Globally, a staggering 80% of the world’s population are considered “oral communicators,” by necessity or preference. These are people who can’t, don’t, or won’t read, or who prefer to learn and communicate by methods other than written text. Even North America is increasingly becoming a post-textual society, more and more...
Written by Jamie Loker, ASM Latin America Director How can you pray for Scripture distribution trips? Here are some ideas! The following 20 ways to pray for team trips are gathered from years of organizing trips and serving Jesus in a cross-cultural setting, copied from my own prayer journal. I...
“We’re starting the distribution of the audio Bibles [in Haiti]. Everyone in the country wants one…!” This encouraging report just arrived back from our distribution partners in Haiti. The Many Hands for Haiti (MH4H) chaplains are very excited about the openness to and hunger for the Bible in audio, as...
One young couple in South Dakota recently used their wedding as an opportunity to make a lasting impact! In lieu of wedding gifts, they asked those celebrating with them to donate to ASM. “[We’ve] seen the fruit from ASM,” this new husband explained, “and I love listening to the Bible...
17 audio Bibles! 17 individuals and families are hearing God’s Word in audio, thanks to one committed donor. For nearly 30 years, one faithful donor has sent what they could, when they could, to support Audio Scripture Ministries’ focus on getting God’s Word into the hands of those who need...
What do energetic middle-schoolers, immigration, and thick wool socks have in common? These were 3 things carefully and humorously threaded throughout JP Sundararajan’s story of settling into life in America. On Monday, November 15th, JP had the amazing chance to tell his story to a room of over 70 middle...
A number of weeks ago, we were all astonished to learn of the earthquakes in Nepal that rocked the Richter scale and cause wide-sweeping devastation. As the death toll mounted, we prayed for respite for the people of this beautiful, rugged nation. The aftershocks that continued to reverberate have thankfully...
Dear JP and the rest of the staff, I am returning these two audio Scripture players for use in the field. Our Faithwalkers kids (Sunday school from preschool through eighth grade) have enjoyed learning about these players and how they are used, but the elephant really captured their hearts—and mine,...
Check out this update from our partners at WCOI: Greetings from all of us at WCOI. I just heard from an IEM (Indian Evangelical Mission) missionary serving among the Garasia People in the border of Gujarat – Rajasthan. He told me three very interesting testimonies, and I had to share...
When I took over as India-Asia Director for ASM nearly twelve years ago, I never dreamed of a day when the ministry in India would grow to the heights to which it has grown today. I may have been a man of faith, but my faith was minuscule compared to...
It was a little over a year ago that we got news from a group of Bible translators working with the India Evangelical Mission (IEM) on a language called the Bison Horn Madiya (I love that name). They asked us if we would record the New Testament that they had...