Partners
Prayer Partners:
Current partners 51
Needed partners 0
Total Opportunity:
Funded $345,548
Commitments $19,250
Needed $370,313
Demographics
- Location:
- Dem Rep Congo
- Speakers:
- 25,000
- Start Year:
- 2006
- End Year:
- 2015
- Project Goals:
- New Testament and Genesis
Reports to Investors
News Feed
Ubangi NT Cluster | Pagabete
This language group is participating in the Ubangi NT Cluster project.
The Pagabete speakers live in the rainforest, relying on subsistence farming, hunting and fishing to support themselves. The men leave their villages for several months each year to live in the forest and hunt. About 75 percent of the Pagabete people claim to be Christians, and the rest practice animism or adhere to cult-like groups. The Pagabete people show a hunger to own Bibles, and during church services, there are frequent explanations of the Scriptures in the Pagabete language.
Well-educated Ngbandi-Ngiri, Mono and Pagabete translators are working together to produce first drafts, check each other’s drafts and plan and evaluate their projects. Sharing an office allows them to learn from each other and work in a more focused environment. They also spend time with their respective people groups, working with review committees, running Scripture-use courses and conducting local testing. Translators attend a workshop each year to build upon their initial training and qualifications.
News from the Field
- Nov17
Ubangi New Testament Cluster of Dem Rep Congo
The Ubangi cluster are in 3 language groups. Catholic and Evangelical churches have been active in all three language communities for several decades. While a large percentage of the people claim to be Christians, many of them continue to follow traditional animistic rituals at the same time. Well-educated Ngbandi-Ngiri, Mono and Pagabete translators will work together to produce first drafts, check each other’s drafts and plan and evaluate their projects. - Jun13
Ubangi Cluster of DRC
393,000 speakers in 3 language groups. Catholic and Evangelical churches have been active in all three language communities for several decades. While a large percentage of the people claim to be Christians, many of them continue to follow traditional animistic rituals at the same time. Well-educated Ngbandi-Ngiri, Mono and Pagabete translators will work together to produce first drafts, check each other’s drafts and plan and evaluate their projects.