For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus –1 Timothy 2:5

It does not take long, if we spend anytime scrolling social media on the Internet, to find that mainstream churches are now investing time, and probably lots of money, to make their voices heard and promote their particular denomination on different platforms. Some are intensively promoting and explaining their dogmas to the millions online, trying to persuade people that this or that church religion, the one they promote, is the one and only that holds the truth and is able to guarantees eternal salvation of the soul. Most likely they try to convince people to attend their church and become a member.

The first problem with that is that the Internet goes all over the world, which means to countries and lands where church denominations are not present. So, if attending church, or having ceremonies and rituals where the presence of a pastor, or a priest, is required for salvation, as in some denominations, then millions of people cannot be saved for the simple reason such church denomination is not present in that country or territory.

When we passed through the jungles of Africa, some years ago, and we saw how isolated some tribal people lived, in villages out there, we were wondering how some of these people could find salvation in Jesus Christ through a church denomination that would have to come and build a building, and have enough pastors or priests to send there to preach or minister confession, communion, baptism or other ceremonies and rituals that some church denominations deem fundamental for salvation.

To this, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has already prescribed, in the Book of John, Chapter 4, verse s 23 and 24 : ”But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
Wordproject is inspired by the Word to bridge that gap (‘the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.‘ – John 6:63) allowing the Spirit to reach every corner of the world. We have studied this matter extensively and in depth, during the years we did ministry in China. During that time, we put together a text called the House Church Vision, which you may read here:

In context with the above, here are a few images we just received from our brother in Africa, whom WP helps to support. Here he is teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a Muslim predominant coastal area of East Africa. We thank you who believe and trust Wordproject is a mission worthy to be supported.

WP outreach has increased again in October, as more people in many countries, big and small, are finding the Bible easy to read and listen to, in our platform. Here some records from our servers:

In our main website we received over 7.2 million visitors who accessed more than 11 million Bibles pages.

WP indirect outreach is also increasing, as more developers find our resources helpful to implement their own projects. Below are two letters received this month, concerning the use of our resources by other projects:

Hi there! I'm the Localization Director at Waha.app, and I'm working on getting our Discovery Bible Study app into new languages. Someone pointed me to WordProject as a place where we could access some audio bibles for our app. I'm currently especially interested in the Somali Bible you have listed. I see that you say that many of the bibles on the site are in Public Domain, but not all of them. I was wondering if you could provide the copyright information for the Somali Bible you have listed. If it's not a public domain bible, we would like to pursue and negociate a license agreement to use that Bible translation and recordings in our free Bible study app. Thank you! I look forward to chatting! Blessings! JM  (A: It is Public Domain.  no need negotiations, just use what you need for God's glory) 

Dear WordProject team, I am developing a free, non-profit, ad-free desktop application for studying the Holy Bible in Amharic. I would like to request permission to include the Amharic Bible text from WordProject in my application. The app will not generate any income, will not include ads, and will credit WordProject clearly on the “About” page. Could you please let me know if I can use the text under these terms, or if there are specific conditions I should follow? Thank you for your time and for providing such valuable resources. Kind regards, ... (later:) I’ve now published the Amharic Bible app on Flathub, giving full credit to WordProject both in the app and in the README. You can view the repository and project details here: Thank you once again for your generosity and blessing in allowing this work to reach more people. Wishing you continued success and blessings,  A.W.

Many don’t know but WP also offers a multilanguage function online: See a sample:

On the App front, the new WP app, which includes all languages on the website and more that are not available there yet. Slowly but surely in demand. The Bible in several tribal languages from Africa is there. Download it and try it here (Android) and here (IOS)

Below are some messages received from users concerning the APP:

It's good app, Thanks may the LORD our savior continue to bless us all, but I think u hv to add option or feature where chapters can keep going automatically especially in audio form, because now u can listen to one chapter when it finish it can't go to the next chapter without ur attention. TL

Excellent application. God bless you all that make this application. Yet it be an added advantage if Notebook for sermon taking, with bible references and cross references with explanations be added... Wishing you all GREATER GRACE for Greater accomplishment for the Kingdom of God... The Almighty GOD you Honour sacrificially Shall reward publicly in Jesus Living Christ Mighty Name. Amen... PK

There is always work to be done in God’s Kingdom. We thank God for that. Thank you again for your prayers and support

WP

Here the full stats:

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Images from video clips this month:

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9

The battle for the minds and hearts o f the people is raging on. Our struggles are how to keep positive, trusting and peacefully in troubled times. Some people get into meditation, or Yoga, or other exercises to relax the mind and to calm the spirit. Is it effective? Perhaps. I never tried. However, for me, keeping my mind constantly on the Lord’s Word and praying is the key. This is the most efective way to stay victorious and above worries. In the Wordproject website we find selections of verses on topics such as Victory, Resting in the Lord, Freedom from Fear, Prayer, etc. These are a real help. Bible verses and passages can only be a help if we read them and take them to heart – that is, memorize them. That can be done with a daily habit of repeating scriptures in our minds and claiming them in our prayers. We need to do that. Our happiness and well-being depends on it. Let us start today.

During our monthly review, we go through our mailing list and select messages from our users. Some are just technical but others are encouraging and uplifting. Here are a couple from this month’s income emails:

I hope you are doing well. We really appreciate what you have been doing making open-source resources available to reach out multitudes with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As an Evangelical Christian Ministry and member of Evangelical Christian Community of Ethiopia,  we are also striving to restore the Gospel to the pulpits
One of the aspects we focus while doing this is to avail Bible Commentaries, Dictionaries, Concordances and other resources in local languages. Currently, we are building a Bible Study Application which includes different Bible Versions, Study Plans, Commentaries, Concordances, Dictionaries, Studying platforms, Maps and more.
As we are advancing our resources catalogue, we would like to request for the JSON format of the Amharic Bible translation that is found in your website. This will significantly reduce our efforts in development of the mobile application we are working on and help us focus on other aspects of our project. Given that our aim is to equip ministers for service and believers as a whole for discipleship, we kindly request your assistance with the process.

Saudacoes no amor do Senhor:
Por muitos anos tenho usado este site para meus estudos da Biblia e traducao,logo gostaria de agradecer pois ao longo desses anos aqui encontrei nao so a Palavra mais tambem muito conhecimento para meu aprendizado da lingua chinesa. Deus seja louvado. JMA
Translation:
Greetings in the Lord's love:
For many years I have used this site for my Bible studies and translation, so I would like to thank you because over the years I have found here not only the Word but also a wealth of knowledge for my learning of the Chinese language. Praise God.

Concerning WP APPS notice these reactions:

Loving greetings in the name of Heavenly God Praise our Mighty & Omniscient God who take care of His saints&provide allthings that are Necessity his own time. This app is very useful & benefited, user friendly and many things that am not write on this platform due characters limitations. But it's very good for me, specifically languages that very very important part for me. Thanks to all the te working in this Organisation. May our Savior God bless & provide all things that are necessary. Amen AK

Très pratique lorsque je travaille, en raison de sa lecture continue ( chapitre après chapitre, livre après livre ) Translation: Very practical when I work, because of its continuous reading (chapter after chapter, book after book) PC

Very good app. We use it to share the audio message in our church groups, Camp des PÈLERINS. NC

I have used it for several years, it is a blessing, it helps me meditate on the word, highly recommended EM

Shorts and Tik Tok videos are generating some buzz and although not reaching too many, is very likely that the audience’s genre is completely different from the website’s.

A sample here:

Or if you would like to see many clips in sequence, try the Playlist: It is fun and helps with that memory input we talked about:

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Other than that, WP Website registered an icrease of over 10% in users and pageviews this month. Praise the Lord.

We appreciate your support and prayers that make this ministry possible.

See Stats below:

Online Stats

Love and Prayers.

WP

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. Psalms 119:130

Much has been said about AI (Artificial Intelligence) and its effects on human behavior. On one side, a recent study showed that this will be the first time in human history where young people are not more intelligent than their parents (not in my family, of course 🙂 – apparently this assessment is because young people today are excessively dependent of technology. Some specialists wisely say that the use of AI should be not to retrieve answers but to stretch our thinking.
Sounds good to me.

Recently we placed a search online for “Portuguese Bible Versions”. Google AI gave us a list of Bibles and stated the advantages of one version over other versions, etc. We noticed that at least some of the information was what we have stated in an article we placed on our website, more than a decade ago. Therefore, the only intelligence here was the art of copying work already produced. Someone said that AI does not have the Holy Spirit, and obviously cannot discern what is a good Bible version from what is a bad or corrupted Bible version.
Of course not.

Meanwhile, we took some time to search for audio Bibles in different languages. We were happy to find out that in most languages we searched for, Wordproject showed up as first or second option and certaily always on the first page of the search. We praise God for that.

Although not a surprise, we also found our APP being used by another entity and available on some APK platform. This is basically the charater of the Internet and we have learned to live with it.

From Africa we received the following email:

'Hey! I live in Nairobi Kenya where there are a lot of Somali people. I am looking to print some small gospel of Matthew booklets in their languages and I was wondering if you are willing to grant us permission to use your translation to print them. I don’t want to cause any copyright issues. Let me know any thoughts you guys have and thank you for what you do!' - 

As usual, we do not mind, and actually encourage the use of our resources for evangelization.

Our Tik Tok is going: slowly but surely:

Youtube shorts interest is up again:

YT shorts stats say:

One of our main jobs is to maintain and upkeep our online presence. There are corrrections, updates, changes, errors and server related issues always to be fixed. We are thankful that we have help with many of these tasks: faithful people who love the Lord and His Word and want to make sure that millions of people all over the world (over 6 million, this month) can read or hear the Bible in their own languages.

Our full stats are here: (click below to see stats page):

Online Stats

Thank you so muh for your prayers and support.

Love and Prayers

WP

Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Ephesians 4:3-7

The Ten Commandments given to Moses on Mount Sinai serve as principles of moral behavior for the human race. The Ten Commandments of God became the foundation of the moral code and legal system of justice for all mankind.

Jesus Christ alone brings Salvation to the individual soul through faith, repentance and forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness is the core of Christian life. As God forgives us, so are we to forgive those who sin against us. This is not the teaching of a religion, it is the life of faith.

In our world today, it is easy to forget the commandments of God and the Salvation of our soul. The world is on a different path. We are here to be a constant reminder of the ways of God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Bible, the Word of God, is to be known in all the world. That is our mission. Thank you for your support and your prayers.

Some of the comments to WP apps this month:

This app is great because you can listen to the Bible reading and if you want, you can scroll through the text. Plus, we hear the Word of God with human voices and not robotic ones, which is really nice. I would have liked it to be possible to listen to a verse on repeat, for memorization and/or meditation, and if the designers are reading this, it would be so nice to add this feature. I give it five stars anyway.

Original in French: Cette application est très bien car on peut écouter la lecture de la Bible et si on le veut, on peut faire défiler le texte. En plus nous écoutons la Parole de Dieu avec des voix humaines et non des voix robotiques, ce qui est vraiment agréable. J'aurai aimé qu'il y ait la possibilité de pouvoir écouter un verset en boucle, pour la mémorisation et/ou la méditation, et si les concepteurs me lisent, ce serait tellement bien de rajouter cette fonction. Je donne de toute façon cinq étoiles. ❤️ RS

It is easy to use. I like the sound of the recitation. Original in Chinese: 好用方便。我喜欢朗诵的声音SY

Excellent resource for reading and listening to the Word of God. Congratulations! Original in Portuguese: Excelente recurso pra ler e ouvir a Palavra de Deus. Parabéns! FI

Excellent app, my whole family uses it.  Original in Spanish: excelente la app la usa toda mi familia. BP

We have been trying to break through on Tik Tok:

Some changes to our profile name apparently resulted in a decrease in Youtube outreach. We are learning.

Audio and Bible texts on WP website continue to be on high demannd from all over the globe. We happy to be a blessing to many nations near and far. Praise the Lord.

Here are WP full stats:

Online Stats

Love and Prayers

WP

Without the Word we are spiritually blind. ‘If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit ‘(Matthew 15:14). Maybe that is why the world is going the way it is going?

Recently we received the following email: (original in Spanish)

Estimado equipo de Wordproject:
Dios les bendiga.
Soy el creador de una aplicación gratuita para personas invidentes (Ciegas) llamada Biblia Viva Dunamis (BVD), que permite acceder a la Palabra de Dios por comandos de voz. Hemos integrado 16 capítulos de audio directamente desde su sitio web, mientras que el resto de los audios bíblicos los alojamos localmente para evitar saturar su ancho de banda, como muy bien lo especifican.
No reclamamos autoría de los audios, ni lucramos con la app. Es un ministerio cristiano gratuito.
Y en la Aplicación BVD para los No Videntes(Ciegos), le damos el crédito, por su excelente trabajo del audio Bíblico.

(translation:) Dear Wordproject Team:
God bless you.
I am the creator of a free app for blind people called Biblia Viva Dunamis (BVD), which allows access to the Word of God through voice commands. We have integrated 16 audio chapters directly from your website, while the rest of the Bible audios are hosted locally to avoid saturating your bandwidth, as you clearly state.
We do not claim authorship of the audios, nor do we profit from the app. It is a free Christian ministry.

Here at Wordproject we always try to support this kind of projects. Since we cannot reach everyone, others may help. Wordproject offers the tools for evangelization. This is one of our goals.

Reactions from users of our Apps are also encouraging this month:

Thank you for this App. I have been looking for apps within IOS and Android to learn Mandarin and read the Bible. This new updated UI makes this the best tool available for doing so. Now with Hangping PRO and this app I believe I am set. May God Bless you all in Jesus Christ. I am highly grearful and will donate as soon as I can to support this work. IO

Thanks for this app. I'm just starting to use it and I'm really enjoying it because it's the classic Reina Valera, based on the Receptus Text. JLC

Sensational!! A practical application and accessible language. I loved it!! JJS

Thanks to those who support making such good work AN

Many thanks to the person who made this app. This app is very useful for the people of God and for every believer. So, that is why I request you, whoever has made this app, to keep this app free for life so that every believer can have a good change in their life and no person can stray from the words of God. Thank you. MC

This app is the best and always will be. EZ

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Work at WP is never finnished – that is why we call it a project. There is always something to fix or improve. This is a message we received just a few days ago:

PBG - Polska Biblia Gdańska 1881
"There is associated bible digitalization project to fix existing typos. Project is still in the progress, although many typos were already fixed.
Here is the link to the mentioned digitialization project:
The goal of the project is, among other things, to faithfully reproduce the printed edition of the Gdańsk Bible from 1879. Therefore, the corrections are strictly limited to eliminating discrepancies between the printed edition and the digital text. The current digital version available on your website contains significantly more typos that hinder readability.
The project started in 2023, and the corrections to the digital text of the 1879 edition are nearly complete. This means that the most significant changes have happened since 2023. That’s why I’d like to update the text on your website — I’m not sure when the project will be fully finished.
You can find the text files for the Gospel of Matthew here:
Please let me know what file format and extension you require. I assume you expect a single file containing the full Bible text? If so, I’ve attached a file in .ont extension, which has a verse count compatible with the King James Version. Pawel."

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The WP video shorts had less viewers this month. We are always at the mercy of the YT algorithms, whatever that is, and whoever controlls them. We are doing what we can do, praying for the best.

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WP continues to support several ministries in Africa, both financial and also with technical assistance, like hosting websites, and maintaining domains, etc. This is only possible because of our few, but very faithful, supporters. We thank you once again and pray for your kind heart and your continued trust.

Love and prayers

WP

And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 2 Thessalonians 2:8-11

Recently I heard a professor from Oxford University saying that AI, Artificial Intelligence, is not real intelligence but could actually be a new religion – that is, something we worship and trust as god.

In fact, some AI systems are beginning to display the kind of capacities usually ascribed to deities, such as immortality, omniscience and omnipresence. He says that deep fake and deception is the biggest thing to watch out for in our times.

This professor also mentions that this is the time to take a closer look at the Book of Revelation, in the Bible.

Indeed, technologies offer no answer to our deepest questions, such as: Who are we? Where we come from? Where are we going? Except when they help us to find the Way, the Truth and the Life through His Word.

That is why people are excited when they use WP Apps, as you may notice in the following comments received this past month:

• Amazingly useful, simple and versatile for anyone who wants to simply read yet listen if needed so as well as bookmark and underline verses. 10 stars. AD

• I’ve been searching for this a lot, this eloquence. Thank you? AG

• Very good… Mostly the Luganda version….. The Luganda author deserves a big recognition KH

• A heavenly app ? very good app CF

• practical and simple compared to meditation. DC

• Great job! SF

• the app is very very good, the voice pronunciation is wonderful LM

• EXCELLENT. . .I HIGHLY RECOMMEND. . .HAVE BEEN USING IT FOR YEARS. . . RH

• my experience has been very good. and I will like to say much thanks, to everyone who made it possible. shalom PM

• Excellent App: Objective, light and practical. HS

We can only thank the Lord.

Back in the 19 century, the excitement about the Bible was already there. Gustave Dure, for example illustrated the Bible amazingly with a series of images that can be seen in WP site resources. Wikipedia says this: The illustrations were immensely successful and have been reproduced countless times worldwide, influencing the visual arts and popular culture in ways difficult to measure. The series comprises 139 plates depicting scenes from the 
Old Testament, including the deuterocanonical books, and 81 from the 
New Testament. (click the image below to see link)

WP video clips on YouTube are also bringing the Word to many people around the world. To have an idea of its multi-language impact, please scroll through the following list of the cities and countries where most viewers of WP video clips were located this past month: (with the number of views from that city)

Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy 1457; Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1196[ Hong Kong 1059; Kyiv, Ukraine, 966; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 659; Singapore 653; Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire 572; Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 532; Moscow, Russia 529; Prague, Czechia 473; Almaty, Kazakhstan 373; Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy 309; Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, 279; Dushanbe, Tajikistan 263; Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile 232; Samarkand, Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan 222; Amsterdam, Netherlands 205; S. Paulo, State of S. Paulo, Brazil 193; Copenhagen, Denmark 182; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo 164; Libreville, Gabon 156; Madrid, Spain 134; Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, 128; Paris, France 108; Lomao, Togo 107; Bologna, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy 91; Palermo, PA, Italy 84; Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico 84; Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy 80; Turin, Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy 74; Bari, Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy 68; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 68; Port-au-Prince, Haiti 65; Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, 55; Astana, Kazakhstan 49; Lima, Peru 49; Odesa, Odesa Oblast, ; kraine, 47; Frankfurt am Main, Germany 46; Dakar, Senegal 43; Lisbon, Portugal 41…etc

If your city is not in that list, maybe you can recomend your local friends to watch our videos clips every day. It won’t damage them to learn at least a verse a day and God knows the difference it will make in their lives. The link is HERE.

Sample:

Summary of last month YouTube shorts:

The WP webpage continues to be a reference for online Bible reading and a blessing to many around the world:

Full stats are HERE:

Online Stats

We are thankful for all those who make this ministry possible with their prayers and support.

Love and prayers.

WP

Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand. —Mark Twain
The New Testament is the very best book that ever was or ever will be known in the world. —Charles Dickens

The above quotes are compiled in the page below, on WP Resources pages:

There, you will find more quotes about the Bible.

Indeed, the Holy Scriptures contained in the Bible are the best reading one can find. Particularly in times of stress and difficulties.. That is why so many people read the Bible when they have problems. They should read it before though, avoiding many problems and crises that come upon them.

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. ..It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Psalms 119:67, 71

Here at Wordproject we aim to connect people with the Word. The ‘Daily Verse‘ feature is part of it: The Short Video Clips also. In the month of April, these short videos gained considerable noticeability.

On another front, Cloudflare tells us that 5.95 Million visitors accessed WP website. Supposedly reading 9.75 million pages.

We thank the Lord for that and we also thank you for your vision in prayers and support.

Also, in our email box we received the following letter:

I wanted to take a moment to sincerely appreciate the incredible work you are doing. A few years ago, while searching online for an Amharic Bible using my PC, I came across your website. Although I don't recall the exact day, I have been using and admiring your platform ever since. It has been a truly valuable resource, and I am grateful for the effort and dedication that clearly goes into it.  Inspired by your mission and the impact you are making, I would love to offer my support by volunteering on any tech-related tasks you might need help with. I am a Senior Software Engineer with over six years of experience working for global companies. Currently, I am serving as an Engineering Lead at Amplitude Ventures. I would be honored to contribute my skills and experience to your project in any way I can. Please feel free to reach out if there is an opportunity for me to assist. I would be excited to learn more about your needs and how I can be of help. Thank you again for the wonderful work you are doing! Best regards, S.G.

Once again, this is a testimony of how appreciative people are of our efforts and their willingness to participate.

Hison, our developer in Korea, gave the final touches in the IOS Wordproject app. He also stabilized the Android version. Both apps are now running well. At the moment, near 100 thousand people are using our apps.

Maybe you have not realised that this latest App contains a powerful search engine that works in more than 70 languages of the world. You should test it yourself. In the search below, i was looking for love (amor, in Portuguese) and I found it… 97 times, just in the New Testament.

For this and many other reasons, we are honored to be part of this effort. I am sure you are too.

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
Psalms 68:11

Love and prayers

WP

Full stats in the following link:

Online Stats