Category Archives: Bible Translation

The Seed Company :: Write the Word Wednesday {Instagram Link Up}…

It all started with an idea. Traci Veek (I’ll Take Tea), who began handwriting the scriptures for her own personal and spiritual growth, had an idea.  She felt Read more…

Five Questions Every Donor Should Ask

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How do you know if your funds are helping to create lasting impact? Before you give to a mission organization, you want to hear solid answers to your most important questions.

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Nearly 2,000 languages – 300 million people – worldwide still do not have one verse of scripture in their heart language. 300 million people… I still have difficulty Read more…

National Prayer Breakfast: Reflections & Dreams

What an experience it was to attend the National Prayer Breakfast. By now, the staff at the Hilton have long since cleared off the tables and stacked up Read more…

How to Accelerate Scripture Distribution

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The message about the Lord spread widely and had a powerful effect. —Acts 19:20, NLT God’s Word changes lives. We need to get the Word out as rapidly Read more…

Our Language No Longer Matters (Or So We Thought)

These elders were looking out for the next generation — and future ones to come. Survival weighed heavily on their minds. With pressure mounting on all sides, one choice seemed inevitable: to embrace the language of wider communication. Yet, in similar situations around the world, local people rise up, make critical choices and stop the inevitable.

Marketplace Lessons: R&D Casualties

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History is littered with would-have-been success stories. Innovation without implementation results in a tragic waste of talent and resources. With respect to Bible translation, we have to press forward with an understanding of the urgency of the times we live in.

Measuring the Spiritual Impact of Scripture Translation? Yes, It’s Possible!

In 2004 an amazing feast was prepared for the Gofa community in Ethiopia. Now, eight years later, we returned wanting to discover: had they been nourished? In other words, had their lives been transformed because of the Gofa Scriptures?

Why Were the Least the Last Until Now?

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1,240 people groups. Each with 10,000 people or fewer. They have no Scripture. That’s 60 percent of the 2000-plus people groups without God’s Word. They are the Least of These.

Francis Chan: The Authority of God’s Word

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Where Bible poverty exists, false teachings flourish. It can happen at home and in our churches, even where multiple Bible translations are accessible. But what about those who Read more…