A catalyst for change
Until recently the 'T' people lived in spiritual darkness and were largely controlled by their fear of death, disease, and the evil spirits who coexisted with them in their harsh, unyielding jungle environment.
Early attempts to share the Gospel with the 'T' people had never borne much fruit. But the 'T' people had yet to hear God’s message of salvation in their own language.
In the late 1980's, there was not a single church standing in any of the ten 'T' villages, not a single trained pastor from among their own people, and not a verse of Scripture translated into either of the two main dialects.
A handful of baptized 'T' believers in three of the villages occasionally met for worship, but they used the neighbouring 'G' language, rather than their own which they felt ashamed of.
Over the course of the next two decades, a spiritual transformation took place among the 'T' people, with the work of Bible translation in their language serving as a catalyst for change.
Today, there are active and growing churches in each of the 'T' villages, as well as four church plants they have made in the language group beyond. There are 16 trained pastors and lay-pastors ministering to the 'T' people in their own language.
And in late 2006, the speakers of the 'T' language received the New Testament, in its entirety, in two dialects simultaneously.
