The Department is part of the Operations Division at Bible Society of Kenya.

BASU is charged with the development and implementation of Scripture use programmes that ensure all people in Kenya engage with God’s word meaningfully for transformation of lives.
The programmes under BASU department are project- based, which involves proposal writing to seek for funding. Keen monitoring and evaluation of each project is closely managed to ensure we meet expectations of our target audiences and the donors.

The programmes that are managed under BASU include:

- Literacy For Women in Africa
- Trauma Healing Programme
- Faith Comes By Hearing
- Outreach to marginalized communities
- Tackling Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
- Programme for Pastoral Instruction
- Africa Biblical Leadership Initiative (ABLI)
- Bible Eagles Club
- Bible translation
- Distribution

Ownership

BSK is Registered as a Society owned by members. Membership is open to Christians, Churches and Corporate Organizations. Currently the Society has about 1,000 Members.

How You Can Participate

Membership
Adopt a Language People
Prayer
Supporting a Program
Joining the Bible a Month Club(where you purchase a copy of a Bible(S) then BSK gives to prisoners

Membership

You can join as a member in either of the following categories:

-Corporate Membership = Ksh 10,000 (One off Payment for Corporate Organizations)

-Joint-Life Membership = Ksh 7,500 ( A one off Payment for Couples)

-Full-Life Membership= Ksh 5000 ( One off Payment for an Individual)

-Full Membership = Ksh1,000 ( Annual Payment by Individuals)

-Associate Membership = Ksh 100 (For Children and Students)

To Register as a member Click here

Adopt a Language People

Translation of Bible is our core business. Translation of one Bible requires Millions of Shillings. To translate only one verse of the Bible requires approximately Ksh. 1000.You can “Adopt A Language People” by committing to translate a certain number of verses. You can specify the language group you would like to sponsor. One may even choose the verse, chapter and book of the Bible they would want to translate.

You can commit to translate eg:
2000 verses Kshs 2,000,000
1000 verses Kshs 1,000,000
500 verses Kshs 500,000
200 verses Kshs 200,000
100 verses Kshs 100,000
50 verses Kshs 50,000
25 verses Kshs 25,000

Supporting a Programme

You can also choose to support any of our programmes directly through donations of your choice. Below are our programmes which you can support:

Faith Comes by Hearing

Where is the Good Samaritan Programme (HIV/AIDS)

Youth and Children Outreach

Literacy Work

Translation Projects