Source: Evangelical Focus, July 19, 2021
The distribution of Bibles slightly increased worldwide in 2021, the United Bible Societies recently reported in a press release.
According to their data, around 32.6 million complete Bible editions were distributed last year, “after the pandemic-related slump in Bible distribution in the previous year,” the situation has stabilized again.
Compared to the previous year (30.9 million copies), this was an increase of 5.5% in 2021.
Furthermore, around 20% of all full Bibles distributed were downloaded from the internet, so that the share of digital Bibles is lower than in the first “corona year” 2020, but is 15% higher than in 2019.
According to the report, the distribution of digital editions “is playing an increasingly important role, especially in crisis regions.”
You might also be interested in a video-based story about the creation of a New Testament for the Yupik people of St. Lawrence Island in Alaska (Wycliffe Bible Translators; about seven minutes long).