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Faith Comes By Hearing

Bible.is / Hosanna audio Bibles

Free dramatized audio Bibles in 2,793 languages, covering the major African languages from Swahili and Amharic to Hausa, Yoruba, Zulu, Shona and Somali, with offline download. Also includes Gospel films in 1,700+ languages.

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Why this is listed

The single most important resource where literacy is low; language count verified on site, individual languages not each checked.

How to start

  1. Open faithcomesbyhearing.com (opens an external site) and read what Faith Comes By Hearing says about itself before you read anything else.
  2. Confirm the cost and level fit: free, introductory, over ongoing.
  3. Note the tradition — Interdenominational. It will shape what you are taught, and that is worth knowing going in.
  4. Put the first session in your calendar now. The gap between reading about study and doing it is a calendar entry.

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