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Kru NT Cluster

Languages participating in this cluster:

  • Bete, Gagnoa
  • Bete, Guiberoua
  • Godie
  • Neyo
  • We Southern

Church leaders in Côte d’Ivoire pray for healing of their divided nation. This innovative project will translate Scripture into the heart languages of 600,000 people, in five language groups.

Translations for speakers of related Kru language groups comprise the first cluster project for this Believers will mature as they read and hear God’s Word in their mother tongue. They will also begin building a foundation for reconciliation and lasting peace. This is crucial to recover from a decade of civil war and inter-ethnic violence. nation. The team will produce New Testaments in four languages and Scripture portions in a fifth.

News from the Field
  • Nov30

    Kru speakers of Côte d’Ivoire

    Thank the Lord His Word is drawing wayward sinners back to Him!

    It is better to be godly and have little than to be evil and possess much. (Psalm 37:16, NLT)

    In the past 30 years, linguists from around the world translated the New Testament into a handful of the 20 Kru languages spoken in Southwest Côte d’Ivoire. However, in 2002, civil war erupted and translation work stopped. Disarmament is still in process, so life in Kru communities is still unstable. Local people have lost land, churches and literacy centers to disgruntled vigilantes.

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  • Apr05

    Kru of Ivory Coast

    Who is able to advise the Spirit of the LORD? Who knows enough to be his teacher or counselor? (Isaiah 40:13, NLT)

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