Story number 4 for 21 Aug 2002

(India)–Our next story remains in India, where response to a neo-literate ministry is growing. The World Bible Translation Center has launched 39 literacy groups that use an easy-to-read version of the Proverbs and the Gospel of Mark as a primer. Translation Center teams are now reporting baptisms among their students, all of whom were Hindus in Karnataka. Team leaders say the literacy project has easily become the backbone for evangelism in the area. WBTC hopes to launch 60 similar groups in needy areas.