"So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God."
Romans 10:17
THE BIG QUESTION
How will they hear unless it is made available to them?
languages have a full Bible
ONLY
736
of them have the
New Testament
ONLY
1658
have some portion of the Scriptures
ONLY
3658
DID YOU KNOW?
people in the world still do not have a full Bible in their language
1.5 BILLION
WHAT ABOUT THE REMAINING
3736
LANGUAGES?
WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT
TO PROVIDE EVERY PERSON
THE WORD OF GOD?
“His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.…”
Ephesians 3:10-11
Beyond Translation.Church is a global network of churches committed to:
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Envision the local church networks for accelerated Scripture translation.
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Equip the local church networks to accomplish the goal by training and capacity building.
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Encourage collaboration of church networks with resource providers and agencies.
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Establish communities of faithful disciples in every language group.
WHAT IS CCBT?
The Church Centric Bible Translation (CCBT) is an emerging paradigm of bible translation wherein the churches take the primary responsibility, for establishing their believers and the church itself.
"It is a translation by the church and for the church"
Over the last decade or so, several church networks in the world not generally connected to each other attempted to make bibles or portions available in their heart languages. Different models started emerging in different nations in a search for new ways of doing bible translation that will be faster cheaper and better. Some of them called this as Paradigm X bible translation movement not knowing how to achieve a quality-assured bible in every language.
These emerging movements are generally known as CCBT while some may refer to it differently. The common features of these emerging movements are highlighted below. The net result is that the scripture translation is now part of establishing churches with strong biblical foundations. The thirst for scripture is growing globally among the churches. They no longer have to wait for a completed bible to begin using them.
SALIENT FEATURES
CHURCH CENTRIC
COMMUNITY OWNED
TECHNOLOGY ASSISTED
QUALITY ASSURED
FREE TRANSLATION
MOVEMENT
ROLE OF THE CHURCH
Church Networks are the driving force which leads to greater sense of involvement and ownership. It is the Lingual Church which decides on:
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The Language
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The Need
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The Team
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The Books that are to be translated
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The Order of Translation
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The acceptability of the quality of translation
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The distribution among the community
GET INVOLVED
Get in touch to understand how your language group can use CCBT methodology to accelerate bible translation in your region. write to us at contact@beyondtranslation.church
P.O. BOX 170536, ARLINGTON, TX 76003