1 Good News in Anyones Language WELCOME!. 2 Good News in Anyones Language 1954 to 2014: 737 Aussies have been involved The Oates Family 1954 The Miles-Fanning.

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WELCOME!

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1954 to 2014: 737 Aussies have been involved

The Oates Family 1954

The Miles-Fanning Family 2014

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know

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1954 to 2014: Serving directly in 126 language projects

•86 New Testaments•3 Complete Bibles•56 Scripture portions•Audio Productions in 22 languages•Video productions in 11 languages

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1954 to 2014: Other services

•Dictionaries in 34 languages•40 language experts (consultants)•Typesetting (preparing Bibles for print) in 47 languages

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What would life be like without light?

Photo by Zeke du Plessis

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“Reading the Bible in the national language is like looking at an old black and white fuzzy photo.”

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Photo by Kahunapule Michael Johnson

“Reading Ruth in my heart language is like watching a full coloured movie with surround sound & special effects!”

Christian, Papua

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Reading in Kriol

37 Wal Jisas bin tok,“‘Yu garra laigim God brabliwei. Yu garra gibit miselp laif langa im. Brabliwei yu garra gibit miselp langa im, en yu garra abum filing oni blanga im, en yu garra oldei jinggabat im langa yu main.’

38 Tharran na det topwan en brabli haibala lowa.

39 En det sekanwan haibala lowa im seim laik det feswan. Im tok, ‘Yu garra laigim ola najalot pipul brabliwei jis laik yu laigim miselp.

Kriol is a modern indigenous language spoken in many indigenous communities in Northern Australia . The Kriol Bible was completed in 2007.

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Quiz

The first person to translate the complete Bible from Latin into English was:

A) William Tyndale

B) Venerable Bede

C) Myles Coverdale

D) John Wycliffe

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No of Languages 300BC 0 300AD …1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000

3000

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

0Septuagint

(LXX)Latin Vulgate Gutenberg’s

Printing PressBritish & Foreign

Bible SocietyWilliam Tyndale’s

English Bible

John Wycliffe’s English Bible

KJV William Carey

Wycliffe Founded

The progress of Bible

translation

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Quiz

Roughly how many English versions of the Bible are there today?

A) 80+

B) 100+

C) 150+

D) 50+

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Quiz

Of the 6,918 active languages in the world today, how many have the complete Bible?

A) 513

B) 1011

C) 2209

D) 788

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Need

translation*

1,919

In progress

2,167

Some

scripture

1010

1010

New Testament 1,294

Complete Bible

513

6,918 living languages worldwide 2,817 languages with all or some Scripture*180 million people without ScripturesSourced from www.wycliffe.net – October 2013

Status of Bible translation worldwide

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Call to action (2013 statistics)

Number of languages with likely need of Bible translation with no active program in place

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Supporting the Bible translation movement

• Learn more information by checking out– Wycliffe Australia’s website www.wycliffe.org.au– Publications such as Wycliffe Today

http://wycliffe.org.au/resources/wycliffe-today/ • Spread the word

– Like us on Facebook (search for Wycliffe Bible Translators Australia)

– Host a Wycliffe 60th birthday party

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Supporting the Bible translation movement

• Pray– Sign up for Prayer Words by emailing

[email protected] – Host a prayer meeting during Wycliffe Australia’s 60

days of prayer: 13 September to 11 November 2014• Support a Wycliffe member or project financially

– Go to http://wycliffe.org.au/donate/ – Check out 60 Projects for 60 years at

http://wycliffe.org.au/60th-anniversary/ • Volunteer in Australia or overseas

– Contact [email protected] for info

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