The CLC Children’s Bible Project

Spreading the Word. Reaching the World.

While visiting a CLC bookshop in Chiang Mai, Thailand, it quickly became clear that only a handful of children’s Bibles were available in the Thai language. Something so foundational—helping children encounter Scripture—was simply out of reach for many.

From that moment, the CLC Children’s Bible Project was born.

The goal is clear: to provide affordable, age-appropriate Bibles for children in countries where these resources are scarce or unaffordable. Children are naturally open to the Gospel, but only if they can access it in a way they understand. This project exists to remove those barriers.

The focus is on countries with small evangelical populations and limited printing infrastructure, including Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Pakistan, Portugal, and Thailand. In each context, the aim is the same—to place God’s Word into the hands of children in their own language, in a format they can engage with.

To do this effectively, the project has been designed around three key stages of childhood.

For ages 3–5, Bibles are created with vivid illustrations and simple storytelling to introduce foundational truths. For ages 6–10, the content becomes more detailed, combining engaging visuals with richer narrative to help children grow in understanding. For ages 11 and above, full-colour Bibles of around 250 pages provide deeper biblical content—resources that are often valued not just by young people, but by adults as well.

The long-term vision is for every CLC country to have at least three children’s Bible editions available in its national language—one for each age group—ensuring that children can continue to grow in their understanding of Scripture as they mature.

This vision is already taking shape.

Phase 1 saw 8,000 copies of The Picture Bible distributed across India, Kenya, the Philippines, and Uganda. Phase 2 expanded this work significantly, with 2,000 devotional Bibles printed for children in the Philippines and a further 15,000 copies produced for multiple age groups across Bulgaria, India, Italy, Mozambique, Myanmar, Poland, Romania, and Thailand. French-language editions are also being distributed in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Ivory Coast, extending the reach across West Africa.

Now, Phase 3 is underway. The goal is to translate and print 25,000 copies of God’s Colorful Kingdom Storybook Bible—a beautifully illustrated edition featuring 31 stories that trace God’s redemptive plan. The aim is to make this resource available by mid-2026 in 12 languages, reaching children aged 10–14 across 15 countries, including Ukraine.

Behind every number is a child encountering Scripture—often for the very first time.

And the impact rarely stops there. In many homes, parents and grandparents read alongside their children, turning each Bible into a shared family experience. One book can become a light for an entire household.

Looking ahead, the prayer is bold. To print at least 50,000 children’s Bibles—and, as the Lord provides, perhaps even 100,000.

Each Bible costs between $2.50 and $4.50 to print, excluding shipping. Yet its value cannot be measured in cost alone. These are seeds of truth, planted in young hearts, with the potential to shape lives for generations.

This is what it looks like to equip the next generation. This is how we continue to spread the Word and reach the world.

Would you consider partnering with us? Your support helps place God’s Word into young hands—and open hearts.