NT Translation Completed in Papua!
A translation of the New Testament was completed by World Team missionaries for a tribe in Papua, Indonesia. This is a video of their celebration.
Thank you to the Men who Died to Bring us the Bible in English
It was through studying the many men who died in their commitment to translate the Bible into English that led us to go into Bible translation ourselves. We are debtors to men like Tyndale who made it his goal to translate Bible from Greek and Hebrew into English…a commitment which cost him his life. To listen to or read John Piper’s sermon on the life of William Tyndale, please visit the link below: http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Biographies/1840_Always_Singing_One_NoteA_Vernacular_Bible/
You may not be “Called” but are you Willing?
I’m sure that I’m not the only one who has said repeatedly “Oh I could never…(fill in the blank).” I am fairly certain that I said I could never go into missions, could never live in the jungle, could never translate the Bible for an illiterate people, and so on. (I mean, haven’t you?) In the same way, it is a very common occurrence for us to tell people that we are going into missions and their reaction is “Oh I could never do that.” My response is “Well neither can I!” Surprisingly, we do not like bugs, I (Stacey)…
FAQ: Why Translate the Bible for a People who have Already Heard the Gospel?
1. The Great Commission is not Fulfilled at Conversion, but at Obedience to all Christ’s Commands. “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” – Matthew 28:19-20 According to the above passage, the Great Commission is fulfilled not at evangelism, but instead when people learn to observe all that Christ has commanded. Specifically, he tells us to:1) Go into all…
FAQ: How Could you Take your Children onto the Mission Field?
One of the most commonly asked questions we receive is how we could subject our children to the dangers of the mission field such as malaria, lack of access to good medical care, and so on. Here are some of our responses to these questions: 1. We Unashamedly Love Jesus more than our Children. Jesus said, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:26). At first glance, this is a shocking verse. One…
FAQ: Why would you leave pro-life ministry to go onto the mission field? Isn’t God using you here?
It is such a tragedy that our laws of our country do not protect the lives unborn children and therefore the responsibility to protect the weak among us rests upon Christians. This systematic killing of children through abortion has regularly brought tears to my eyes for the past several years. Nevertheless, there are Christians in America who are faithfully defending the unborn. The reason there are Christians in America is because men put their lives on the line in order to translate the Bible into English. If we did not have the Bible then we would not be Christians, and…
FAQ: Why Foreign Missions?
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.” – 2 Corinthians 8:9 “God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” – Romans 5:5 Before Jesus became a man, he resided in Heaven free from the curse of this world, free from hunger, sickness, reviling, pain, and sorrow. He enjoyed perfect communion within the Trinity and had no lack. He went from being worshipped by myriads of angels…
