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South Asians respond to the Word
Though South Asia can be a challenging region of the world for Christians to serve faithfully in ministry, Bible translation is moving forward and God is blessing His people.
Read More“YWAM has people”. . . and a big vision
Forty-six countries have five or more languages still needing Bible translation to begin, totalling 1,142 languages. YWAM has people in every one of those countries — including mother-tongue speakers for about 200 of the languages.
Read More“Now I know what to read in our mosque!”
When I gave [the mullah] a copy of the New Testament in Uzbek he took it, touched it with his lips and forehead and finally held it close to his heart.
Read MoreWeaving a beautiful translation
In awe. That’s how I often feel when our team is working on the translation of God’s Word into the Kisun* language, in the Caucasus region.
Read MoreWord Search: Not your ordinary garden
A translation team in Tanzania was working on translating “Garden of Eden,” but the Swahili word the translators had considered just wasn’t adequate.
Read MoreFour generations in missions
“When [God] chose my great-grandfather, he wasn’t just choosing an individual, but the generations coming afterward that would continue in that work.”
Read MoreNew Milestones in Digital Scripture Availability
Globally in 2020, digital Scriptures in 1,968 languages became available on various sites and apps.
Read MoreSaved by a former enemy
While I was cutting a tree, the trunk fell on my right leg. It fractured my bones and ripped open my flesh from heel to knee. I couldn’t get up, or walk.
Read MoreA Strange Season
Acknowledge the very real darkness of this world and you’ll have eyes to see Advent through the same lens as the people waiting for a Messiah thousands of years ago.
Read MoreDisplaced Cameroonians find solace in translated Scripture
“Life here has been very difficult. . . . This Bible in my own language is my only source of hope now.”
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