Brigada

Are you interested in Bible translation or other missionary work? Your best tool in training will be to learn how to understand and learn the language. SIL at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, has the courses you need. June 2 – Aug 4 could be a wonderful summer for you alongside others [...]

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Several Bible translation groups and other mission groups are involved. The project targets the 5 billion people who have cell phones. Please send your email to stephenfierbaughpbtiorg He will be blogging his trip to several countries in Africa for this project. He and the team need your very important prayer support. No one else prays [...]

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Perhaps you’ve already visited their site…   http://www.dbsbible.org   DBS Bible has released these incredible ministry tools. They’re similar to “Chinese Treasures.” If you’re at all working with Arabic of Farsi, you’ll likely be very interested.

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Our Uganda desk has done it again. How does Lissa find all these cool features for us to include in Brigada? (Thanks Lissa!)  In this item, learn about *good* translator programs and *better* ones, depending on how much money you want to spend.   http://nyti.ms/grpFwF  

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Literally. Thanks to our I.T. guy, Greg, for point us to this article:   http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/16/world-lens-translates-words-inside-of-images-yes-really/   (That link might wrap. If so, just navigate to this item on the web, using the link below, and click on the link to the techcrunch story there.)   Basically, the story reports an iPod app that translates text [...]

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Want to know who has a Scripture resource available for a specific language? Want to be able to see it, read it or hear it online? Check out the resources indexed on the Joshua Project website at http://joshuaproject.net/countries.php?tab=3 Choose a country and then choose the language tab to see what is available.

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Did you know? Linguists estimate that at least 2,200 languages still need a translation of the Bible. In October 1982, Wycliffe launched the Bibleless Peoples Prayer Project (BPPP) which encourages people to pray for Bibleless language groups. Today there are 11,000 active BPPP prayer partners.  Join the team today! Visit http://www.wycliffe.org/bppp or email or call [...]

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You like the idea of missions but you’re not sure about learning another language… Or you like languages and you’ve wondered about Bible translation, language survey, literacy or other language related ministries… Or you think you know what Bible translation is all about… Let Wycliffe show you how to learn language the linguistic way. You [...]

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Hats off to Wycliffe Associates UK for developing their EasyEnglish bible text and commentaries http://www.easyenglish.info It’s an easy-to-read Bible text and commentaries (2800 word level) available on a free CD. For more information, email

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The WorldBibles.org site is a one-stop place for you to find foreign language Bibles.  They list an amazing 14,000 web locations where Bibles can be found in over four thousand world languages. Many Bibles are free downloads, and they list books, audio, video, phone and Braille media. Wycliffe Associates UK who developed the site have [...]

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Now, Wycliffe Associates UK can help you format your long documents. Check them out at… http://www.wycliffeassociates.org.uk They can do scripture materials, dictionaries and even hymn books. You can email them at…

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Etnopedia is an exciting new project involving Christians from around the world in the translation of unreached people profiles. You can translate, or help out with research. You can also request to add another portal so that you can translate people profiles into your own language! Visit the Etnopedia website http://www.etnopedia.org/ to find out how [...]

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The new “World Bibles” web site, just released by Wycliffe Associates UK, will help immigrant populations to find Bibles in their own languages.  It will also help Christian workers wanting Bible resources for outreach to non-English speakers. The site is at http://www.world-bibles.org/ Resources are listed for hundreds of languages, including printed Bibles, Scripture cassettes, CDs, [...]

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