Engaging Diaspora Communities
07/07/21 • 30 min
People all over the world are moving away from their language communities to find safety or simply for more opportunities. This diaspora is allowing access to languages that would otherwise be unreachable by outsiders. In this episode we are talking with Trevor Deck and Sunny Hong about how we can engage this diaspora communities to help with Bible translation and to train them as missionaries to their own people. This is one way that we can take advantage of strategic opportunities that are available for successful Bible translation projects around the world.
People all over the world are moving away from their language communities to find safety or simply for more opportunities. This diaspora is allowing access to languages that would otherwise be unreachable by outsiders. In this episode we are talking with Trevor Deck and Sunny Hong about how we can engage this diaspora communities to help with Bible translation and to train them as missionaries to their own people. This is one way that we can take advantage of strategic opportunities that are available for successful Bible translation projects around the world.
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