, sunny day in the Jordanian town of Madaba. Parents are dropping their children
‘The most dangerous place in Nairobi’ is now a natural haven
“This used to be the most dangerous place in Nairobi,” says our guide. We are standing on the edge of the Karuna Forest. We’re here to plant trees, but just six years ago, being here would have meant we’d been
One man’s story of surviving the Khmer Rouge regime
Forty years ago, as the violent Khmer Rouge regime swept through Cambodia, Arun Sok Nhep made a promise. Like hundreds of thousands of others, he’d been imprisoned during the Pol Pot regime, which began 40 years ago (17 April 1975).
Fear of death part of life for Syrian Bible distributor
The fear of abduction and death is a daily part of life for Syrian Bible distributor, Gaith. We’ve changed his name to protect him from possible attacks. Gaith works in northern Syria helping to distribute some 250,000 Bibles and portions
“Bombing will not stop us,” says Pakistan Bible boss
“We are shaken. We are upset. But this will not stop us worshipping.” These are the words of Bible Society’s general secretary in Pakistan, Anthony Ajiaz Lamuel, following the double suicide bombing on churches in Lahore. On March 15, two
WW1 Bible offers comfort after tragic death in Afghanistan
When Private Curtis Welsby’s friend Jamie died in Afghanistan just weeks before their battalion was to return to the UK, the 20-year-old from Manchester turned to the Bible. Pte Welsby, from the 1st Battalion the Mercian Regiment, carried an Armed
Bible gives homeless man peace
Temperatures have fallen well below zero in London this week. But a blue sleeping bag is all that keeps the cold out for 40-year-old Mark Alder. His home, during daylight hours, is the pavement of Victoria Street. People stream past