Marshall Hickman
President
Since 1964, Bible Way Inc has served communities across Africa, Europe, Southeast and South Asia by discipling, printing, distributing Bibles and Christian literature.
Bible Way Inc is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving indigenous communities across Southeast and South Asia. Bible Way partners with local missions and communities to provide Christian literature for evangelism, outreach, discipleship, local churches, schools, Bible colleges, Christian bookhouses and Business as Mission operations.
Anchored in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the ministry has grown to serve nations across Southeast and South Asia, including Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar and Thailand.
Spreading the Gospel through the printing and distribution of Christian literature.
Sharing the Gospel and discipling believers among persecuted and marginalized people groups.
Partnering with Christian ministries to advance the Gospel in Southeast and South Asia.
Bible Way partners with local ministries to make God's Word available through practical, long-term, and locally rooted support.
Supporting the printing of Bibles, books, tracts, and Christian literature in multiple languages.
Helping move Bibles, LOCV, tracts, books, and discipleship materials into communities that need them.
Supporting local believers, churches, schools, Bible colleges, and community outreach efforts.
Encouraging sustainable ministry through Christian bookhouses, printing operations, training, and community development.
Supporting slum outreach with food, clean water filtration system, evangelism and discipleship in Phnom Penh.
Supporting faithful local pastors and their families as they serve in church-planting ministry, often facing persecution, hardship and significant challenges.
Working with local missions in North East India for outreach & discipleship, Christian literature printing and distribution & support skills based Business as Mission.
Printing and distributing Bibles and Christian literature for multiple people groups in their heart languages through local ministry partners. Supporting Bible schools, orphanages and local leaders.
Chiang Mai serves as Bible Way's regional hub for printing, shipping, and distributing Bibles and Christian literature, equipping Christian organizations to reach Southeast Asia and neighboring regions.
Alvin and Rhoda have faithfully served on the mission field since 1966, pouring out their lives in service to the Lord and to the people He called them to love. On 20 March 2026, Alvin entered into the presence of the Lord after a lifetime of faithful ministry, serving wholeheartedly until his very last day, surrounded by his beloved family.
Today, Rhoda resides at McKean Senior Center under the loving care and support of their three sons and daughters-in-law. Though in a different season of life, she continues to be a source of encouragement and blessing to the younger missionary community in Chiang Mai, faithfully offering prayers, wisdom, and fellowship with them.
Founded by William & Elouise Young of Caldwell, Idaho, USA in 1964, Bible Way is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving indigenous communities across Southeast and South Asia. The Chiang Mai, Thailand base anchors the work stretching into the six countries of Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.
From Idaho to Africa, Europe, Hong Kong, China, and Thailand, Bible Way's story has grown through faithful obedience, printed literature, and partnership with local believers.
Bible Way started as a non-profit organization in Idaho with the initial mission of supporting new missionaries being sent to Africa.
Alvin Cobb, already serving as a pastor in Albany, Oregon, moved with his family to Madagascar on September 10, 1966, following God's call to missionary work.
The operation transitioned from Africa to West Germany, where ministry expanded through church services, training, a Christian bookstore, a Bible school, and community outreach.
Alvin and his family established a ministry to transport Christian literature into China, helping move tracts, Bibles, and study materials over many years.
After Hong Kong was handed back to China, the family moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand. In 1999, Asia Communication & Training Services Co., Ltd. became a key part of Bible Way's printing and distribution work.
Terry and Linda Thompson were already serving as missionaries in Africa long before their journey with BibleWay began. In 2000, God brought the Thompsons, their ministry team, and BibleWay together, marking the beginning of a partnership that has continued to this day.
James in Cambodia started his journey with Bibleway in the year 2021 focused on sharing the Gospel through literature, building clean water wells and food distribution in the slums and trash mountains of Phnom Penh.
ActsCo BookHouse, a partnership between ActsCo Printing and Love Packages USA, began in Thailand, in 2012. The first ActsCo BookHouse was opened on 1 August 2012 in Chiang Mai . What started with distributing Christian books from shipping containers has grown into nine BookHouse locations across three countries.
Neighbours’ Gospel Ministries (NGM) was founded in 2006 by Among and Abdul with a vision to serve and disciple Believers of Muslim Background (BMB) communities throughout Manipur. Since partnering with Bibleway in 2018, the ministry has experienced significant growth and expanded its reach in many meaningful ways.
Bible Way continues serving across Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, and Thailand through Bible printing, literature distribution, church support, outreach, discipleship, and Business as Mission operations.
Bible Way started as a non-profit organization in Idaho with the initial mission of supporting new missionaries being sent to Africa.
Alvin Cobb, already serving as a pastor in Albany, Oregon, moved with his family to Madagascar on September 10, 1966, following God's call to missionary work.
The operation transitioned from Africa to West Germany, where ministry expanded through church services, training, a Christian bookstore, a Bible school, and community outreach.
Alvin and his family established a ministry to transport Christian literature into China, helping move tracts, Bibles, and study materials over many years.
After Hong Kong was handed back to China, the family moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand. In 1999, Asia Communication & Training Services Co., Ltd. became a key part of Bible Way's printing and distribution work.
Terry and Linda Thompson were already serving as missionaries in Africa long before their journey with BibleWay began. In 2000, God brought the Thompsons, their ministry team, and BibleWay together, marking the beginning of a partnership that has continued to this day.
James in Cambodia started his journey with Bibleway in the year 2021 focused on sharing the Gospel through literature, building clean water wells and food distribution in the slums and trash mountains of Phnom Penh.
ActsCo BookHouse, a partnership between ActsCo Printing and Love Packages USA, began in Thailand, in 2012. The first ActsCo BookHouse was opened on 1 August 2012 in Chiang Mai . What started with distributing Christian books from shipping containers has grown into nine BookHouse locations across three countries.
Neighbours’ Gospel Ministries (NGM) was founded in 2006 by Among and Abdul with a vision to serve and disciple Believers of Muslim Background (BMB) communities throughout Manipur. Since partnering with Bibleway in 2018, the ministry has experienced significant growth and expanded its reach in many meaningful ways.
Bible Way continues serving across Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, and Thailand through Bible printing, literature distribution, church support, outreach, discipleship, and Business as Mission operations.
Bible Way Inc is guided by faithful board members who help steward the ministry's mission, partnerships, and long-term direction.
ActsCo, the printing arm of Bible Way, is constructing a new 17,000+ square-foot, two-story building on five acres of debt-free land. This facility is being built in faith to equip the churches and Christian communities of Southeast Asia—and beyond—with the Word of God and effective evangelistic tools for the next 25+ years. We have outgrown our present 5,000 square-foot rented facility. More space is urgently needed so we can install additional cost-saving equipment, streamline production, and keep operations lean and efficient for the long term. When completed: The ground floor will house expanded printing operations. The upper floor will include offices, a skills training center, the ActsCo BookHouse headquarters, two guest rooms, and a promotional items production facility. Importantly, this project will also bring three separately located ministries together under one roof—creating greater unity, efficiency, and impact. For 27 years (since 1999), ActsCo’s printing and BookHouse ministries have faithfully served the literature needs of missions communities around the world. After much prayer and careful planning, the team is now stepping out in faith to finish what Kendall Cobb’s father, Alvin, began more than two decades ago—with the same clear vision: to spread God’s Word farther across Southeast Asia and South Asia. Would you prayerfully consider partnering with us to complete this mission center? Your gift will help us finish the building and position this ministry for decades of effective Gospel service.
Your partnership helps provide Bibles and Christian literature to communities across Southeast and South Asia.
