Audio Bible Kenya
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.
Country-Wide Growth
Scripture Union has 14 full-time workers who are working in schools with the Faith Comes By Hearing listening program: Two hundred elementary schools, 100 each in the cities of Kiambu and Nairobi, Kenya. Because Swahili is a common language of instruction in lower grades, these 200 programs will feature the New Testament in Swahili.
The following is just one story of the many exciting things happening in Kenya through FCBH.
The Power of the Word in the Schools
On the outskirts of Nairobi city lies Korogocho, a slum that is faced with hardships such as a lack of water, security problems, and proper sanitary facilities. But the challenges have not hindered the spread of the Word of God, especially in the informal schools such as New Star Light Academy, which is nicknamed “Saints Academy."
Kenyan school children at New Star Light Academy have been listening to the Audio Bible through Faith Comes By Hearing programs for the last four years. In the beginning there were only a handful of students. Currently, the entire school population is 300!
The group has moved from mud-walled buildings to wooden-structured buildings and are very grateful to God.
In the school is a student by the name of Jared. This boy’s behavior was beyond the school leadership's control. He was known to travel armed with a penknife, and he would threaten to kill when confronted. Though many tried, none were successful at guiding the young man into a new way of life. But, after the introduction of the Faith Comes By Hearing listening program in the school, Jared committed to listening, and the commitment brought a visible transformation. The school has witnessed the transformation and behavioral change, crediting these changes to the Word of God.
One of the teachers testified that now the kids in this school attend churches, unlike before when church was of no interest to them. The impact of the Faith Comes By Hearing program has also extended to parents. The program has enriched the faith and prayers of the pupils. Okuku is one of the pupils whose parents are really blessed through this program: they were jobless. One day the pupils joined their hands together remembering in prayers this family and others undergoing the same difficulty. After three months of prayer, Okuku's family got jobs! There were joyful testimonies not only from Okuku’s family, but from many other parents as well.
Kenya and Tanzania Schools Project
Scripture Union workers and school volunteers in Kenya and Tanzania were trained by the FCBH special projects coordinator. After teaching them about the Faith Comes By Hearing Audio New Testament listening program and training them on using the Proclaimer, 810 school programs are now underway!
The objectives of the project were to start 1,000 listening groups in Kenya and Tanzania, 500 in each school system, with 125,000 listeners in those listening groups. As of February 2008, 540 Kenyan teachers were trained on Faith Comes By Hearing, Proclaimers, and how to teach children Biblical principles; a Kenyan school program was launched in Nairobi last September; 440 listening programs were established in Scripture Union clubs in Kenyan schools; 370 listening programs began in Tanzanian schools; and the final touches were put on 130 Tanzanian school programs.
Some of the wonderful changes occurring as a result of the children listening to God’s Word are that children are paying more attention during the listening sessions and are enjoying hearing the Scriptures; listeners ask questions and gain a better understanding of the Scriptures; attendance is rising in Bible clubs that use the FCBH program; more teachers are showing an interest in Scripture Union activities; and additional groups have been started sharing Proclaimers with churches.
