Manjaku of Guinea-Bissau

The Manjaku are primarily farmers living in northern Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and The Gambia. The largest Manjaku community in Guinea-Bissau in particular has suffered during the last several years of government and social turmoil. Believers in the other countries find themselves the minority, often in troubled regions. In that climate, many have found real, lasting peace through Jesus Christ, and the church is growing. A translation team is building on a forty-year history of mission work to bring Scripture to a Bibleless church. In 2002, representatives from all these groups joined TSC’s workshops that helped them produce the JESUS film. The translation teams hope to build on this success and combine their efforts to complete the New Testament and large portions of the Old Testament.

  • Praise God for the Manjaku team’s good headway on the books of Genesis and Jonah. Pray that the translators will have a spirit of humility as they work together.

  • Pray that the Lord will give the team guidance and discernment as they draft the weighty book of Isaiah.

  • Praise God that team member Cherie’s spiritual journey, similar in some ways to Jonah’s experience, has brought her to a point of definite Christian conversion and to her present role in the Manjaku translation project. Pray that the Lord will clearly show His will to Cherie in the months ahead.

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