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Bible Translation & Literacy (BTL) Kenya

Get involved with Bible Translation & Literacy

BTL translates Scripture and runs literacy and language development for more than 25 minority languages in Kenya and East Africa. People can join as associate members, pray for specific projects or apply for open positions.

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Why this is listed

Kenyan-led translation agency in the Wycliffe family serving languages with no Scripture.

How to start

  1. Open btlkenya.org (opens an external site) and read what Bible Translation & Literacy (BTL) Kenya says about itself before you read anything else.
  2. Check the time it asks for: ongoing.
  3. Look at the filings below, then decide. Numbers are context, not a verdict.
  4. Tell your church. Going out is rarely meant to be done alone.

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    Time
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    Last verified October 24, 2026

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    Join Bible translation work with ALEM (Wycliffe Brasil)

    ALEM - Associação Linguística Evangélica Missionária (Wycliffe Brasil)

    Brazil's member of the Wycliffe Global Alliance, founded in 1982, working in Bible translation, linguistic analysis, intercultural education and literacy for peoples without Scripture. The site offers an involvement page and courses in linguistics and missiology for those exploring service.

    Time
    Ongoing
    Where
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    Area
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    Last verified October 24, 2026

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    Serve in Bible translation with Wycliffe Singapore

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    Wycliffe Singapore recruits and sends people into Bible translation, literacy, IT and support roles across Asia. Its serve page describes short-term and long-term pathways.

    Time
    Ongoing
    Where
    Singapore, Singapore
    Area
    Bible translation & distribution

    Last verified October 24, 2026

Before you go

Something to read, watch or listen to before you show up. From Ripened Harvest; the picks change each day.

  • Bible studyProvisional

    YouVersion — The Bible App

    Life.Church

    The free Bible app most readers already have on their phone: hundreds of translations and languages, audio, dated reading plans, and shareable verse images. Installed on well over half a billion devices, it is the default pocket Bible.

    Cost
    Free
    Time
    Ongoing
    Where
    Online
    Format
    App · Introductory

    Last verified September 20, 2026

  • Film & seriesProvisional

    End of the Spear

    Every Tribe Entertainment

    A 2006 feature film telling the story of the five missionaries killed by the Waodani in Ecuador in 1956, and of what happened afterward when the families of the dead went to live among the tribe. It is told largely from the point of view of Mincayani, one of the men who did the killing.

    Cost
    Paid
    Time
    One-off
    Where
    Online
    Who for
    Adults · Film

    Last verified October 24, 2026

  • Film & seriesProvisional

    JESUS (the Jesus Film)

    Jesus Film Project

    A 1979 life of Christ taken almost entirely from Luke's Gospel, shot in Israel with Brian Deacon as Jesus. It has since been dubbed into well over a thousand languages and is, by most counts, the most-watched film ever made.

    Cost
    Free
    Time
    A few hours
    Where
    Online
    Who for
    Adults · Film

    Last verified September 8, 2026