Stored in a Basement, Sent to the Nations

When 10,000 Armenian Bibles arrived in Yerevan from Belarus in January 2025, they were quietly placed in the basement of a local church, awaiting the right moment. That moment came on 4 April, when 45 pastors gathered in fellowship to discuss the distribution of these precious volumes. Yet even as the meeting began, calls were still coming in from churches and pastors who had not heard in time and were pleading to be included. The need was greater than anticipated.

Rather than rushing the process, the pastors paused to recalculate, reallocate, and prayerfully consider how best to steward the gift. The distribution was delayed but not denied. In due course, a full list of recipients was sent in from Yerevan, and every Bible was placed into the hands of those who would use it for ministry, witness, and comfort. This was a quiet testimony to the Lord’s provision and the faithful labour of His servants; ‘But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus’ (Philippians 4.19).

Among those present was Pastor Suren, who had overseen the storage of the Bibles. With quiet conviction, he asked whether some could be sent to Armenian communities living in hardship abroad. We told him what we have always believed: those closest to the need are best placed to discern it. As long as the Bibles were given freely, without charge, he was welcome to send them wherever the Word was most needed.

One year later, these Bibles have been distributed, and another 7,500 New Testaments are currently being printed. We pray that these will be distributed just as quickly. To date over TBS has printed over 100,000 Bibles and nearly 150,000 New Testaments in this language since it was first published.

Pray for the Lord’s blessing on all who receive a copy of His Word. ‘… blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it’ (Luke 11.28).