Operation Blessing' received 20,000 Extreme Faith Bibles and 130,000 Scripture Comics, colouring books and activity books for use in its 'Bless A Child' program. This ministry focuses on the needs of children and young people at risk, through music, preaching, games, and free bicycle repairs. Outreach to Truckers distributes Scriptures at Christian rallies held along America's highways. ABS provides Scripture materials for these. Keeping up with the demand for this special edition has been a challenge.
ABS also has a vision to provide Scriptures worldwide.
In the spring, the Maclellan Foundation challenged ABS and the UBS fellowship to finance a program called Opportunity 21 . The money raised will help fund some 338 projects being developed by 65 national Bible Societies over and above the UBS World Service Program. This means that O-21 becomes one of the largest Scripture development and distribution programs ever undertaken. The projects are primarily in developing areas of the world, and key among them will be new types of Scripture programs, such as audio and visual media.