The American Bible Society
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| Abbreviation | ABS |
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| Formation | 1816 |
| Type | International nongovernmental organization |
| Purpose | Bible distribution |
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Region served
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International |
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President
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Roy L. Peterson |
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Budget
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$83,000,000 |
| Website | americanbible |
The American Bible Society (ABS) is a United States–based nondenominational Bible society which publishes, distributes and translates the Bible and provides study aids and other tools to help people engage with the Bible. Founded on May 11, 1816, in New York City, it is probably best known for its Good News Translation of the Bible, with its contemporary vernacular. They also publish the Contemporary English Version. The American Bible Society is also a member of the Forum of Bible Agencies International. ABS's headquarters relocated from New York City to Philadelphia in August 2015.
The government of the society is entrusted to a board of managers, one-fourth of whom retire from office each year, but are eligible for reelection. The number of trustees is determined from time to time by resolution of the board, but shall not be less than 18 nor more than 24, including the President. There are currently 20 members of the Board of Trustees. Laymen who were constituted directors for life before 1 June 1877, and ministers who are life members are authorized to attend the meetings of the board, with power to speak and vote.
The American Bible Society was founded in 1816 by people who were committed to the word of God and to the end of slavery. The first President was Elias Boudinot, who had been President of the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783. John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, was named President in 1821 and a number of illustrious individuals like Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Johns Hopkins University President Daniel Coit Gilman and Edwin Francis Hyde, a former president of the Philharmonic Society of New York, headed up the organization over the years. Francis Scott Key, the writer of the United States' National Anthem, was a Vice President of the organization from 1817 until his death in 1843. The society's first headquarters were on Nassau Street in Lower Manhattan.
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