While visiting CLC’s bookshop in Chiang Mai, Thailand, I quickly realized that only a handful of children’s Bibles were available in the Thai language.
This led to the launch of the CLC Children’s Bible Project, with a clear goal: to provide affordable, age-appropriate Bibles for children in countries where such resources are scarce or unaffordable.
Children are naturally open to the Gospel—but only if they can access it in a way they understand. The project focuses on countries with small evangelical populations and limited printing resources, including Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Pakistan, Portugal, and Thailand.
The project offers Bibles appropriate for three key age groups:
Ages 3–5: Vivid illustrations and simple storytelling.
Ages 6–10: Captivating illustrations with more detailed stories for young readers.
Ages 11+: Full-colour Bibles of about 250 pages, with deeper biblical content—often appreciated by adults as well.
Our vision is for each CLC country to have quantities of at least three different Bibles—one for each age group—available in their national language.
Phase 1 saw 8,000 copies of The Picture Bible (for ages 5–10) distributed in India, Kenya, the Philippines, and Uganda.
Phase 2 included 2,000 devotional Bibles printed for children in the Philippines and 15,000 more for various age groups in Bulgaria, India, Italy, Mozambique, Myanmar, Poland, Romania, and Thailand. French-language Bibles are also being distributed in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Ivory Coast in West Africa.
Phase 3 aims to translate and print 25,000 copies of God’s Colorful Kingdom Storybook Bible (Tyndale), which features 31 Bible stories. Our goal is to make it available by mid-2026 in 12 languages for children aged 10–14 across 15 countries, including Ukraine.
Will you help CLC print at least 50,000 Children’s Bibles—or even 100,000, as the Lord provides?
Each Bible costs $2.50 to $4.50 to print, excluding shipping. Every copy can impact entire families, as parents and grandparents often read along.
Your support helps put God’s Word into young hands—and open hearts.