As speakers of the English language, we don't have to think twice about the availability of materials that help point us toward God.
According to an article by Pastor Jon Olsen, whether it's the endless variety of Bibles we have, Internet resources or Christian books, information on almost everything related to our faith is easily accessible.
Olsen said according to the Ethnologue (www.ethnologue.com), there are over 6,900 known languages spoken in the world. Many people, Olsen said, have been blessed to have the Bible translated into their language through ministries such as Wycliffe Bible Translators.
However, Olsen said, we have still faced many hurdles in terms of translating the Bible into some of the languages that represent "unreached" people groups (the leading authority on the world's unreached people groups is the Joshua Project www.joshuaproject.net).
Olsen said to successfully translate the Bible into a new language requires an expert team of translators who are fluent in the language of translation, and experts who can cross-check work for accuracy.
Olsen said he recently met with Roland Heck, USA mobilization director of Global Recordings Network (GRN USA) who shared with Olsen some of new projects with which his ministry is involved.
Olsen said GRN is an innovative organization that produces audio and visual resources to make the gospel accessible to every language.
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SOURCE: Assist News
Jeremy Reynalds
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