Last week, he showed off a picture of a Tanzanian baby named David Wandamba, who he said was named after him by a grateful father to whom he has been sending Bibles.

Families and friends of service personnel are prohibited from sending them Bibles, rosaries, Stars of David or other religious objects.

At the time of her death she was president of Religious Books for Russia, founded to send Bibles and religious literature to Russia; it has continued its work in Russia.

In the spring of 1856, with the question of slavery dividing the country, Beecher raised money to send Bibles and rifles to antislavery settlers in Kansas, a state torn by violence.

I don't think he'd be a part of sending cakes and Bibles to the Ayatollah.

Agreements were reached during those encounters that will permit the Vatican to send Bibles to the Soviet Union and to assist Russian Orthodox bishops in the reorganization of their seminaries, said a Vatican official who took part in the talks.

The church now has more than 22,000 members and has made extensive efforts at outreach, sending Bibles to 30,000 homes and Bibles on tape to 42,000 prison inmates in the state.

And the congregation has been sending money and Bibles to Catholics in the Ukraine.

We can send them shoes and Bibles every month.