For anyone working in Bible translation and Scripture publishing, Support.Bible has become the go-to hub for technical help. The site is a community-driven question-and-answer forum… Read More »Getting Help Just Got Easier: A Look at Support.Bible
This five-week course helps to prepare those who want to add an understanding of Scripture Engagement issues to their professional skill set, as well as… Read More »Scripture Engagement Course at Moorlands College, UK 16 Nov. 2026 to 11 Dec 2026
Let’s be honest. You’ve been meaning to level up your ministry skills for a while now. You’ve bookmarked articles, saved podcasts, and told yourself, “I’ll get… Read More »Why You Need to Join EMDC Academy — Like, Yesterday
This blog post is adapted from an AI-generated summary of the July 15 Literacy & Education CoP webinar. What happens when literacy practitioners from around… Read More »When Literacy Programs Thrive: Lessons from a Lively Global Conversation
Over the past 16 years, Scripture has become accessible in thousands of languages through a growing range of digital platforms, including YouVersion and Bible.is, where… Read More »Scripture Earth App, an innovative solution: one app more than 1,000 languages
What happens when young people bring together their faith, imagination, and love of drawing—and then see their work in print? From August 16 to 22,… Read More »Comics, Campfires and Faith: Young Artists Find Their Voice in France
Not surprisingly AI featured a lot at EMDC2026. I attended the Advanced AI track at post EMDC which used material also available at https://center.sabda.org/ combined… Read More »Cautiously exploring the benefits and risks of AI in Scripture Engagement
Efficiency is not the same as Faithfulness AI can create biblical images in seconds. But speed does not equal faithfulness. That was one of the… Read More »Using AI to Visualize Scripture: Discernment Before Technique
What digital Scripture engagement analytics is teaching us about reach, depth, and discipleship. Joshy Kurian · Digital Engagement Coordinator (Asia), Faith Comes By Hearing The… Read More »📊 From Data to Missional Impact: Digital Scripture Engagement
My mother always taught me that you need to give a positive first impression. When you walk into a room for the first time or… Read More »4 Branding Principles to Establish a Positive First Impression Pt.1
One of the most energizing sessions at EMDC Thailand 2026 was the “New Gadgets and Technology” showcase where eleven presenters brought a remarkable range of tools and innovations — from solar-powered audio Bible players to persecution-proof devices, from animated Scripture apps to AI-powered learning platforms. Each one addressed a real barrier people face in accessing, understanding, and engaging with God’s Word. As a result, this post summarizes the key tools that were showcased. Full presentations, videos, and links are available at https://emdcon.org/newgadgets/.
Read More »New Gadgets and Technology Session – Highlights from EMDC Thailand 2026
Did you know that the top 10 videos watched and listened to on the largest video distribution platform on the planet, YouTube, are ALL MUSIC VIDEOS? Yes, here is the list…
So then, why are we in the the non-profit ministry world not producing more music videos to reach our important audiences? This is one key question that the strategic EMDC Conference https://emdcon.org/ held in Thailand recently in May 2026 was trying to address with a dynamic 4 day training track for key media partners.Read More »Music Video Production Training just wrapped at EMDC Thailand 2026
We get stats on both views and search performance for EMDC.blog
I asked Notebook LM to look at the EMDC Blog and assigned it a few tasks
‘Clay’ style – an overview of the site. Use an orange and white theme. Include the EMDC blog logo at the centre and indicate key themes and titles, pulling in images from the pages on the site. Corrected by Gemini with a little instructionRead More »I asked Notebook LM to look at the EMDC Blog
Course Description: If mentors and mentees have similar backgrounds with matching relational expectations and communication styles, they may have a more straightforward mentoring experience. But with increased global partnerships, there are more opportunities to work together with people from different cultural backgrounds.Read More »Cross Cultural Mentoring: May 13-16, 2026 Course
Ever found yourself squinting at your phone when you try and read your Bible on it or are you fine with tiny text and wish you could fit more on the screen?
If you prefer an audio Bible, how fast do you want someone to read to you?Read More »How customising your Bible App’s Text and Audio may aid understanding
Jesus urges his disciples in Acts 1:8 to carry the Good News to the ends of the earth, and Revelation 7:9 shows us the fulfillment of this great commission. But how will we get there? One of the most significant ways this is happening is through a device that is common even at “the ends of the earth”: the smartphone.Read More »Website Building (Kalaam Media)
FLExTrans leverages two software products (Fieldworks Language Explorer and Apertium) to enable precise, rule-based translations between related languages. Key Characteristics Rule-based (not AI) Bulk processing… Read More »FLExTrans: A Linguist-Friendly Machine Translation System for Low-Resource Languages
Animation as an art form, communications tool, and popular media phenomenon is in great demand throughout the world. In 2025, KPop Demon Hunters became the most-watched original title in Netflix history, with 325 million views. Recently, the animated Disney film Zootopia 2 became the ninth highest grossing film of all time.Read More »The Power of Animation
Once again, we have the privilege of offering a live four-day workshop about Scripture Engagement, teaching some principles and working together on real life issues you may face in your church or project.
Most churches don’t talk about ‘Scripture Engagement’ – they talk about reading the Bible, and about discipleship, or evangelism. Years ago, many Bible translators assumed that translating the Bible would lead to people using it.Read More »Introduction To Scripture Engagement
When did you last update your Bible, and does it matter?
I’ll provide a bit of both personal and translation history and then suggest that while you may or may not benefit from an update to the Bible you use now (or another one to read alongside it), your children and grandchildren might. More important than updating your Bible however, is hearing it speak to you, and allowing God to use it to renew your mind.