EEM to Provide 600,000 Children's Bibles in 2025
FORT WORTH, TEXAS / ACCESS Newswire / March 12, 2025 / Nastya's world was shattered when war took her parents, leaving her alone in an orphanage, overwhelmed with sorrow and hopelessness. She had no one to turn to - until she received a children's Bible in 2024. Clutching its pages every night, she searched for comfort and hope. Her teacher soon saw a transformation: the light returning to her eyes, a sense of peace settling in her heart.Ukrainian Orphan With Bible Ukrainian Orphan Girl Holding Children's Bible
One night, Nastya whispered, 'Now I know that God is my dad.'
For the first time since losing her parents, Nastya knew she was not alone. Then, two months later, she experienced another miracle - she was adopted into a loving family. The one thing she refused to leave behind: her Bible.
Right now, thousands of children like Nastya are waiting for the hope found in God's Word.
Through the 2025 Bibles for Kids campaign, EEM aims to provide 600,000 illustrated children's Bibles in 21 languages to kids across Eastern Europe and beyond.
In the last four years, EEM has provided 2.1 million children and teens with their own copy of God's Word through the ministry's annual Bibles for Kids campaigns.
'When kids grow up with a copy of the Bible in their own language, they discover that God's love is real, personal and everlasting,' said EEM CEO and President Bob Burckle. 'Children who receive a Bible find strength, peace, and the promise of eternal life with Jesus.'
For more than six decades, EEM has faithfully worked to provide free Bibles and Bible-based materials to people in former Communist bloc countries and beyond. From smuggling Bibles behind the Iron Curtain in the 1960s to working with ministry partners to provide Bibles to refugees in the 2020s, EEM's mission is simple: to share God's Word with everyone. Through partnerships with churches, schools, orphanages, refugee ministries and rehabilitation centers, EEM distributes Bibles in over 36 countries in more than 32 languages.
'The Bibles for Kids campaign invites Christians worldwide to come alongside these children in faith - through prayer and financial partnership. Every Bible placed into these precious hands is a chance for a child's future to be changed for eternity,' said Dirk Smith, EEM Vice President.
'With this year's matching fund campaign, every $5 donation provides two Bibles to two children,' Smith added. 'More than a book; it's a life-changing message - an invitation to eternity with Jesus!'
To learn more about Bibles for Kids, visit eem.org/bfk.
About EEM (Eastern European Mission)
www.eem.org.
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