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Our mission is ''to make gospel-centered resources accessible for Christians of every nation and language''. We are a project of [http://www.opensourcemission.com Open Source Mission], in partnership with several [[osm:Partners|Christian publishers]], and carried out by a world-wide community of volunteer translators.  
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You can volunteer in a number of different roles to help us improve, or simply browse the site and enjoy the resources we have available. Everything here is available completely for free, no strings attached. In fact we encourage you to give our content away to others, too.  
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Our hope is that by translating these resources into the many languages of global Christianity, and furthermore by distributing them for free online, we will be able to make a contribution toward the future health and growth of the church. To read more about this, check out our [[Mission Statement]].
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For other information, you can visit our [[project:FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]] page, read about [[project:Model|how our process works]], or visit the [[project:Community_Portal|Community Portals]] to see what's going on in your language.
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Our volunteers are constantly working on new projects, and the folks at Open Source Mission are working hard with Christian ministries to get more and more content added to our [[Copyright Library]]. To find what's available so far in your language, you can go to the [[Directory]].
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Being part of our translator community benefits you several ways:
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Current revision as of 11:26, 7 March 2017

This website is a project to make gospel-centered books and articles freely accessible in as many languages as possible. We do this through the help of our generous volunteers and partner organizations.

You can volunteer in a number of different roles to help us improve, or simply browse the site and enjoy the resources we have available. Everything here is available completely for free, no strings attached. In fact we encourage you to give our content away to others, too.

To learn more you can watch the video below, visit our Frequently Asked Questions page, or send us a question.

Volunteer Opportunities
You can join hundreds of translators, content managers, and developers who are making a difference in the global church by lending their talents to Gospel Translations. Read about existing roles or email us if you have other ideas for advancing our mission.
Current Progress
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  • 44 languages
  • 1545 translators


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