One of the many rewards of partnership in the Church-Centric Bible Translation movement is having a front-row seat to remarkable advances in Bible translation brought on by empowering the global church for quality Bible translation. An essential part of that task is sharing unfoldingWord’s open-license Strategic Language Resources (SLR) with our brothers and sisters in […]
A major scholar said it would take 40 years and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars! That seemed impossible to us.”
Jesus said, “The Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.” He takes the initiative to seek and save his dear ones in the darkness. Ibrahim came to Christ and was discipled through the ministry of our South Sudanese partner. As he completed their eight-month discipleship/church planting course, the leaders […]
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 […]
With tears in her eyes, the tribal woman stood up in the meeting, slapped her palms on the table, and said, “We could all be gone by the time you get to us!” That moment marked a change in Birhan*. From then on, no matter his challenges, he dedicated himself to making the word of […]
Suddenly, a man toward the back of the room began weeping audibly. I thought, uh oh, what have I done? His name is Faheem.
Will Artificial Intelligence accelerate Bible translation? Will it produce better translations than humans can? Will it eliminate the need for human translators? These and other questions swirl around discussions of Bible translation in the AI era. Birch Champeon of unfoldingWord’s Tools and Technology Innovation team outlines three critical points in our approach to using AI. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]