Bible translation and the cross-cultural DNA of the church
Patrick Johnstone's article in Momentum magazine (www.momentum-mag.org) starts:
"Over the past year I have studied and meditated on the successes and failures of mission movements over history. I have come to some startling conclusions."
Here are just two of the highlights of this article:
"The translation and enculturation of Scripture into every
language where there is a response to the Gospel is a fundamental prerequisite for the endurance of Christianity over many generations."
"The price of not providing Scripture. One of the most sobering aspects of the failure to translate is to realize that over the centuries the major peoples that have most
persecuted Christians have been those who were evangelized, but never had the Scriptures in their own language."
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