”There are about 2,000 (languages) that don’t have a single verse of scripture,” says Pastor who raises funds for new translation project

1 de May de 2021

Desperation Church, a church in the state of Alabama, US, is trying to raise $55,000 by next year so that more than 2 million Asians can have the New Testament of the Bible in their language for the first time.

Adam Hicks, left, the Jasper Campus pastor for Desperation Church, and executive pastor Cody Miller show a translation of the Gospel of Luke made for a group of Asians.

Cody Miller, the pastor who leads one of the Desperation Church congregations in Cullman County, said that “What caught out attention is there are 7,000 languages spoken across the world. Of those 7,000 languages, only 700 have the entire Old and New Testaments completed in their language.”

”There are about 2,000 (languages) that don’t have a single verse of scripture,” the pastor noted. This represents that 170 million people do not have access to the Bible.

”So here we are 2,000 years beyond Jesus telling us to make disciples of all nations but we have 2,000 plus languages that can’t make disciples because they have no scriptures.”

Desperation Jasper City pastor Adam Hicks said the church began a partnership about three years ago with the Seed Company, which has a goal of translating the Bible into all languages by 2025.

In addition, Pastor Hicks told the Daily Mountain Eagle newspaper that raising funds for translation is part of the church’s mission projects.

A good amount has been raised so far, leaving $ 55,000 left to complete the New Testament translation and the goal of completing the funding by 2022.

Miller said Desperation adopted through Seed Company one specific cluster of five languages in Southeast Asia, representing 2.4 million people. Hicks is amazed that so many in this area have different translations of the Bible at home, but this group has never tangibly held a Bible nor ever read a scripture.

The project does not identify the country publicly for fear of religious persecution. “The work on the ground takes place in unsafe areas,” “ says Pastor Miller.

“There will be people in the Talapapra Cluster who will be standing in eternity with us, with Jesus, and it is all because they were introduced to Him through this,” said Pastor Hicks.

“This is a very powerful project. We are very passionate about the word of God.” he added.

Desperation Church, a multi-campus area church which has a Jasper congregation, is trying to raise $55,000 by next year so that more than 2 million Asians can have have the New Testament of the Bible in their language for the first time. https://t.co/9kiaSiPumK
— Daily Mountain Eagle (@DailyMtEagle) May 21, 2021