Biblica, The International Bible Society

We believe God has called Biblica to continue serving the Church in her efforts to fulfill the Great Commission by working intentionally and relentlessly to provide Unrestricted access to God’s Word for Untold millions of Unengaged and Unreached people so that our world might be transformed by the love of Jesus Christ. To this end we must build on Biblica’s rich history, core strengths, and compelling opportunities.

Aligning with our strategies, in the next 3 years our goals are to provide sufficient Scripture for 80 of the Top 100 languages while accelerating 50 first language translations; see 45 million children & youth move into new and growing relationships with Christ; 75 million people experience a first and growing Gospel discipleship with relevant Scripture resources/programs; 35 billion Biblica Scripture encounters through technology platforms; strengthen three impact drivers – Outcomes Management, Organizational Performance, and Collective Impact; and finally, to grow overall revenue an average of 10.5% per annum — led by 12% average growth in ministry investment within globally scaled opportunities.

Gateway Translation: Recognizing that our Gateway Translation strategy is a launch pad for accelerating global reach via cross-platform and multimedia Scripture resources we will focus on:
• Providing people with Scriptures in the language that serves them best
• Helping people to engage with Scripture

Rising Generations: Recognizing the strong fit of our contemporary Scripture texts, we will leverage our translations and programs to resource partner churches and ministries who serve children and youth - the present and future of our nations and the Church.

Frontline Church: Consistent with our history of focusing on people in the margins, we will serve ministries and churches (physical and virtual) on the frontline of the Gospel by creating Scripture outreach resources tailored toward those who desperately need God’s Word – the unreached, unengaged, unchurched, unwanted, and unseen.

Digital Acceleration: The majority of Biblica’s growth will come from a beyond-print mission model utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning. Biblica will expand digital platforms and partnerships to sizably increase reach and scale of impact.

Maximizing Impact: We begin with the end in mind as we seek to achieve Biblica’s mission. For this and for a deeper engagement of ministry investors and partners, we will build an outcomes-based framework, designed to maximize Bible impact within individuals, families, churches, and communities.

Growing Mission Resource: Prioritizing a generosity-based partnership paradigm requires us to significantly increase our advancement capacity to grow ministry reach and offset lost sales revenue. To that end, we will ramp up our fundraising infrastructure with people, processes, and technology necessary to raise funds from generous Ministry Investors.

Prioritizing Partnerships: In an attempt to pursue radical generosity and targeted impact, we will continue to shift our revenue model from earned retail income (selling Bibles) to strategic partnerships with frontline ministries. Some ministries will be able to contribute to the associated costs, but many will be funded in partnership with ministry investors.

Aligning Organizational Structure: Historically, Biblica has operated globally through six semi-autonomous regional offices, several of which operated on a sales-based business model. To increase efficiency, ensure consistent quality, and maximize our impact, we will move to a “functional” structure in which we will strategically partner with like-minded churches and ministries to carry out a unified global mission based in four geographical regions:
a. South & East Asia
b. Middle East & Europe
c. Africa
d. The Americas

For over 200 years, Biblica has a history of creating Bible translations and programs that are:

Relevant: We focus on resources that are contemporary in their readability and responsive to the needs of our partners.

Reliable: We continue to prioritize linguistic accuracy and faithfulness to the meaning of the original texts.

Our key distinctives and strengths include being:

o A “one-stop shop” for Bible / Scripture resource needs
o A pioneer and innovator in sharing God’s Word
o A truly global organization with strong local presence

Since 1809, our mission is to provide the Bible in accurate, contemporary translations and formats so that more people around the world will have the opportunity to be transformed by Jesus Christ.

Biblica stewards 74 languages that serve a growing portfolio of 85 Bible translations reaching 80% of the world with God's Word.

We released the Reach4Life youth discipleship New Testament in South Africa in 2004 in response to the AIDs crisis. Since then the peer education program is in over 30 countries across the globe impacting over 2 million youth.