Partners
Prayer Partners:
9 Current
1 Needed
Total Opportunity:
$499,485 Funded
$0 Needed
Demographics
- Location:
- Central African Republic
- Speakers:
- 854,000
- Start Year:
- 2009
- End Year:
- 2012
Reports to Investors
CAR LP Cluster
Video Updates
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Banda Linda- Why do your people need God's Word in Banda Linda? (0:27) -
Banda Linda- How has Bible translation changed people's lives? (0:24) -
Banda Linda- How may we pray for this project? (0:25) -
Banda Linda- How may we pray for you? (0:31) -
Banda Linda- How has the church responded to translated verses? (0:28) -
Bokoto- How can we pray for this project? (0:42) -
Bokoto- Why do your people need God's Word in Bokoto? (0:27) -
Nzakara - How have you seen God at work in the project? (0:55) -
Nzakara - What happens when they hear the Word the first time? (1:04) -
Nzakara - How is God's Word changing your community? (1:10)
Languages participating in this cluster:
- Banda-Linda
- Ngbugu
- Bokoto
- Gbaya, SW
- Kaba
- Lutos
- Mpyemo
- Nzakara
- Yaka
Most of the people living in these language groups live in villages along the roads that pass through their areas. They work hard, providing for their families through what they grow on their small farms. Some of them also work in diamond or gold mines in the area. Although the mines offer a lucrative product, the local workers seldom reap much benefit from their labor there.
About 80% of the population considers themselves Christians, but many of them mix their Christian faith with ancestral rites. Although most of those in the Banda group attend church, use of other languages in the church has created serious misunderstandings. In one community, people believed that they could continue their old spiritual rituals alongside Christianity because of unclear teaching about Jesus not abolishing the Law.
This project will ensure the local church in each of the nine communities has the Book of Luke and the JESUS film. The success of this project may spur some or all of the language teams to continue in translation to produce the entire New Testament in potential future projects.
News from the Field
- May10
Nine languages of Central African Republic
Most people from the nine language groups, with a combined population of about 900,000, have known about the gospel. But have they personally, deeply known the truth of its message? Many misunderstand what the Scriptures say, because they are taught using French or Sango, the national language. - Feb27
Central Africa Cluster
This translation project in Central Africa Republic covers nine language groups. The goal is to produce Luke, the JESUS Film and Scripture booklets in the mother tongue. Central African Republic is described in Operation World as one of the most evangelized countries in the world. Protestant mission work started in the country in the years after WWI. Currently, about 80% of the population consider themselves Christians, but many people mix their Christian faith with ancestral rites.