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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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1954 to 2014: Serving 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 consultants• Typesetting (preparing Bibles for print) in 47 languages
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There are two groups of people missing! Guess who?
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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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Need
translation*
1,919
In progress2,167
Some
scripture
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1010
New Testament 1,294
Complete Bible 513
6,918 living languages worldwide2,817 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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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
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Supporting the Bible translation movement
• 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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