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Sponsor Bibles for the Kurdish People
September 2010
Dear friend,
"When we published the New Testament, a Kurd came to me at the book fair. He was over 65 and worked as a checker on the project. He kissed my hands and said, in a time when my language is forbidden even to speak, you decided to give us your best gift you have. This touched me a lot, and I wanted to work further to finish the Bible with all its books."
My name is Dr. Ratna Sajja, president of Nations for Jesus (NFJ). I founded NFJ in 1999 to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ to all and demonstrate His love to all people.
During my trip to Turkey, I met with the Executive Secretary of the Turkish Bible Society, Tamar Karasu, who told the above account. Now I feel burdened to raise money to buy Bibles for the Kurdish people living in Turkey.
Around 25 million Kurds live in this area of the world. They are the largest ethnic group without a nation to call their own. Kurds are the outcasts of society; they have little wealth or schooling. Less than 1 in 100 claim to be followers of our Lord Jesus Christ. An estimated 15 million Kurds who live in Turkey do not have access to a Bible in their Kurmanji dialect. Here is a brief message from the director:
“We sometimes are feeling that we are blocked and won’t be able to move forward to spread the Word of God. We are not allowed to share openly our faith out of churches or Christian areas.”
The first mission established in modern-day Turkey was the Bible Society, which was founded in 1820. The organizations primary task is translation of God’s Word.
•Bookshop Ministry: There are two bookshops in Istanbul and in Adana. Unfortunately, Tamar and her team had to close the one in Izmir and they were not allowed to open one in the capital city of Ankara. The Turkish Bible Society is still waiting for financing to open another bookshop in Antalya. “But we praise God for the two bookshops where we are receiving so many visitors,” writes the director.
•Book Fairs: The ministry also is attempting to participate in every book fair around Turkey–Istanbul, Adana, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Diyarbakir–for a total of ten days each year. At such events, special pocket calendars containing the Word of God are given away to every visitor. Through these book fairs, the ministry teams are reaching 100,000 people.
•Newspaper Ads / Prisoner Outreach: Newspaper ads are another avenue of outreach used by the Turkish Bible Society, even reaching prisoners during the last three years. “When we started to receive letters from prisoners, we decided to establish a special fund for them. We are freely giving them the Word of God and pray a lot for them.”
•Children’s Bibles: In addition to printing Scriptures for adults, the ministry team is also printing children’s Bibles and would like to expand this effort.
•Study Bibles: For the first time a study Bible in the Turkish language is ready to print. The project will go to the printer as soon as funding is complete.
•Bible Dictionaries: The Bible Dictionary is also on its way. “We are checking words and soon we will start to choose pictures.”
•Kurdish Old Testament: Translation is underway for the development of the Kurdish Old Testament. This book will supplement the Kurdish New Testament completed in 2005 and the Kurdish New Testament with the Book of Psalms finished in 2009.
•Audio Recording: An audio recording of the New Testament will be an effective tool since many Kurds cannot read or write in their language. The Campus Crusade for Christ team in Turkey has agreed to distribute the book/CD package throughout the country. Reading and listening at the same time will help them to learn their mother tongue.
While the cost of one Kurdish New Testament is $3.90, the price drops to $3.18 per copy if 10,000 copies are printed. An accompanying CD is $1.18 per copy for a total of $4.36 for each hardcover set.
We are so excited about what God will do among the Kurdish people in the weeks to come, and I hope you are encouraged as well. Thank you so much for your prayers and support for Nations for Jesus. May our Lord Jesus Christ bless you greatly as you serve Him!
Yours for reaching the world for Christ,
Ratna Sajja, D.Min.
President
www.nationsforjesus.org
info@nationsforjesus.org
Dear friend,
"When we published the New Testament, a Kurd came to me at the book fair. He was over 65 and worked as a checker on the project. He kissed my hands and said, in a time when my language is forbidden even to speak, you decided to give us your best gift you have. This touched me a lot, and I wanted to work further to finish the Bible with all its books."
My name is Dr. Ratna Sajja, president of Nations for Jesus (NFJ). I founded NFJ in 1999 to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ to all and demonstrate His love to all people.
During my trip to Turkey, I met with the Executive Secretary of the Turkish Bible Society, Tamar Karasu, who told the above account. Now I feel burdened to raise money to buy Bibles for the Kurdish people living in Turkey.
Around 25 million Kurds live in this area of the world. They are the largest ethnic group without a nation to call their own. Kurds are the outcasts of society; they have little wealth or schooling. Less than 1 in 100 claim to be followers of our Lord Jesus Christ. An estimated 15 million Kurds who live in Turkey do not have access to a Bible in their Kurmanji dialect. Here is a brief message from the director:
“We sometimes are feeling that we are blocked and won’t be able to move forward to spread the Word of God. We are not allowed to share openly our faith out of churches or Christian areas.”
The first mission established in modern-day Turkey was the Bible Society, which was founded in 1820. The organizations primary task is translation of God’s Word.
•Bookshop Ministry: There are two bookshops in Istanbul and in Adana. Unfortunately, Tamar and her team had to close the one in Izmir and they were not allowed to open one in the capital city of Ankara. The Turkish Bible Society is still waiting for financing to open another bookshop in Antalya. “But we praise God for the two bookshops where we are receiving so many visitors,” writes the director.
•Book Fairs: The ministry also is attempting to participate in every book fair around Turkey–Istanbul, Adana, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Diyarbakir–for a total of ten days each year. At such events, special pocket calendars containing the Word of God are given away to every visitor. Through these book fairs, the ministry teams are reaching 100,000 people.
•Newspaper Ads / Prisoner Outreach: Newspaper ads are another avenue of outreach used by the Turkish Bible Society, even reaching prisoners during the last three years. “When we started to receive letters from prisoners, we decided to establish a special fund for them. We are freely giving them the Word of God and pray a lot for them.”
•Children’s Bibles: In addition to printing Scriptures for adults, the ministry team is also printing children’s Bibles and would like to expand this effort.
•Study Bibles: For the first time a study Bible in the Turkish language is ready to print. The project will go to the printer as soon as funding is complete.
•Bible Dictionaries: The Bible Dictionary is also on its way. “We are checking words and soon we will start to choose pictures.”
•Kurdish Old Testament: Translation is underway for the development of the Kurdish Old Testament. This book will supplement the Kurdish New Testament completed in 2005 and the Kurdish New Testament with the Book of Psalms finished in 2009.
•Audio Recording: An audio recording of the New Testament will be an effective tool since many Kurds cannot read or write in their language. The Campus Crusade for Christ team in Turkey has agreed to distribute the book/CD package throughout the country. Reading and listening at the same time will help them to learn their mother tongue.
While the cost of one Kurdish New Testament is $3.90, the price drops to $3.18 per copy if 10,000 copies are printed. An accompanying CD is $1.18 per copy for a total of $4.36 for each hardcover set.
We are so excited about what God will do among the Kurdish people in the weeks to come, and I hope you are encouraged as well. Thank you so much for your prayers and support for Nations for Jesus. May our Lord Jesus Christ bless you greatly as you serve Him!
Yours for reaching the world for Christ,
Ratna Sajja, D.Min.
President
www.nationsforjesus.org
info@nationsforjesus.org
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