Partners
Prayer Partners:
Current partners 2
Needed partners 8
Total Opportunity:
Funded $30,296
Commitments $0
Needed $0
Demographics
- Location:
- Pacific
- Speakers:
- 16,700
- Start Year:
- 2008
- End Year:
- 2010
- Project Goals:
- New Testament portions
Reports to Investors
News Feed
North Malaita IG Cluster | Baelelea
Video Updates
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Baelelea - How may we pray for the project? (0:43) -
Baelelea - Tell us about progress in the translation project. (0:19) -
Baelelea - Why did you want to work on the translation project? (0:27) -
Baelelea - What effect have the Gospels had on the Baelelea? (0:40) -
Baelelea - Why do your people need God's Word in their language? (0:49)
On the northern end of Malaita Island, the Baelelea are one of the remaining five Bibleless people groups. Without a translation in their mother tongue, the Baelelea struggle to grow in their faith in God. Local cults and traditional religion easily sway many.
One man has decided to take a stand and translate the New Testament for his people. The local community, The Seed Company, SIL and Pioneer Bible Translators have banded around this man to help him translate New Testament portions in the Baelelea language.
News from the Field
- Jun25
Baegu and Baelelea of The Solomon Islands
The Baegu and Baelelea people (total pop. 17,000) of North Malaita island are challenged to earn a living in the wake of a political coup in 2000. And while most call themselves Christians, fear of spirits, witchcraft and cults is prevalent in the area. Local churches long to see true and lasting transformation, but they need God’s Word in the languages of their people. They’ve been using the Bible in English, which many don’t understand well. - Mar16
North Malaita of Solomon Islands
The Baegu and Baelelea people of the Solomon Islands live on the northern end of Malaita Island. Since a political coup in 2000, families struggle to find enough cash for basic supplies. The first Christian missionaries arrived in the early 1900s. Today, most people consider themselves Christians. Fear of spirits, witchcraft and cults is prevalent in the area. One group teaches circumcision and keeping other Jewish rituals as the way to please God. They also believe they are Jews descended from Abraham.