Category: Africa
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Man on the Run
Asim* serves on the Bible translation audio-video team for unfoldingWord’s Whole Bible, Whole Nation partner in Sudan. They use Bible translation as part of their church-planting strategy for 133 unreached Sudanese people groups living in refugee settlements. Their Great Commission work impacts 44 million people. Asim’s team produces audio versions of unfoldingWord® Open Bible Stories,…
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Jeremiah and the Occult King
When Jeremiah* first heard that his Chadian church-planting network needed his help translating unfoldingWord® Open Bible Stories (OBS), he was skeptical. “I thought Bible stories were for children, like the stories Grandma and Grandpa told around the fire.” But when he first read Open Bible Stories, he thought, “This is brilliant! It tells the whole…
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Opening Minds to the Scriptures
“Wow,” said the pastor/translator. “I’ve studied this passage for years in the national language, but I never really understood it until I read it like this in my language! Thank you!” Every time we interview someone newly involved in Church-Centric Bible Translation using the tools we provide, we hear the same story: The translation Book…
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Overcoming Obstacles to the Gospel in Benin
Charles Z of Benin has been trying to share the gospel of Christ with his Muslim neighbors since 1999. unfoldingWord equips him and his colleagues with the Strategic Language Resources they need to translate God’s Word faster than ever before. Charles’ interest in Bible translation arose the week before he heard of unfoldingWord. He was…
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The Market Evangelist
Christian* slung his satchel over his shoulder, swung his leg over his bike, and pedaled off for another day of evangelism and outreach in the market. His faith and dedication to reaching his Chadian neighbors had not waned, but he had been frustrated at the tepid response to the gospel. *Pseudonym Chad has 80 distinct…
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Like nothing we’ve ever used
Following an Open Bible Stories community check in Chad, the local imam made an astounding comment, declaring, “If any Muslim says that Jesus is not the savior, he is not a real Muslim, and he should be stoned!” One of our Chadian Bible translation partners was there that day. He explained that, initially, teenagers were…
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Like the man from Macedonia
Greater Reach Alliance reports that Church-Centric Bible Translation gives them the tools they need to reach Muslims in Sudan. Like the man in the Apostle Paul’s dream calling for help in Macedonia, Muslim villages in areas known to be hostile to the gospel are calling for the Bible translation teams to come and share their…