Mbeya-Iringa Cluster

Imagine about 3 million people without adequate access to the most important message for all mankind. That is the situation in southern Tanzania but now all that is changing!

In the middle of 2003, church communities in the region approached Wycliffe missionaries and said, "We need Bibles and we need them to be translated into the heart languages of our people!" A project was born in the fall of 2003 to serve ten language communities simultaneously by training mother-tongue translators and literacy workers.

Since then, only God can be attributed with the accomplishments that have happened to date because they have been no less than miraculous.

Take a look at what is happening in this exciting work:

• Mbeya-Iringa Cluster Language Work
• Mbeya-Iringa Cluster Team
• Partners
• Pray for the Mbeya-Iringa Cluster Project

Find out more about our language projects in the Mbeya-Iringa Cluster Project:

For more information visit the following pages:

• Learn more about Tanzania
• Learn more about Bantu Language Clusters

Dec 15, 2020 I see the Light of God is here! Written by Steve Pence "I've been a Christian a long time," said one Sangu translator. "But working on this translation, it's like being in a Bible school. It has shown me anew what life with Jesus is about." At the big celebration of the completed Sangu New Testament another translator said, "I see the people receiving God's Word... receiving God himself." Read more...

Nov 23, 2020 We welcome God's Word with two hands! Written by Steve Pence The small church roared with celebration as the first Ndali language New Testaments were opened. Songs and speeches in Ndali thrilled the crowd. "We welcome the Scriptures with two hands," said a translator as he gestured a giant handshake. "It means a good welcome. This day will be remembered..." Read more...

Oct 23, 2020 Malila New Testament completed Written by SIL Tanzania Communications Ilembo Town, Tanzania -- The Malila culture and language thrive today in this community of 70,000 speakers. That vitality adds great hope and joy to the celebration, as the Malila welcome the New Testament in their own language...  Read the full story at Wycliffe.org.uk

Oct 19, 2020 Kinga celebrate their completed New Testament Written by Steve Pence "Now God's Word has a direct path to the hearts" of the Kinga language community of western Tanzania. The community of numerous Christian doctrines celebrated together publically, near a main local bus stand... Read more...

Mar 18, 2020 The best weapon of all is God's Word Written by Steve Pence Tanzania's Vwanji people welcome their New Testament! Before he was a Bishop, leading the celebration of this day, Nguvila worked for years as one of the translators. Today, he is surrounded by his former colleagues, fellow church and community leaders, hundreds of Vwanji people, and the Scriptures for which they have gathered to praise God... Read more...