Bilo
Fast Facts:
Languages: Bilo*
No. of speakers: 10,000
Christians: ~50% (mostly nominal)
Location: Southeast Asia**
Project start date: 2005
Expected completion: beyond 2026
Long-term Goals:
Produce Christian materials that facilitate evangelism and discipleship.
Translate New and Old Testament books into the Bilo language.
The Bilo are a community of rice farmers in a rural part of the country, who are going through massive changes to their traditional way of life. Christianity was introduced to this animistic society in 1940. Although Christians now make up half of the community, most are nominal Christians as they do not have access to the Bible in their heart language.
They are under some pressure to convert to the majority religion of their country.
This project aims to root the Bilo people firmly in Christ, through Scriptures and related materials in their language.
* For security reasons, pseudonyms are used for the language name and names of individuals.
** The exact location is confidential. Prior approval is required for further reproduction or distribution in any form.
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