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Good News of our Good God
Miracle upon miracle! Take a moment to read highlights of mother-tongue Bible translation work and hear what God has done in the hearts and lives of many people whom He has touched and saved.
Apr 2, 20234 min read
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God Hears the Cries of the Reli People
Those of us with multiple Bibles in our homes don’t often think about Bible poverty throughout the world. While some can easily open their Bibles and drink deeply of God’s truth without any barriers, many believers cannot.
Mar 22, 20233 min read
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Complex and Powerful Orality
If someone asked you to recite all the names, birthdates and addresses of your family members – including your parents, siblings, cousins, aunts/uncles, grandparents, great-grandparents –would you be able to do it? Or even remember what you did last Thursday?
Mar 14, 20233 min read
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Practicalities, Prayers and Provision
Oral Bible Translation (OBT) work is surging forward and changing the whole landscape of mother-tongue Bible translation. And yet, in the midst of a global explosion in heart-language Bible translation, it remains relatively unknown on the global church stage. Because of our passion to see all people have access to God’s Word in their heart language, we hope to inspire and energise Christians around the world to see, and do – see what God is doing in mother-tongue Bible trans
Mar 14, 20233 min read
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A Vision for the Future
Our vision at TWFTW is to complete first-time translations of the whole Bible in 1000 languages by 2050 and to help other translation agencies in as many other Bible translation projects as we can. We thank God for the 23 new translation projects underway and trust Him for His lead as we knock on doors in Asia, Northern Africa and Southern Africa.
Feb 22, 20233 min read
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A Dream is Unfolding in Uganda
Uganda is a country where God is opening doors to heart-language Bible translation in a widespread way. An invitation came to TWFTW from a group of church leaders in Uganda who dreamed of having zero-percent Bible poverty in their country.
Feb 20, 20232 min read
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TWFTW Launches Its First Oral Bible Translation
A historic moment happened when we launched our first Oral Bible Translation (OBT) project in partnership with Faith Comes By Hearing...
Feb 16, 20232 min read
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Hearing the Word—An Introduction to Oral Bible Translation
Did you know that 70%-80% of the world’s population are oral communities? That is about 5.7 billion people! Our vision at TWFTW is to complete first-time translations of the whole Bible in 1000 languages by 2050 and to help other translation agencies in as many other Bible translation projects as we can.
Feb 2, 20233 min read
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A Look Back
And just like that, 2023 is here! Happy New Year from TWFTW! 
After a year of explosive growth in heart-language Bible translation, we praise God for His faithfulness and hand upon TWFTW. Join us as we look at 2022 in review. It is exhilarating to see our Father’s impact on people globally through the increasing reach of heart-language Bible translation.As we review 2022, we look at it through the lens of the vision of TWFTW. We have the vision of doing everything for the glo
Jan 4, 20234 min read
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Ordinary Christians Changing History
WHEW! Christmas 2022 is over already?! What a year it has been for heart-language Bible translation and the expansion of the Gospel. It...
Dec 26, 20225 min read
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I Stand At The Gate and Call Out
Imagine living in a village where the houses do not have doors. When you visit someone, there is no door to knock on or doorbell to ring...
Dec 12, 20225 min read
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Thankfulness for Heart Language Bible Translators
In this season of thankfulness leading towards Christmas, we would like to pause and take a moment to express heartfelt gratitude to God...
Nov 28, 20225 min read
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What It Takes To Be a Translator
God Created a Space For Me "I see how God created a space for me. When God first organized my life so that I would meet Mr Kapasa, who...
Nov 14, 20224 min read
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It is Possible (Part 3)
In part 1 and part 2 of this series, we looked at how God has both called and equipped His followers throughout history and that the...
Oct 23, 20225 min read
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It is Possible (Part 2)
Holy Spirit-empowered skillful hands, willing hearts and hardworking feet - this was the picture we looked at in our last blog. We also...
Oct 16, 20224 min read
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It is Possible! (Part 1)
Since the beginning of time, God has been revealing the truth of Himself to mankind, and He has sought to be with us. He always has...
Oct 2, 20225 min read
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Why The Heart Language
Many people in majority language groups, like English speakers, find it difficult to understand the challenges that people in minority...
Sep 18, 20224 min read
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Does God Still Speak?
One of the greatest blessings of our lives as Christians is that we know, understand and rejoice that God speaks. If we stop for a moment...
Sep 5, 20224 min read
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The Whole Bible is the Gospel
One of the great joys of Bible translation work is the translators’ first-hand experience of being part of bringing God, through His...
Aug 21, 20224 min read
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Bible Translation into the Luyana Mother Tongue
A little while ago we introduced you to Mubita who is one of TWFTW’s translators in the Western Province of Zambia. He is part of the...
Aug 9, 20222 min read
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