Audio Bibles For Global, Native Peoples
Strategically Recording the Audio Drama New Testament
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Faith Comes By Hearing, the world's foremost Audio Bible ministry, recently released Audio Bibles in seven more languages.
| • Arabic Standard (Al Sharif) – Middle East | • Chattishgarhi – India |
| • Dan, West – Côte d'Ivoire | • Kiluba – Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| • English, Standard Version – United States | • Mixteco de Tezoatlán – Mexico |
| • Totonaco de la Sierra (Highland) – Mexico |
These seven new Audio Bibles represent more than 530 million people on five continents. Some, like Arabic and English, are major world languages, while others are regional or Amerindian languages.
Amerindian Audio Bibles
In Mexico, for example, Mixteco de Tezoatlán is spoken by about 6,000 people in the Oaxaca area while Totonaco de la Sierra has roughly 120,000 speakers.
"Mexico has more than 200 indigenous languages, 120 of which have New Testament translations ready for recording," said Phil Kenney, Faith Comes By Hearing's regional manager for the Americas. "Because of the tremendous demand for Audio Scriptures, Faith Comes By Hearing has to be strategic in selecting languages for dramatized recordings."
"Right now, Faith Comes By Hearing is focused on recording the Bible for those indigenous people who do not have any Audio Bible recordings in their language," said Kenney.
These Amerindian languages add to Faith Comes By Hearing's growing Audio Bible catalog. Currently, the ministry has nearly 70 Amerindian languages available for ministry purposes.
Great Commission Goals
Research shows there are more than 6,800 languages spoken around the world, and half of the world's population is illiterate.
Faith Comes By Hearing is working to bring the Word of God to every nation, tribe and tongue. With each passing month, this non-profit ministry comes closer to their goal of recording the New Testament in 2,000 languages and implementing 2 million Bible listening groups by the year 2016. When accomplished, the Audio Bibles in those languages will reach the majority of the world's speakers.
Faith Comes By Hearing now has 439 Audio Scripture recordings available in 371 languages. More than 400 of these Audio Bibles are available for free download.
