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Here's What's New for the Week of June 21, 2009!
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We're constantly working to update the links in our Bibles in Your Language site. We now can help you find Bibles in over 300 languages! Some of the newest languages we've added include:
* Bari (Sudan)
* Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
* Kosraean (Micronesia)
* Kuanua (Papua New Guinea)
* Lahu (China)
* Lango (Sudan)
* Urak Lawoi' (Thailand)
* Zande (Dem. Republic of the Congo)
* Zulu (South Africa)

Week of May 3, 2009

The Gospel in Africa

Christianity is a vital force in Africa. These books share the voices and experiences of the African church.
Africa Bible Commentary:
Written by 70 African Scholars

by Tokunboh Adeyemo (Editor)
Zondervan, 2007
Jesus of Africa:
Voices of Contemporary African Christology

by Diane B. Stinton
Orbis Books, 2004
African Friends and Money Matters:
Observations from Africa

by David E. Maranz
SIL International, 2001

Week of March 22, 2009

Christian ESL Materials

Looking for Bible-based ESL materials? These excellent books will help you teach your students the basics of English and the basics of the faith at the same time. The books include teaching resources such as word lists at the end of each chapter, fill-in-the-blank exercises for students, answers to questions with additional scripture references, and tips for teaching ESL.

Handbook for Teaching Bible-Based ESL
by J. Wesley Eby
96 page booklet
Beacon Hill Press, 2003
The Life of Jesus Christ
(ESL Bible Study of Mark)

by J. Wesley Eby
88 page booklet
Beacon Hill Press, 2003
Teachings of Jesus: Level 2
(ESL Bible Study)

by J. Wesley Eby
72 page paperback
Beacon Hill Press, 2004
What Christians Believe
(ESL Bible Study)

by J. Wesley Eby
56 page booklet
Beacon Hill Press, 2003
How Christians Grow
(ESL Bible Study)

by J. Wesley Eby
56 page booklet
Beacon Hill Press, 2003

Our ESL Ideas Page has many more resources and links to help you teach English.

Week of February 1, 2009

New Missionary Tale

Growing Up Yanomam'o:
Missionary Adventures in the Amazon Rainforest

by Mike Dawson
Grace Acres Press (2009)
What better way to interest your family and church in missions than with a true-life story of growing up in a stone-age culture? This exciting new book is just being released, and sounds like a real gem, relating what it was like to grow up with the animals, nature and people of a South American jungle community. The author is part of the Dawson family, which has made a three-generation family commitment to share the Good News with this Venezuelan tribe.

Week of January 18, 2009

Japanese books

As we were updating our links for Japanese Bibles this week, we were pleased to find these Christian classics available in Japanese:
More Than a Carpenter (Japanese edition)
by Josh McDowell
Word of Life Press, 2005

Examines the evidence for the resurrection and deity of Christ.
The Case for Christ (Japanese edition)
by Lee Strobel
Word of Life Press, 2004

A journalist's personal investigation of the evidence for Jesus.

Looking for a Children's Bible in Japanese? This fully illustrated, bilingual Bible has 95 classic Bible stories for children and beginning readers in Japanese and English.
The Beginner's Bible (Japanese / English edition)
by Kelly Pulley (Illustrator)
Church School Growth Center, 2006

Click here for more links to children's Bibles in Chinese, English, French, Greek, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish, and more.

If you know Japanese kids who resonate with the Manga style of adventure comic books, here's a Manga-style Bible that they will enjoy:
Manga Comic Book Style Bible (Japanese edition)
by Noboru Yamaguchi (Editor)
Masakazu Higuchi (Illustrator)
Forest Books, 2005

The story of the Bible from Genesis to Pauls letters in exciting B&W Manga illustrations. (879 pages)

This is the first book on the history of Japanese theology written by Japanese theologians.
A History of Japanese Theology
by by Yasuo Furuya
Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1997

Week of January 4, 2009

Evangelism Tracts

Campus Crusade offers the Four Spiritual Laws online in more than 150 languages.

But did you know they sell a CD Rom with the 4 Laws in 90 languages, so you can print your own tracts? Or, if you prefer, you can order 12-packs of printed bilingual 4 Laws tracts in your choice of 30 languages.

Another source for tracts in many languages is EvanTell.org.       

Their May I Ask You a Question? tract presents the Bad News/Good News format (similar to the 4 Laws) for sharing the gospel. The tract comes in four side-by-side versions (German/English, Kiswahili/English, Lugandan/English, and Spanish/English) and in many single language translations:
Afrikaan
Albanian
Amharic
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Czech
Dutch
French
Georgian
German
Haitian
Hindi
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian          
Japanese
Kazak
Khmer
Kiswahili
Korean
Lugandan
Nepali
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Spanish
Swedish
Tagalog
Thai
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Another EvanTel tract, The Youth Wristband uses a time-tested 5-color concept (similar to the one used by Child Evangelism Fellowship), accompanied by a simple booklet available in:
Chinese
English
French
German
Hungarian          
Italian
Khmer
Kiswahili
Lugandan
Portuguese          
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Tagalog

Audio Bibles online
We were delighted to see that Talking Bibles International is now offering online recordings of the Old and New Testament. As of this writing, the New Testament is available online in 57 languages:
  Albanian
Akha
Amuzgo de Guerrero
Arabic
Assamese
Baduga
Bemba
Bengali
Bugkalut (Ilongot)
Cantonese
Chatino de Nopala
Chinanteco de Palantla
Czech
Dinka
English
Farsi
Foochow
Gondi
Haitian-Creole
Hausa
Hindi
Hmong (Blue Meo)
Hokkien
Italian
Javanese
Khmer - Cambodia
Khmer - Thailand  
Kinyarwanda
Kosovo
Lhomi
Lingala
Malayalam
Mandarin
Mawachi
Munukutuba
Navajo
Oriya
Polish
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian
Slovak
Spanish
Sudanese
Swahili
Tagalog
Tamil
Telugu
Teochew
Tigrinya
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese
Xitshwa (Tswa)
Yanowamo
Zapoteco de Quioquitani  
Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavia
Zapoteco de Yatee

For more links to audio, online and print Bibles in over 300 languages,
see Bibles in Your Language.

Week of January 1, 2009

Recent books to help Christians understand Islam
and build relationships with Muslims:
Muslims, Christians, and Jesus:
Gaining Understanding and Building Relationships

by Carl Medearis
Bethany House, 2008
The Crescent Through the Eyes of the Cross:
Insights from an Arab Christian

by Dr. Nabeel T. Jabbour
NavPress Publishing Group, 2008
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes:
Cultural Studies in the Gospels

by Kenneth E. Bailey
IVP Academic, 2007


Evangelism and discipleship tool
One God One Message
by P.D. Bramsen
Xulon Press, 2007

An unhurried, captivating, cliché-free journey through the best story ever told. For truth-seekers, skeptics, Muslims, and confused Christians.


Cross-cultural Living
Strange Virtues:
Ethics in a Multicultural World

by Bernard T. Adeney
InterVarsity Press, 1995

Conflict is inevitable, especially when Christians from different cultures live and minister side-by-side. This book provides a model for understanding cultural values and resolving conflicts while remaining true to Biblical principals.

Coaching Across Cultures:
New Tools for Leveraging National, Corporate, and Professional Differences

by Philippe Rosinski
Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2003

This is a secular book, but useful, especially for a multicultural team trying to understand each other and how a team leader might coach them through that process of understanding.

See related article Coaching & Culture, by Dr. Keith E. Webb


Children's Mission Resource
Childrensmissions.com has published Kids Reaching Kids: Venezuela to help leaders plan a Venezuela-themed missions event for boys and girls in grades 1-6. Resources include mission stories, posters, crafts, games, recipes, and suggestions to help children pray for boys and girls in Venezuela.

Find more children's resources on our page Multicultural and Missions Resources for Kids.



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