Audio Ministry in Mozambique

Talking Bibles International is reaching an illiterate people group, the Xitshwa, in Mozambique with the gospel through partnership with Cross Connection Outreach, Youth with a Mission (YWAM) and local pastors.

Luke Rider with Cross Connection Outreach is the distribution and production partner for the New Testament for the approximately 1.7 million people who speak the language.

Rider says the literacy rate in Mozambique makes audio Scriptures essential. “The literacy rate in Mozambique is astounding. Basically, nobody reads their mother language,” Rider said.

“The local pastors, they know where we need to take them. Talking Bibles are working with the process. YWAM has provided us with technicians to record and the Bible society is encouraging it. We have about 500 Bibles in the country right now with about 400 in circulation. And, those Bibles are actually in areas where people have never heard the Word of God before.”

Also in Mozambique, eight hours of daily Christian Portuguese programs airs on an FM station in Maputo, the result of a cooperative effort involving HCJB World Radio, Trans World Radio and Radio Africa Network.