Partners
Prayer Partners:
Current partners 43
Needed partners 0
Total Opportunity:
Funded $468,453
Commitments $0
Needed $3,887
Demographics
- Location:
- Central African Republic
- Speakers:
- 50,000
- Start Year:
- 2009
- End Year:
- 2012
- Project Goals:
- Luke and JESUS film
Reports to Investors
News Feed
CAR LP Cluster | Nzakara
Video Updates
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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) -
Nzakara - Why do the Nzakara need God's Word in their language? (1:09) -
Nzakara - What are the biggest challenges you face in your work? (0:54)
This language group is participating in the CAR LP Cluster project.
Although most people in the Banda-related groups attend church, use of other languages in the church has created misunderstanding and rendered much of the churches’ teachings irrelevant. For example, in Matthew 5:17 Jesus says He did not come to abolish the Law of Moses. Because the pastor read and explained it in Sango, the national language, people understood it to mean that Jesus did not come to condemn or destroy traditions they’d inherited from ancestors, even those that are evil. So currently, about 80% of the population considers themselves Christians, but many mix their Christian faith with ancestral rites.
Four of nine CAR translation programs are currently in progress: Banda-Linda, Bokoto, Mpyemo and Nzakara. The other five (Gbaya Southwest, Yaka, Kaba, Ngbugu and Lutos) will join in 2011, to produce the JESUS film. At the end of this combined project, all of the language groups will have the Book of Luke and the JESUS film. These successes may spur some or all of the language teams to continue, to translate the entire New Testament, beyond the scope of this initial phase.
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.