Partners
Prayer Partners:
Current partners 2
Needed partners 8
Total Opportunity:
Funded $68,225
Commitments $109,200
Needed $0
Demographics
- Location:
- Timor
- Speakers:
- 11,000
- Start Year:
- 2008
- End Year:
- 2017
- Project Goals:
- The New Testament and Genesis
Reports to Investors
News Feed
Pura NT | Pura
God is moving in a powerful way in the home region of the Pura people. With the help of ingenious workshop translation methods and a strong local church and university partnership, many people groups are well on their way to receiving the New Testament. Pura believers are eager to join this movement.
Most Pura people are fishermen and gardeners, growing or catching enough on their island to provide for their family. Aid organizations are active in the region, but their primary focus is on common diseases and other issues of poverty and health.
Approximately 80% of all Pura attend church and consider themselves Christians. However, because they have never had Scripture in their language, they do not readily connect faith with their daily problems. In recent years, militant sects of another major religion from a neighboring island have infiltrated the area, causing serious upheaval.
The team has already produced the Gospel of Mark as part of a Seed Company-sponsored initiative. The full Pura New Testament will benefit thousands of Pura people and serve as a catalyst for eight other projects waiting to begin in the area.
News from the Field
- Oct14
Pura of Timor
Most of the Pura people are fishermen and gardeners, growing or catching enough on their island to provide for their families. Missionaries brought Christianity to the Pura people decades ago, establishing both Protestant and Catholic traditions in the area. Approximately 80% of the Pura attend church and consider themselves Christians. However, because they have never had Scripture in their language, they do not readily connect faith with their daily problems. - May08
Pura of Timor
11,000 speakers. Most Pura people are fishermen and gardeners, growing or catching enough on their island to provide for their families. Missionaries brought Christianity to the Pura people decades ago, establishing both Protestant and Catholic traditions in the area. Approximately 80% of all Pura attend church and consider themselves Christians. However, because they have never had Scripture in their language, they do not readily connect faith with their daily problems.