What is the estimated cost?

This year (Oct 2006 - Sep 2007) our colleagues on the field have asked for $32M/£17M/€25M to fund the strategic opportunities they see before them. In spite of the best efforts across the family of organizations in fundraising, only $21M/£11M/€17M is projected - much of that in faith. That leaves a gap of over $11M/£6M/€9M which means projects will not get funded.

One field director told recently that his entity is reluctant to spend time writing projects when they know the funding won't be there. So, unless something changes. every year our colleagues on the field will watch more opportunities slip away, and more people will pass into eternity without hearing the Good News in a language they can understand.

Studies also show that ample resources to support Bible translation exist around the world. The total annual income of God's people around the world comes to $6 trillion/£3 trillion/€4.5 trillion. Even a tiny portion of giving to the work we do would be sufficient to meet Bible translation needs.

It is estimated that it will need $1000M/£550M/€775M to start the remaining languages (not finish them).