American missionary society "Faith comes by hearing" has set itself the goal by 2016 to translate the Bible published in audio at 2 thousand languages and dialects with reference to the agency Kathnet.
If the goal is reached, the Holy Scripture becomes clear 97% of the world's population, including ethnic groups, which do not yet have their writing.
The "Faith comes by hearing" was founded in 1972 in the city of Albuquerque (State of New Mexico, USA). Missionaries, based on the words of Saint Paul "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, the Bible spread throughout the world in the form of audio recordings.
Experts society claimed that about 70% of the world's population - are people mainly or exclusively oral culture, who can not read or are extremely rare contacts with the written text.
To date, recording the Bible - the entire text or individual books - distributed in 333 languages. A recent New Testament has been translated into the language of coma, which is spoken by about 4 thousand people in Ghana.
The company distributes records to audio cassettes, CDs and media flash memory USB.
Recall that a translation of the Bible International Association two years ago announced its intention in 2016 to translate the Scriptures in 250 African languages.
"The work will be completion of the transfer of the Holy Scriptures for hundreds of categories of people who witnessed the massacres of ethnic genocide, religious strife, social and political revolution" - said President and CEO Association of Bruce Smith.
"We firmly believe that when the Bible is translated into the native languages of these people will change and will save thousands of lives and receive moral support to those Christians who are persecuted," - he added.
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