Ninzo of Nigeria
About 100,000 Ninzo people live in a hilly region of central Nigeria. Missionaries from South Africa brought the gospel to the Ninzo people in the 1920s, and today, about 35 percent of the people consider themselves Christians. About ten percent of the people adhere to another major religion, and the rest have no strongly stated religious identification at all, though many seem to practice various elements of traditional animistic religion. The Ninzo people’s traditional ruler practices a major world religion. However, he challenged Ninzo Christians to start a Bible translation and literacy project! The Nigerian Bible Translation Trust assigned a Nigerian couple to serve as full-time advisors for the project.
- Comprehension of the translated portions of Scripture is so important. Pray that God will provide the means for the team to produce copies of New Testament books to circulate during community testing.
- Pray for the team as they labor to get the remaining eleven New Testament books ready for the consultant’s review and as they work toward wrapping up the translation project on schedule.
- Pray that the Lord will give the team strength and diligence to see this translation project through to completion.
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