In what languages do you have recordings and what are a few ways they are used around the world?įaith Comes By Hearing provides Bible recordings in over 1,300 languages. By getting God’s word to every person, we can fulfill the Great Commission within our lifetime. For this reason, Faith Comes by Hearing provides audio and video recordings of Scripture and makes these recordings freely and widely accessible by way of audio Bibles and other technological means. Faith Comes By Hearing’s mission is to record and provide God’s word to everyone everywhere in their heart language.Īn estimated 70% of the world’s population are oral communicators and learners or cannot read well enough to understand the Bible. The Bible has the supernatural power to transform lives. What is the heart of your vision and strategy for Faith Comes By Hearing? Over time, the ministry began to record languages other than English, leading to the idea that with the support and partnership of ministries, Bible organizations, churches, and generous donors, Faith Comes by Hearing could cover the entire world with the word of God in audio. In 1989, a Bible listening program called Faith Comes by Hearing began among the churches that used Hosanna’s recordings of Scripture and just six years later in 1995, Hosanna itself became known as Faith Comes by Hearing. Hosanna was founded by missionaries Jerry and Anet Jackson in 1972 as a tape-lending library and later a ministry that produced audio Bible recordings, primarily in English, for American churches. When was Faith Comes By Hearing founded and what prompted it?
We talked with president and cofounder Jerry Jackson about the history of the ministry and the hopes and vision for the coming years. They provide the tools and technology, and thanks to partnerships worldwide, offer Scripture recordings in 1,315 languages spoken by 6.1 billion people. Getting God’s Word Outįaith Comes By Hearing has the mission to “get God’s word to every person and cover the world with the word” by creating and distributing Bible recordings and programs in the languages of people worldwide.
It is just that simple.This article is part of the Gospel-Centered Partnerships series.Īs a not-for-profit Christian ministry, Crossway works in partnership with other like-minded ministries around the world to see the gospel of Jesus Christ go forth and to equip the global church with ESV Bibles and other Bible-based resources. Do you want to impart faith to another? Teach the Bible.ĭo you want to fortify your own faith? Study the Bible. Without the Divine initiative to inspire men to write the Bible and the dedication of the church to spread it, there would be no faith. This is why in a few verses earlier it is written, “How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher” (Romans 10:14)?ĭoes faith come from God? Yes, in as much as God’s word is from God. Rather, it is much like any area of learning where the knowledge does not come from personal experience but from what is heard and read. This reveals to us that producing faith is not a purely miraculous event done to the one God chooses for salvation. “Faith comes from hearing” describes a process beginning with one’s capacity to learn. While there is some truth to this view, according to the above verse, it does not include the role of the “word of Christ” in the process. It is purely a choice of God as to who receives faith and who does not.Īnother view is that faith happens when one seeks God and ultimately turns his heart over to Him. It is accordingly taught that a person cannot pray for faith or act in any way to receive it. It is believed by many that the Holy Spirit pours out faith into the heart of the person God selects to be saved. One view is that God mystically supplies faith to an individual. Others believe faith is a religious experience that one can construct by going to a mountain peak or ministering to the poor. How a person develops or receives faith often solicits a range of answers.Ī very popular view, for instance, is that by coming to church and being around Christians faith can be built by it being transferred one to another.
However, what distinguishes many of them is what they consider to be the source or means of procuring faith. From the most liberal to the ultra-conservative, faith is a predictable admonition heard from their pulpits and classes. The importance of faith is likely the most common feature of every religious group under the general umbrella of Christianity. In Hebrews 11:6 it is written, “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.” Pertaining to personal salvation, there is no subject more necessary than faith. “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ” (Romans 10:17).
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