Thank you for being part of the Daily Article podcast for Thursday, June 8th,

2023. I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Ryan Denison.

Whether it's the Great Commission or Christ's final command prior to his ascension to heaven,

Scripture makes clear that our

foundational job as Christians is to help people in every culture know Jesus and follow His

Word.

Far too often, however, we make the mistake of underestimating how creative God can be in

accomplishing that task.

Take, for example, the work of the Bible translation ministry

unfolding word and their partnership with the church growth project of Chad, known as P-C-E-T, from

their organization's name in French. The work of the two groups in Chad is unique in that the

majority of their translators are Muslim.

Perhaps that should not come as a surprise, considering the majority of the population there is Muslim,

but they did not necessarily start out with that goal in mind.

Rather, their model relies on hiring locals to take on the work of translating Bible stories into their native tongue

instead of training outsiders to accomplish the same task. As a result, when they put out the

advertisement asking for workers, most of those who responded just happened to be non-Christians.

However, as Rachel Pfeiffer describes, they, quote, noticed that Muslims quickly

latched onto the projects for reasons beyond the financial incentive. PCET and unfolding word

were clear that the materials for translation would be Christian, but Muslim participants

saw some of the stories, such as those about Abraham, as part of their religion,

too. End quote. It turns out that many of the same villages and people groups that lacked

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