Bringing the gospel to the deaf in Nigeria
Here's the most recent finished product by the Nigerian team producing the Four Spiritual Laws in sign language.
WBC Friends, your partnership is enabling the gospel to go to new people and places. Here's a recent example that shows the long-term work we do of championing great commission innovation so that more people can know and follow Jesus.
Back in 2018, a member of our Indigitous Nigeria community began to engage a group of deaf individuals seeking to serve them. The deaf community expressed that they needed help creating digital tools to better share the gospel.
During our hackathon in 2019 the Indigitous community used simple camera phones to make a video version of the traditional Four Spiritual Laws tract, which is still effectively used in many contexts.
Finally in 2022, the local community raised resources to make a studio quality video. It was truly a community effort to produce the video, integrating folks with many talents to make the final product. The team is now working to distribute this gospel resource across Nigeria, West Africa and amongst the global deaf community.
We smile at the four-year journey to "pioneer a missional gap." We praise God for the fruit that is born as new people can experience the gospel in their heart language. This is truly at the heart of our work in leading the Indigitous network globally. Without your partnership, we couldn't do it.
Thank you,
Photos from summer in North America below:
A. Nature-loving Gwen catches a fish with 'the fun uncle'.
B. Russ and Meredith short getaway to Ottawa
C. Dressing like Great-Granddad for his 90th birthday.
P.S. We'll write with a more detailed family update in a few days.
