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Healthy Bible Translation Programs: Successful L1 Scripture Engagement in Previously L2 Dominant Churches Healthy Bible Translation ProgramsLanguage IssuesResearch

Healthy Bible Translation Programs: Successful L1 Scripture Engagement in Previously L2 Dominant Churches

This article responds to Anonby, et al, through a systematic review of eighteen separate Scripture Engagement studies that examined seventy-three distinct language communities in twelve countries on four continents. In sixty of these seventy-three language groups, languages of wider communication…
Richard
March 9, 2026
When the High language wins – and when it doesn’t: How diglossia and the timing of translation affect vernacular scripture use Sulawesi Research PilotLanguage IssuesResearch

When the High language wins – and when it doesn’t: How diglossia and the timing of translation affect vernacular scripture use

The non-use of completed local language (LL) Scripture translations is a persistent and costly problem for the Bible translation movement. This article opens a broader Vernacular Scripture Use research program with a pilot study conducted across eighteen language communities in…
Richard
February 26, 2026
Scripture Engagement Dynamics Scripture Engagement DynamicsResearch

Scripture Engagement Dynamics

This study represents the largest sample of research on factors influencing Scripture Engagement to date, examining seventy projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania, and representing multiple Bible translation agencies. The data has been analyzed statistically to identify factors…
Richard
November 9, 2025
Bible Access List 2025 Bible Access List 2025Research

Bible Access List 2025

The Bible Access List is a "comprehensive 2025 assessment identifying where Bible access is most difficult and shortages among Christians are greatest". The research is presented in three sections: Bible Restrictions List: in which countries is it hard to import,…
Richard
September 13, 2025
SURAM Cameroon SURAM CameroonResearch

SURAM Cameroon

The aim of SURAM (Scripture Use Research And Ministry) Cameroon was to evaluate the ownership, use, and impact of vernacular Scriptures in communities across Cameroon where New Testaments or full Bibles in the local mother tongue were published between 2007…
Richard
June 23, 2025