The Bible Around the World
The Bible in Brazil
About 84% of Brazil is Christian — roughly 150 million believers in the largest Bible nation on earth — and a fresh translation lets you meet God not as a distant religion, but as a Father. Free online, with audio.
Yes — you can read the Bible free online in Brazil right now. About 84% of Brazilians are Christian — roughly 150 million believers, the largest Bible-reading nation on earth — and the Bible is freely legal to own, read, and share. The Father’s Heart Bible™ is free to read and hear on any phone, with no app and no account. Brazil is the most Bible-saturated nation on earth — and yet, for all its churches, the Father’s Heart Bible™ offers something many have never met: God revealed as a Father, not a distant authority to appease. It is available in English today, and a Brazilian Portuguese edition is one of our highest priorities.
Last updated June 2026
Key takeawayBrazil has more Bibles than almost anywhere — but the Father's Heart Bible™ invites you to finally meet the Father inside the book you already know.
Brazil at a glance
Brazil is a continent of a country — the largest in Latin America, the most populous Catholic nation on earth, and home to a vast and fast-growing evangelical church. It is a land of staggering natural beauty and equally staggering contrasts.
- People
- 217 million
- Language
- Portuguese
- Christians
- ~150 million
- Bible market
- #1 in the world
What Brazil is known for
Few nations are loved by the world the way Brazil is — for its warmth, its rhythm, and its sheer natural abundance.
Christ over the city
The Christ the Redeemer statue above Rio is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World — arms open over a nation.
The lungs of the planet
The Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, holds about 10% of all known species on earth.
The beautiful game
Brazil has won the FIFA World Cup a record five times — football here is less a sport than a national language.
Iguazu and wild wonders
From the thundering Iguazu Falls to the Pantanal wetlands, Brazil holds some of the planet’s greatest natural spectacles.
A culture of music and joy
Samba, bossa nova, and Carnival gave the world a vocabulary for celebration.
The largest Bible nation
Brazil receives and reads more Bibles than any country on earth — Scripture is woven into daily life.



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Faith and the Bible in Brazil
No nation reads more of the Bible than Brazil. It is the most populous Catholic country on earth — about 100 million Catholics — and home to the second-largest Protestant population in the Western world, with 47 million evangelicals and growing fast. All told, roughly 84% of Brazilians are Christian.
Brazil is also the largest Bible market in the world — more Bibles are printed, sold, and distributed here than anywhere else. Scripture saturates the culture, from favela storefront churches to vast stadium services. The beloved Almeida translation (in its ARA, ARC, and ACF editions), alongside the newer NVI and NTLH, has carried the Portuguese Bible for generations.
And yet, for all that abundance, many Brazilians carry a quiet ache: God is known about — as a rule-giver, a tradition, or a means to prosperity — more than He is known as Father. The need in Brazil is not a first Bible. It is to meet, inside the book they already revere, the Father who has loved them all along.
Sources: Brazil 2022 Census — religion (Christianity Today)Bible distribution (Brazil #1)
What pains Brazil
Behind the beaches and the joy, Brazilian families carry heavy and unequal burdens — and it is into these exact wounds that the Father’s heart speaks.
- 36,427
- lives lost to homicide in 2024 — among the highest totals on earth
- 0.504
- Gini index — one of the most unequal societies in the world
- 80%
- of families carry debt — a record high
- 71%
- of those in poverty are Black or mixed-race, though they are 57% of the population
- 7.4 million
- people still live in extreme poverty
- 50,000+
- children in residential or foster care — most removed from homes of violence, abuse, or neglect
The violence falls hardest on the young, the poor, and the Black — a generation of sons and daughters lost in the favelas and the urban margins. Inequality runs so deep that two Brazils live side by side, and household debt has reached record levels. Many homes are marked by absent fathers, and the wound of fatherlessness runs through it all.
These are not statistics to a Father. They are children He longs to gather. Brazil does not need more religion — it needs to know it is loved by a Father who runs to meet His children.
Sources: Brazil homicide data 2024 (Statista)Poverty & inequality 2024 (IBGE / Agência Brasil)
What “our Father” offers Brazil
Brazil already believes. The Father’s Heart Bible™ does not bring a new religion — it answers the longing underneath the religion Brazil already has: to be a beloved child, not a distant subject. For the first time in a fresh translation, Scripture reveals God not as a force to appease, but as a Father who runs to meet His children.
For the one who has a Bible but not a Father
You have heard of God your whole life. The Father’s Heart Bible™ lets you finally meet Him — the Father who runs to the returning child, not a rule-keeper to satisfy.
For the fatherless
Fatherlessness runs deep in Brazil — absent fathers, tens of thousands of children in care, and homes longing for a dad. To them Scripture promises “a father to the fatherless” and offers the Spirit of adoption — a Father who calls you His own, forever.
For the one crushed by inequality
Across the divide between the two Brazils, the Father calls every person — favela or penthouse — equally beloved. Belonging here is not bought; it is given.
For the one tired of earning God’s favor
To everyone worn out by religion that demands and prosperity gospels that disappoint, the Father offers a love that comes first and keeps no ledger of wrongs.
Why the Father's Heart Bible for Brazil
God revealed as Father, not religion
In the most Bible-rich nation on earth, the Father’s Heart Bible™ offers what familiarity can dull: God revealed as Father wherever Scripture reveals Him that way — from Genesis 1:1 onward.
Free, with audio, on any phone
No purchase, no app, no sign-up. The whole Bible is free to read online with audio on every chapter — built for a basic smartphone.
A Portuguese edition is coming
English is available today, and Portuguese — 257 million speakers across Brazil and Lusophone Africa — sits at the very top of our translation roadmap.
The translation opportunity in Brazil
Brazil reads the Bible like no other nation — but to read it in the Father’s own voice, in their own Portuguese, is a door still waiting to open for 200 million people.
- English available now speakersAvailable
- Portuguese 257 million speakersOn the roadmap
- Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) 5 million speakersTranslation needed
- Nheengatu 19,000 speakersTranslation needed
Every language is a door. If you feel called to help open one, you can sponsor a translation — or simply start reading the editions available today.
A preview in the Father’s voice
Read the opening of Scripture side by side — the English Father’s Heart Bible on the left, Portuguese on the right.
Genesis 1 · Gênesis 1 31 verses
1 In the beginning, our Heavenly Father created the heavens and the earth.
1 No princípio, nosso Pai celestial criou os céus e a terra.
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of our Father was hovering over the surface of the waters.
2 A terra era sem forma e vazia, e havia trevas sobre a face do abismo; e o Espírito de nosso Pai pairava sobre a face das águas.
3 Then our Father said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
3 Então nosso Pai disse: "Haja luz", e houve luz.
4 He saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
4 Ele viu que a luz era boa e separou a luz das trevas.
5 He called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
5 Ele chamou a luz de "dia", e às trevas chamou de "noite". E houve tarde, e houve manhã—o primeiro dia.
6 And our Father said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water."
6 E nosso Pai disse: "Haja um firmamento entre as águas, para separar águas de águas."
7 So he made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so.
7 Assim ele fez o firmamento e separou as águas que estavam debaixo do firmamento das águas que estavam por cima dele. E assim foi.
8 He called the expanse "sky." So there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
8 Ele chamou o firmamento de "céu". Assim houve tarde, e houve manhã—o segundo dia.
9 Then our Father said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so.
9 Então nosso Pai disse: "Ajuntem-se as águas que estão debaixo do céu num só lugar, e apareça a parte seca." E assim foi.
10 He called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And he saw that it was good.
10 Ele chamou a parte seca de "terra", e às águas reunidas chamou de "mares". E ele viu que isso era bom.
11 Then he said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees that bear seed-bearing fruit, each according to its kind." And it was so.
11 Então ele disse: "Produza a terra vegetação: plantas que deem semente e árvores que deem fruto com semente, cada uma segundo a sua espécie." E assim foi.
12 The land produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing seed-bearing fruit according to their kinds. And our Father saw that it was good.
12 A terra produziu vegetação: plantas que dão semente segundo as suas espécies e árvores que dão fruto com semente segundo as suas espécies. E nosso Pai viu que isso era bom.
13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
13 E houve tarde, e houve manhã—o terceiro dia.
14 And our Father said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark the seasons, the days, and the years,"
14 E nosso Pai disse: "Haja luminares no firmamento do céu para separar o dia da noite, e sirvam eles de sinais para marcar as estações, os dias e os anos,"
15 "and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so.
15 "e sejam luminares no firmamento do céu para iluminar a terra." E assim foi.
16 Our Father made two great lights: the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
16 Nosso Pai fez dois grandes luminares: o maior para governar o dia e o menor para governar a noite. Ele fez também as estrelas.
17 He set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth,
17 Ele os colocou no firmamento do céu para iluminar a terra,
18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And he saw that it was good.
18 para governar o dia e a noite e para separar a luz das trevas. E ele viu que isso era bom.
19 So there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
19 Assim houve tarde, e houve manhã—o quarto dia.
20 Then our Father said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
20 Então nosso Pai disse: "Fervilhem as águas de criaturas viventes, e voem as aves sobre a terra pelo firmamento do céu."
21 So he created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves and teems in the water, each according to its kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And he saw that it was good.
21 Assim ele criou as grandes criaturas do mar e todo ser vivente que se move e fervilha nas águas, cada um segundo a sua espécie, e toda ave que voa segundo a sua espécie. E ele viu que isso era bom.
22 Our Father blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."
22 Nosso Pai os abençoou, dizendo: "Sejam férteis e multipliquem-se e encham as águas dos mares, e multipliquem-se as aves na terra."
23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
23 E houve tarde, e houve manhã—o quinto dia.
24 And our Father said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so.
24 E nosso Pai disse: "Produza a terra criaturas viventes segundo as suas espécies: animais domésticos, criaturas que rastejam pelo solo e animais selvagens, cada um segundo a sua espécie." E assim foi.
25 He made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And he saw that it was good.
25 Ele fez os animais selvagens segundo as suas espécies, os animais domésticos segundo as suas espécies e todas as criaturas que rastejam pelo solo segundo as suas espécies. E ele viu que isso era bom.
26 Then our Father said, "Let us make humanity in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over every creature that moves along the ground."
26 Então nosso Pai disse: "Façamos a humanidade à nossa imagem, conforme a nossa semelhança, para que domine sobre os peixes do mar e as aves do céu, sobre os animais domésticos, sobre toda a terra e sobre toda criatura que rasteja pelo solo."
27 So our Father created humanity in their own image; in the image of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit he created them; male and female he created them.
27 Assim nosso Pai criou a humanidade à sua própria imagem; à imagem do Pai, do Filho e do Espírito Santo os criou; homem e mulher os criou.
28 Our Father blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
28 Nosso Pai os abençoou e lhes disse: "Sejam férteis e multipliquem-se; encham a terra e sujeitem-na. Dominem sobre os peixes do mar e as aves do céu e sobre toda criatura vivente que se move na terra."
29 Then he said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that bears seed-bearing fruit. They will be yours for food.
29 Então ele disse: "Eu dou a vocês toda planta que dá semente sobre a face de toda a terra e toda árvore que dá fruto com semente. Elas servirão de alimento a vocês.
30 "And to all the animals of the earth, all the birds in the sky, and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
30 "E a todos os animais da terra, a todas as aves do céu e a todas as criaturas que rastejam pelo solo—a tudo o que tem em si o fôlego de vida—dou toda planta verde por alimento." E assim foi.
31 Our Father saw all that he had made, and it was very good. So there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
31 Nosso Pai viu tudo o que havia feito, e era muito bom. Assim houve tarde, e houve manhã—o sexto dia.
John 3 · João 3 36 verses
1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
1 Havia um homem entre os fariseus chamado Nicodemos, um dos líderes dos judeus.
2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from our Father, for no one can do these signs that you do unless our Father is with him."
2 Ele foi ter com Jesus de noite e lhe disse: "Rabi, sabemos que és um mestre vindo da parte de nosso Pai, pois ninguém pode fazer esses sinais que tu fazes, a não ser que nosso Pai esteja com ele."
3 Jesus replied to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of our Father."
3 Jesus lhe respondeu: "Em verdade, em verdade te digo: se alguém não nascer de novo, não pode ver o reino de nosso Pai."
4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"
4 Nicodemos lhe disse: "Como pode um homem nascer, sendo velho? Pode, porventura, entrar pela segunda vez no ventre de sua mãe e nascer?"
5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of our Father."
5 Jesus respondeu: "Em verdade, em verdade te digo: se alguém não nascer da água e do Espírito Santo, não pode entrar no reino de nosso Pai."
6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Holy Spirit is spirit.
6 O que é nascido da carne é carne, e o que é nascido do Espírito Santo é espírito.
7 Don't be amazed that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
7 Não se admirem de eu lhes ter dito: 'É necessário que vocês nasçam de novo.'
8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Holy Spirit.
8 O vento sopra onde quer, e você ouve o seu som, mas não sabe de onde vem nem para onde vai. Assim é todo aquele que é nascido do Espírito Santo.
9 Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?"
9 Nicodemos lhe disse: "Como pode ser isso?"
10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?"
10 Jesus lhe respondeu: "Você é o mestre de Israel e não entende essas coisas?"
11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
11 Em verdade, em verdade te digo: nós falamos do que sabemos e damos testemunho do que temos visto, mas vocês não aceitam o nosso testemunho.
12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
12 Se eu lhes falei de coisas terrenas e vocês não creem, como crerão se eu lhes falar de coisas celestiais?
13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
13 Ninguém subiu ao céu, senão aquele que desceu do céu, o Filho do Homem.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
14 E, assim como Moisés levantou a serpente no deserto, assim importa que o Filho do Homem seja levantado,
15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
15 para que todo aquele que nele crê tenha a vida eterna.
16 For our Father so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
16 Porque tanto amou nosso Pai o mundo, que deu o seu Filho único, para que todo aquele que nele crê não pereça, mas tenha a vida eterna.
17 For our Father did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.
17 Pois nosso Pai não enviou o seu Filho ao mundo para condenar o mundo, mas para que o mundo fosse salvo por meio dele.
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of our Father.
18 Quem nele crê não é condenado, mas quem não crê já está condenado, porque não creu no nome do Filho único de nosso Pai.
19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
19 E este é o julgamento: a luz veio ao mundo, e as pessoas amaram mais as trevas do que a luz, porque as suas obras eram más.
20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, for fear that his works will be exposed.
20 Pois todo aquele que pratica o mal odeia a luz e não vem para a luz, com receio de que as suas obras sejam expostas.
21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in our Father.
21 Mas quem pratica a verdade vem para a luz, a fim de que se manifeste claramente que as suas obras foram realizadas em nosso Pai.
22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and there he remained with them and was baptizing.
22 Depois disso, Jesus foi com os seus discípulos para a região da Judeia, e ali permaneceu com eles e batizava.
23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized,
23 João também batizava em Enom, perto de Salim, porque havia ali muitas águas; e as pessoas vinham e eram batizadas,
24 for John had not yet been put in prison.
24 pois João ainda não tinha sido lançado na prisão.
25 Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over purification.
25 Surgiu, então, uma discussão entre alguns dos discípulos de João e um judeu a respeito da purificação.
26 And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him."
26 E eles foram ter com João e lhe disseram: "Rabi, aquele que estava contigo do outro lado do Jordão, de quem deste testemunho—olha, ele está batizando, e todos vão a ele."
27 John replied, "A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven."
27 João respondeu: "Uma pessoa não pode receber coisa alguma, se não lhe for dada do céu."
28 You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.'
28 Vocês mesmos podem testemunhar que eu disse: 'Eu não sou o Cristo, mas fui enviado adiante dele.'
29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom — Jesus. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
29 Aquele que tem a noiva é o noivo — Jesus. Mas o amigo do noivo, que está presente e o ouve, alegra-se muito com a voz do noivo. Por isso, essa minha alegria está agora completa.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
30 É necessário que ele cresça e que eu diminua.
31 The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. The one who comes from heaven is above all.
31 Aquele que vem de cima está acima de todos. Aquele que é da terra pertence à terra e fala de maneira terrena. Aquele que vem do céu está acima de todos.
32 He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
32 Ele dá testemunho do que tem visto e ouvido, mas ninguém aceita o seu testemunho.
33 Whoever receives his testimony confirms that our Father is true.
33 Quem aceita o seu testemunho confirma que nosso Pai é verdadeiro.
34 For the one whom our Father has sent speaks the words of our Father, for he gives the Holy Spirit without measure.
34 Pois aquele que nosso Pai enviou fala as palavras de nosso Pai, porque ele dá o Espírito Santo sem medida.
35 Our Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.
35 Nosso Pai ama o Filho e entregou todas as coisas nas suas mãos.
36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of our Father remains on him.
36 Quem crê no Filho tem a vida eterna; quem não obedece ao Filho não verá a vida, mas a ira de nosso Pai permanece sobre ele.
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Brazil and the world
Brazil will not only receive the Bible — it will help carry it. As one of the great missionary-sending and Portuguese-speaking nations on earth, a Brazil that receives the Father’s Heart Bible™ becomes a launching point to the world.
- ~38,000
- missionaries sent abroad each year — second only to the United States
- ~260 million
- Portuguese speakers worldwide a Brazilian edition would reach
- ~5 million
- Brazilians living abroad — the US, Portugal, Paraguay, the UK and Japan
A missionary superpower
Brazil sends roughly 38,000 missionaries around the world each year — second only to the United States — and Brazilian believers are uniquely embraced across cultures. As Brazil receives the Father’s Heart Bible™, it is positioned to carry it to the nations.
The Portuguese-speaking world
A Portuguese edition reaches far beyond Brazil: about 60 million Portuguese speakers in Africa — Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé, Equatorial Guinea — plus Portugal. One translation, roughly 260 million people.
The Brazilian diaspora
Nearly five million Brazilians live abroad — over two million in the United States alone — carrying their warmth and faith through everyday work, friendship, and church.
A bridge between continents
Brazil’s cultural reach naturally bridges Latin America and Lusophone Africa, making it a strategic launching point for the Father’s heart to two continents at once.
His Word will not return void
When our Father said, “Let there be light,” there was light. His Word accomplishes what He sends it to do. Across a nation already full of Bibles, His Word will not return empty — it will find the fatherless, the grieving, and the searching, and it will not fail.
“My word… will not return to me empty, but will accomplish that which I purpose.” — Isaiah 55:11
Hear the Father’s voice
A few of the most-read passages in the world, in the Father’s Heart Bible™ — tap any reference to read and listen free.
“For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!””
Romans 8:15“For our Father so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16“And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.”
Luke 15:20Meet the Father in the book you already love
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Frequently asked questions
How many Christians are there in Brazil?
About 84% of Brazilians are Christian — roughly 150 million people, the largest Christian population in Latin America. Brazil is the most populous Catholic nation on earth (about 100 million Catholics) and home to some 47 million and rapidly growing evangelicals. You can read and hear the Scriptures they treasure free in the Father's Heart Bible™ at fathersheartbible.com/read.
Is Christianity growing in Brazil?
Yes — while the Catholic share has slowly declined, the evangelical and Protestant church is growing fast, now roughly a third of the country, and Brazil remains the largest Bible market in the world. The Bible is freely legal to own and read everywhere. The Father's Heart Bible™ is free to read online with audio — no account, no app — at fathersheartbible.com/read.
Can I read the Bible online free in Brazil?
Yes. The Father's Heart Bible™ is free to read online with audio — no account, no purchase, no app. It is currently in English, which many Brazilians read; a Brazilian Portuguese edition is among our highest translation priorities, so the whole nation can read it in its own tongue.
Is the Father's Heart Bible available in Portuguese?
Not yet — but Portuguese, spoken by some 257 million people across Brazil and Lusophone Africa, is at the very top of our translation roadmap. Brazil is the largest Bible market in the world, and giving it a Bible that reveals God as Father in Portuguese is a central goal.
I already have a Bible — why another translation?
Brazil is rich in Bibles and churches, yet many people relate to God as a distant authority, an obligation, or a means to prosperity. The Father's Heart Bible™ renders God as Father wherever Scripture reveals Him that way — turning a familiar book into a Father's letter to a son or daughter you may never have known you were.
Is there an audio Bible I can listen to?
Yes. Every chapter of the Father's Heart Bible™ comes with free audio, so you can listen on any phone. Globally, audio Scripture is surging, with more than 1.3 billion audio-Bible listens recorded in a single year.
What is the most popular Bible translation in Brazil?
The most widely used is the Almeida translation — especially the Revised and Updated (ARA), Revised and Corrected (ARC), and Corrected and Faithful (ACF) editions — the historic Portuguese Bible that shaped Brazilian Christianity. Newer translations like the Nova Versão Internacional (NVI) and the readability-focused Nova Tradução na Linguagem de Hoje (NTLH) are also very popular. Nearly all Bible reading in Brazil is in Portuguese, which is why a Portuguese Father's Heart Bible™ is a central goal.



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- Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) → $50,000 · 5 million · 1.0¢ per reader
- Nheengatu → $50,000 · 19,000 · $2.63 per reader
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