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WELCOME!

WELCOME!. 1954 to 2014: 737 Aussies have been involved. The Oates Family 1954. You can replace this with a picture of someone you know. The Miles-Fanning Family 2014. 86 New Testaments 3 Complete Bibles 56 Scripture portions Audio Productions in 22 languages

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WELCOME!

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  1. WELCOME!

  2. 1954 to 2014: 737 Aussies have been involved The Oates Family1954 You can replace this with a picture of someone you know The Miles-Fanning Family2014

  3. 86 New Testaments 3 Complete Bibles 56 Scripture portions Audio Productions in 22 languages Video productions in 11 languages 1954 to 2014: Serving directly in 126 language projects

  4. Dictionaries in 34 languages 40 language experts (consultants) Typesetting (preparing Bibles for print) in 47 languages 1954 to 2014: Other services

  5. What would life be like without light? Photo by Zeke du Plessis

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

  7. “Reading Ruth in my heart language is like watching a full coloured movie with surround sound & special effects!” Christian, Papua Photo by Kahunapule Michael Johnson

  8. 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.

  9. Quiz The first person to translate the complete Bible from Latin into English was: • William Tyndale • Venerable Bede C) Myles Coverdale D) John Wycliffe

  10. KJV Wycliffe Founded John Wycliffe’s English Bible William Carey Septuagint (LXX) Gutenberg’s Printing Press William Tyndale’s English Bible Latin Vulgate British & Foreign Bible Society The progress of Bible translation

  11. Quiz Roughly how many English versions of the Bible are there today? A) 80+ B) 100+ C) 150+ D) 50+

  12. 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

  13. Complete Bible 513 1,294 NewTestament Inprogress 2,167 1,919 Needtranslation* 1010 Somescripture Status of Bible translation worldwide 6,918 living languages worldwide 2,817 languages with all or some Scripture *180 million people without Scriptures Sourced from www.wycliffe.net – October 2013

  14. Call to action (2013 statistics) Number of languages with likely need of Bible translation with no active program in place

  15. 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

  16. Supporting the Bible translation movement • Pray • Sign up for Prayer Words by emailing prayer-notes_australia@wycliffe.org • 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 info_australia@wycliffe.org for info

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