The goal of this project is to build a lifetime of faith and reliance on God’s word for children through early engagement with the stories of the Bible. Each year up until 2023, the project provided Bibles for 2,000 babies born in the previous year. Up until 2027, during their birthday month, the children receive a hand-written birthday card with an insert for parents with ideas to encourage faith and family Bible reading. On their fifth birthday, the children receive the gift of a CEV Big Rescue Bible that they can read through their primary school years.

There will be no further registrations for the Bible for Bubs program in 2024. Children registered in the program in 2023 and past years will continue to receive their annual birthday cards and a Bible for their 5th birthday.

Since its establishment in 2018, the Bibles For Bubs program has Opened The Bible to over 13,700 Australian children and their families. The project has provided parents with helpful resources and content to engage their children with the Bible, which have been received well.

Just as Timothy was ‘made wise for salvation’ from his childhood knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, taught to him by his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice (2 Timothy 3:14-15), so these children are being helped to build a foundational knowledge of God’s word.

The project has gained popularity as grandparents and friends encourage their loved ones to apply. The influx of applications in the program’s final registration intake in 2023 (reaching over 1,600 applications) is a testimony to the value that parents, grandparents and friends see in giving children the gift of God’s word.