God's Word Changes Lives
A Story of Hope Through Audio Bibles in Kenya
In recent months, the Samburu people experienced great joy through the Maasai Audio Bible. Some Samburu people do not understand much Swahili, so having the Audio Bible in their mother tongue is a blessing. No longer is there a barrier between the Samburu people and Jesus' Word.
The Samburu people are mainly a cattle-herding community, so a solar-powered Audio Bible is a vast benefit to them. In certain regions, the people have no electronics at all. Thank God that the Proclaimer is solar-powered and will allow God's people to continue to hear His Word.
The greatest challenge facing evangelism among their people is the reluctance of men to associate with church. Viewed as a women and children's affair, men tend to stay far away from the church and its teachings. By using the Audio Bible, God's Word can be brought to these men without fear of rejection. There is hope that the Audio Bible will continue to bless the men who experience it.
Audio Bible Devices
There are 7,140 languages in the world. Approximately 4,000 languages have no Bible in their language. But, even if you gave a printed Bible to the majority of these people, most could not read their own language. Audio Bibles allow them to HEAR God's Word spoken in their native tongue by people from their region!
Micro SD cards are small memory devices loaded with the Word of God translated into the needed language. When these micro SD cards are inserted into mobile phones, people can hear the Word of God in their own language! With the matching gift, your gift of $30 provides 3 Micro SD cards to those who need to hear it!
BibleSticks are personal digital players that are battery-powered and come loaded with an Audio Bible. Some are distributed to the men and women in our Armed Forces, while others are sent to refugee camps to help refugees hear the truth of God's Word in their language. With the matching gift from our two generous donors, and your gift of $100, 3 BibleSticks and 3 SD cards are sent together with this gift.
The Proclaimer is a solar-powered digital player, preloaded with an Audio Bible in a local language. Used in church services, villages, and listening groups, the Proclaimer provides thousands of hours of Bible listening, discussion, and discipleship, allowing people to become saturated with God's Word. With the matching gift from our two generous donors, your gift of $500 provides 3 Audio Proclaimers to churches and villages who need to hear God's Word in their language!
Providing three different Audio Bible devices, the Audio Bible bundle gives the gift of 3 SD cards, 3 BibleSticks, and 3 Audio Proclaimers. The SD Cards can be placed in phones, BibleSticks are used by soldiers in the field, and in refugee camps, and Audio Proclaimers are designed to be heard by larger groups of people. With the matching gift from our two generous donors, your gift of $1000 provides 9 SD Cards, 9 BibleSticks and 3 Audio Proclaimers! This bundle makes God's Word accessible for so many who need to hear!
Give a Gift in Someone's Honour
SHARE GOD'S WORD THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON
The John Ankerberg Show provides a free honour card with every Audio Bible donation, making it easy to honour someone special to you and to personalize your message to them this Christmas. Your gift to someone special provides Audio Bibles to those who need one in their language. This gift could even impact an entire community with the gospel!
Greetings from our family to yours
The message of Luke 2:10-11 given to the shepherds so many years ago is the same message we have for people around the world today: We have a Savior!-one who has come to "save His people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21).
But there are many people who do not yet know about this Savior. They don't know because no one has told them. They don't know because they have no Bible, no evangelist, no church where this good news is proclaimed.
It has been our privilege for several years now to partner with an organization which is on the front lines of the effort to get God's Word into the hands of every person on earth in their own heart language. They have set a goal of making that happen by 2033-just 10 years away! We are honoured to partner with them by providing air time and production costs because we share their passion to make God's Word readily available.
We invite you to join that effort by donating one or more of the Audio Bible devices described in this page. Perhaps you could give one in honour of every person on your Christmas list this year (we email you a card you can use to let them know of your gift).
When you do that, know that you are fulfilling God's command to "Go into all the world." Know that many thousands of people will hear of God's gift, and will receive that gift of salvation. What a wonderful way to celebrate Christmas!
For those who are waiting to hear,
John, Darlene and Michelle