Bible Society’s goal is to develop and maintain effective distribution channels to ensure remote and Indigenous communities have access to translated Scriptures and Bible engagement resources. These include the Indigenous Scripture Grants Program, distribution through Koorong stores countrywide, digital technology (apps) and various partnerships with ministries and churches.

For the 2023 – 2024 financial year, through the Indigenous Scripture Grants Program, Bible Society’s goal is to provide $85,000 worth of Bibles and Scripture engagement resources free of charge for ministry to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia. This Scripture Grant helps ensure that translated Bibles reach remote communities where they are needed. For those unable to read the written text, translated audio Scriptures are loaded and sent on audio players.

This Bible distribution significantly impacts ministries, churches and communities who receive Bibles in their heart languages, empowering thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to face life’s challenges with Scripture in their hands and hearts.

In 2023, BSA conducted a 4,000km Distribution Tour to the APY Lands in central Australia. The team travelled by car from Adelaide to the APY Lands in northern South Australia, then onto Western Australian communities and north into the Northern Territory.

The Distribution Tour visited ten communities, from Mimili, Fregon, Ernabella in SA, Wingellina in WA and Docker River in NT, distributing Pitjantjatjara resources, including Bibles, Hymnbooks, posters in language, and the newly translated and published Jesus Calms the Storm children’s storybook, all well-received by the communities.