More Audio Bibles for Global, Native Peoples
Faith Comes By Hearing is working to bring the Word of God to every nation, tribe and tongue. The ministry said it is coming closer to its goal of recording the New Testament in 2,000 languages and implementing two million Bible listening groups by the year 2016.
(Albuquerque, NM)—Faith Comes By Hearing, an Audio Bible ministry, recently released Audio Bibles in seven more languages.
They are: 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 and Totonaco de la Sierra (Highland)—Mexico.
According to a news release from Faith Comes by Hearing, 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, speaking in a news release.
He added, "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."
These Amerindian languages add to Faith Comes By Hearing's present Audio Bible catalog. Currently, the ministry has nearly 70 Amerindian languages available for ministry purposes.
Great Commission Goals
Faith Comes by Hearing said 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. The ministry said it is coming closer to its goal of recording the New Testament in 2,000 languages and implementing two 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 at www.FaithComesByHearing.com
