The following is a question that I regularly get asked by “on-the-ground” workers- “How can I find out what scripture/ministry media is available online in my people’s language so I can download and use in our outreach?” The below are the main websites I know to point people to that allow them to search for and download media in their language:
AUDIO/VISUAL SCRIPTURE & OUTREACH MEDIA SOURCES
Apps
Websites
- Global Recordings Network (scripture-based audio recordings and slideshow videos in 6,000+ languages and dialects), https://globalrecordings.net/en/search/language or the mobile-specific site https://5fish.mobi
- Scripture Earth (links to audio, video and text scriptures in 2,700+ languages), https://scriptureearth.org
- The JESUS Film, https://www.jesusfilm.org/watch.html (numerous resources beyond the JESUS Film itself which is in 1800+ languages and dialects)
- Faith Comes by Hearing (downloadable audio and text Bible portions- Gospels and New Testaments usually- in more than 1,400 languages. https://www.faithcomesbyhearing.com/audio-bible-resources/mp3-download
- Bible.is– Bringing the Bible to everyone in the world in their heart language, in text, audio and video, free of charge. Audio Bible recordings available in 1400+ languages spoken by over 6.4 billion people and word-for-word dramatized videos of the Gospels (LUMO Gospel Films) in 550+ languages. https://live.bible.is (Web) and www.Bible.is/apps (Apps)
- Digital Bible Platform – Providing free API access to Bible text, audio and video in over 1000+ languages through an easy-to-use platform.
- Global Bible Apps – stand-alone, offline Bible apps with text and synchronized audio (single language or diglot). Available in 700+ languages in APK format (https://apk.fcbh.org) and 80+ languages in Google Play Store (www.FCBH.org/GlobalBibleApps).
- Joshua Project (unreached peoples information website, individual people group listings can have links to media resources available in their language), https://joshuaproject.net/search
- Indigitous Media Resource Hub, (database of outreach resources that can be searched by language) https://indigitous.org/resources/media/
- Indigitube.TV (outreach videos in 250+ languages), https://www.indigitube.tv/
- OneStory (audio scriptures story sets in 106 languages), http://onestory-media.org
- The Global Gospel (107 episode illustrated Bible story video series in 40 languages), https://vimeo.com/gnpiusa/albums (helps for using the videos in conjunction with social media outreach can be found at https://theglobalgospel.media/)
- ROCK International (King of Glory movie in 40 languages- https://rockintl.org/resources and The Way of Righteousness audio series in 36 languages- https://www.rockintl.org/rock-resources/the-way-of-righteousness)
- The Hope (outreach video that can be watched as a whole or in shorter segments, available in 35 languages) https://www.thehopeproject.com/en/language-options
- Global Short Film Network (98 videos, 19 are “universal language”- no dialogue/speaking, the rest are split between 18 languages), dialogue free- https://www.globalshortfilmnetwork.com/dialogue-free-c-8_24_192.html sorted by language- https://www.globalshortfilmnetwork.com/by-language-c-8_28.html
- God’s Story (80 minute audio storytelling of creation to Christ, available in 22 languages, recordings download as RAM files that need to be converted to MP3), https://www.gods-story.org/soundclips.htm
- Welcome Africans (videos in 15 languages of Western Africa), https://bienvenueafricains.com/en/(English), https://bienvenueafricains.com/ (Francais)
OUTREACH WEBSITES IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES
While there are likely thousands of Christian outreach sites in various languages here are two resources (besides Google) that you can use to check for outreach websites in your people’s language:
- Indigitous Media Resource Hub, (database of outreach resources, can be searched by language) https://indigitous.org/resources/media
- Gods.Gift (listing of outreach websites available in 50 languages), https://gods.gift/
My question to you is, are there other sites that I should be referring workers to that you would recommend (I’ve gathered a separate listing of outreach apps to point them to so my main interest here is A/V outreach media)? If you have any suggestions I’d be really eager to hear what they are!