20 years ago, a group of Label Christians in Papua New Guinea made a decision. Their language had never been written down, its use was declining, and it was in danger of disappearing forever.
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20yearsago,agroupofLabelChristiansinPapuaNewGuineamadeadecision.Theirlanguagehadneverbeenwrittendown,itsusewasdeclining,anditwasindangerofdisappearingforever.
ButtheseChristiansknewthatgettingtheBibleintheLabellanguagewasacentralpartofreachingLabelpeopleforJesus.Sotheysettowork,andnownotonlyhastheLabellanguagebeenwrittendown,butduring2025translationoftheNewTestamentintoLabelwascompletedandlaunched.
NowpeoplearespeakingtheLabellanguageeverywhere–inchurches,inshops,invillages,inhomes.AndbecausetheyhavetheNewTestamentintheirlanguage,theLabelpeoplearegrowingintheirfaith,asnowtheyunderstandGod’sWordinanew,deeperwaythatwasn’tavailabletothembefore.
TheBiblechangeslives
ManyofushaveexperiencedhowtheBiblechangeslives.ThroughtheBible,Godhaschangeduspersonally,andmanyofushaveseenthepoweroftheBibletochangelivesinourchurch
