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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 experts (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 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 Scriptures
SOURCED 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 wycliffe.org.au– Publications such as Wycliffe Today
wycliffe.org.au/resources/wycliffe-today/
• Spread the word– Like us on Facebook fb/wycliffeaustralia– 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 wycliffe.org.au/donate/ – Check out 60 Projects for 60 years at
wycliffe.org.au/60th-anniversary/
• Volunteer in Australia or overseas– Email [email protected] for information
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Good News in Anyone’s Language - www.wycliffe.org.au