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==== One Million Bibles Initiative ====
In November 2022, Crossway began an effort to fund and distribute one million ESV Bibles throughout English-speaking regions in the [[Global South]], with a primary focus on Africa and Asia. Having been designed on a funding model where Bibles produced at cost are either donated or strategically subsidized, the project was initiated to resource Christians and pastors in low-income communities with study Bibles and various other editions, aiming to prevent "biblical illiteracy, spiritual malnourishment, and the transmission of false teaching run rampant."<ref>{{Cite web |title=One Million Bibles: A Crossway Global Initiative |url=https://www.crossway.org/donate/onemillionbibles/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111201259/https://www.crossway.org/donate/onemillionbibles/ |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |access-date=November 9, 2023 |website=Crossway}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Goins-Phillips |first=Tré |date=May 15, 2023 |title=Major Publisher Launches Next Phase of Campaign to Distribute One Million Bibles to Christians in Global South |work=[[Christian Broadcasting Network|Faithwire]] |url=https://www.faithwire.com/2023/05/15/major-publisher-launches-next-phase-of-campaign-to-distribute-one-million-bibles-to-christians-in-global-south/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109003616/https://www.faithwire.com/2023/05/15/major-publisher-launches-next-phase-of-campaign-to-distribute-one-million-bibles-to-christians-in-global-south/ |archive-date=November 9, 2023}}</ref>

Crossway states that its ministry partners were in the process of distributing more than 435,000 Bibles by the end of 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crossway Global Ministry: 2023 Annual Report |url=https://uploads.crossway.org/excerpt/gm-annual-report-digital-single-pages.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301065924/https://uploads.crossway.org/excerpt/gm-annual-report-digital-single-pages.pdf |archive-date=March 1, 2024 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |website=Crossway}}</ref> increasing to 656,000 Bibles by the end of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=One Million Bibles: A Crossway Global Initiative |url=https://www.crossway.org/donate/onemillionbibles/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229051737/https://www.crossway.org/donate/onemillionbibles/ |archive-date=December 29, 2024 |access-date=December 29, 2024 |website=Crossway}}</ref> The project reached funding for all one million Bibles by the end of December 2024.