In southern India, Hindu nationalists persecute Christian leaders. Families drive from their homes and villages their sons and daughters who convert to Christianity. Courageous evangelists continue preaching the gospel from Hindi versions of the Bible, but they face a problem. “People can understand most of the words,” they said, “but their hearts are not touched […]
“It is dangerous for us to go,” said Stephen, “We cannot avoid the dangers, but when we think about what Jesus has done for us, we know that God will help us, and we are not afraid.” Stephen serves with unfoldingWord’s Church-Centric Bible Translation partner in Chad, where 15 million people haven’t heard the gospel […]
As the world worries over the horrific events in Israel and mullahs call for global jihad, a hopeful fact remains. The more Islamists promote jihad, the more average Muslims are open to the gospel. In a recent interview with Life Today TV, Transform Iran founder and unfoldingWord Whole Bible Whole Nation partner Lazarus Yeghnazar illustrated […]
Thanks to the first-ever translation of unfoldingWord® Open Bible Stories into another Iranian language, twenty people have come to Christ, and a new house church has been launched in Iran. While helping the translation team, a woman who speaks a hard-to-reach language read the stories and decided to follow Jesus. Then, she shared her new […]
Sofia Ivanov speaks on the impact of unfoldingWord’s Bible Translation tools Editor’s Note: Sofia Ivanov* is a project manager for unfoldingWord’s Eurasian Whole Bible, Whole Nation partner. Her thoughts on the impact of unfoldingWord’s Bible translation tools in Eurasia follow. *Pseudonyms used for security Bible translation is vital for three reasons. First, it puts God’s […]
“God, this is your journey, your work. Please help us get out of here.” Let’s imagine that your family and close friends have a passing acquaintance with the message of Jesus, and some might even be believers, but they want to know more. They’re hungry for God’s Word, but it doesn’t exist in their language. […]
It used to take western experts at least 20 years to translate the New Testament into a Bible-less language. Now, every bilingual church-planting network has access to the open-license English tools they need to translate everything from Matthew to Revelation quickly and accurately. Translating the Bible is an intimidating task for people groups with minimal […]
The global demand for Bible translation far exceeds the capacity of existing Bible translation agencies. Doing translation in dangerous places makes it doubly difficult. That’s why members of the illumiNations Bible translation alliance are adopting Church-Centric Bible Translation strategies, including developing open-source Bible translation tools. Your financial partnership has enabled unfoldingWord to serve as a […]
Ukrainian Great Commission partners are translating unfoldingWord’s suite of Bible translation tools to make God’s Word accessible to more than 540 languages spoken across the countries of the former Soviet Union. That’s more than 161 million people who need to hear God’s Word in their heart language, not Russian! But the war in Ukraine creates […]
In the Republic of Iran, for the church to be planted, discipled, and grown, more than 60 people groups need a Bible translation in their own language. May was Iran’s bloodiest month in the last five years. The Islamic government led the world in executions last year with 576— almost double the previous year—and is […]