Good News - December 2020

49 DECEMBER 2020 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition OUT AND ABOUT Wycliffe Associates, an in- ternational organization that empowers mother-tongue Bible translators and partners with local churches in the advance- ment of Bible translation, is pro- viding equipment for Christians to print the Scriptures in their own language in places where it’s illegal to own a Bible. Print On Demand (POD) is a Wycliffe Associates project that provides high-speed, digital printing systems that Christians can use to discreetly print cus- tom quantities of Scripture as soon as it has been translated. “Putting the Word of God into the heart language changes their lives through the power of the Scriptures. They need it in their own language,” says TimNeu, InterimPresident and CEO of Wycliffe Associ- ates. “Without a printed Bible in their own heart language, be- lievers can’t study God’s Word for themselves.” In countries where some have been waiting for genera- tions for a Bible in their lan- guage, Wycliffe Associates’ Print On Demand units make the Scriptures readily available. “Even when national Bible translators finish their work, in many cases there are still no BiblesunlessweprovidePrintOn Demand equipment,” says Neu A single mobile POD unit costs $2,000, and Wycliffe As- sociates trains workers to run and maintain the equipment. In safe areas, the organization also can place larger, high-ca- pacity printing equipment for $25,000 per system. Currently 798 Bible translation projects fa- cilitated by Wycliffe Associates are underway. To date, the or- ganization has placed 127 Print On Demand units. For infor- mation, see www.wycliffe- associates.org. In Places Where Bible Ownership Is Illegal, Wycliffe Associates Is Helping