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State of the Bible USA 2022

In a word, the current State of the Bible is “under-engaged.” Perhaps the Bible has been neglected or simply taken for granted as people dealt with the challenges of reassembling their lives after a disruptive pandemic. A significant number of…

RichardApril 7, 2022

Culture Research

Analysis of the reception and appropriation of the Bible by Manobo Christians in Central Mindanao, Philippines

Summary of thesis: The purpose of this thesis is to examine how Christians, within a minority people in the southern Philippines, view the Bible conceptually as a source of spiritual authority and also how they read and interpret the Bible,…

RichardMarch 9, 2022

Research

Scripture Engagement Research Initiative

Dallas International University (DIU), in collaboration with SIL’s Pike Center for Integrative Scholarship, has launched the Scripture Engagement Research Initiative (SERI). The SERI program hosts a series of large grant-funded Scripture Engagement research projects. Research topics are proposed both by…

RichardMarch 3, 2022

Research

State of the Bible 2021

From the online church revolution to socially-distanced small groups, the landscape of Christian faith and worship in America has been deeply disrupted in the past year. The strain of the ongoing pandemic and civil unrest in our nation continues to…

RichardMay 11, 2021

Research

Scripture Use Research And Ministry (SURAM)

The SURAM Report presents the results, conclusions and recommendations of the SURAM (Scripture Use Research And Ministry) project, which ran from 2014 until early 2017. SURAM investigated the use, or lack of use, of translated New Testaments in eleven languages…

RichardFebruary 10, 2021

Bible Translation Culture Research

Making a Difference

How did two very different language communities encounter and make early choices about Christianity? This book is a historical record of the Dagomba and Konkomba people groups of Northern Ghana as they embraced the Bible translated into their mother tongues.…

RichardFebruary 1, 2021

Digital Research Young People

Global Youth Culture

"Unfortunately, it seems that instead of turning to sources of actual truth found in God’s Word, pastors, and the Church, our youth are doing Google and YouTube searches to find the answers for who they are and what is their…

RichardSeptember 28, 2020

Research

State of the Bible 2020

The State of the Bible 2020 research report can be downloaded as a free ebook. American Bible Society will publish additional ebook chapters every month between August and December 2020. Here is a summary from the American Bible Society blog:…

RichardSeptember 22, 2020

Research

Scripture Engagement Research Compendium (SERC)

Coordinator: Jed Carter The Scripture Engagement Research Compendium (SERC) provides brief, comparable descriptions of SE research projects conducted in minority languages around the world. It is a helpful starting point for those desiring to learn from SE research and for…

RichardJanuary 17, 2020

Language Issues Research

Language Choice Among the Havu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Thesis for Master of Arts with major in Language and Culture Studies, Dallas International University. Abstract: This thesis provides an analysis of current language choices self-reported by Havu participants within the domain of the Havu Christian churches in the urban…

RichardJanuary 5, 2020

Research

State of the Bible USA 2022

Analysis of the reception and appropriation of the Bible by Manobo Christians in Central Mindanao, Philippines

Scripture Engagement Research Initiative

State of the Bible 2021

Scripture Use Research And Ministry (SURAM)

Making a Difference

Global Youth Culture

State of the Bible 2020

Scripture Engagement Research Compendium (SERC)

Language Choice Among the Havu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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