God's Word in Audio - Testimonies
Faith Comes By Hearing associates gather information and testimonies about what God is doing in and through Audio Bible listening programs in heart languages around the world.
Blind Faith
“I am a blind 55-year-old man and I serve as the chair person for the Association for the Blind. We were using Braille to read the Scriptures, but the whole New Testament is in many volumes making it uncomfortable to handle. Some of the blind people also have lost the use of their hands and do not have access to the Scriptures unless someone reads it to them. Others do not know how to read Braille.
Along came Faith Comes By Hearing filling the gap of our shortcomings and serving all of us without discrimination. We listen to the Scriptures, discuss, ask questions, and give answers, which enhances our understanding of God’s Word and changes our lives.”
The Door Open Wide
“My name is Assefa and I am an evangelist in a church in Zeway. In our quarterly meeting, I received an Audio Bible and was trained in the Faith Comes By Hearing program. I was able to start a FCBH listening program with 20 people from my church. People are attracted to the listening and are likely to attend the program regularly.
“I can testify to the influence that the Faith Comes By Hearing program has had in the way we present the Gospel. Even though our church has its own teaching methods, this program enhances the dissemination of the Word of God, providing a new way of presenting the Good News to our society.
The dramatic way it comes across attracts listeners to stay and listen again and again."“The door that has been closed to telling the Word of God to unbelievers is now open wider than ever. I would like to thank God who provided us with such a wonderful program. We are revived through His Word to live the kind of life He wants us to live. God bless all of you who work on the FCBH program.”
FCBH Converts Criminal
A man who committed murder and was brought into prison was so troublesome for the prison officials until he heard the word of God in Amharic. This prisoner has given his life to Christ and has become sober and the most-liked prisoner. Due to the dramatic change in his life, he has been given the privilege of going out of prison weekly into the community to sell traditional clothes and handicraft made by the prisoners. He is allowed to go out on his own and return without prison guards accompanying him. Here is his testimony:
“I was a troublemaker and committed a first degree murder and was convicted and jailed. But now I know God has a special plan for bringing me to prison. When I came here I heard the word of God and received Christ and my life has changed.
I am now one of the leaders in the church in the prison. Because of my faithfulness as a prisoner, I am allowed to go out of the prison once a week to sell all the clothes made by prisoners. Due to my reformation, I may be allowed to go home after one year. My plan is to go home and evangelize my family and my neighbors”.
Chaplain Teshoma Abeta
“Sometime ago we had an open air crusade in a nearby town. We were attacked by a group of young men who disrupted the crusade. Among them was one young man who got into trouble later and was brought into prison. This gentleman accepted Christ through FCBH and has since been a transformed person. When he was released, he went to become an evangelist in his village."
“This program has changed the lives of many prisoners. I can count about 30 prisoners who received Christ through the program before their release. We usually send introduction letter to churches in their areas and they are received into the church. Some have become church workers."
