ARLINGTON, Texas (WordNews.org) June 21, 2012 –  The Bolthouse Foundation is backing an initiative to translate the Bible in languages with fewer than 10,000 speakers.
The foundation will match any church-related group’s gift to The Seed Company for the ‘Least of These’ initiative.
According to The Seed Company, a Bible translation organization affiliated with Wycliff Bible Translators, there are more than 2,000 languages still without any Scripture, and 1,240 have 10,000 or fewer speakers. Most live in remote or inhospitable regions.
The Seed Company is Christians supports from across the country to back the effort.
“Translation projects focusing on large people groups have traditionally received more attention,” said Roy Peterson, president and CEO of The Seed Company. “However, the needs of smaller populations are just as great and include a variety of unique challenges, from political and religious oppression to geographic and cultural isolation.”
Teams are currently in place on six continents, using technologies and strategies to accelerate the translation process faster than ever, according to The Seed Company. Churches and church-based groups are specifically invited to support the Least of These in Bible study groups, VBS and Sunday school classes.
“God has called churches everywhere to do what He has asked us to do … complete the Great Commission,” said Alistair Begg, pastor and host of the national weekly radio program, Truth for Life.

Best-selling author and pastor Francis Chan agrees. “If just 2,000 churches sponsor one language each … we can get the Word of God to every people group on Earth in this generation,” Chan said.

For more information, see theseedcompany.org/leastofthese, or email info@theseedcompany.org.