Bible Society in the Gulf July 2025
Arabic New Testament in the Kuwaiti Dialect: One-of-a-Kind Project
Did you know that the Arabian Gulf is home to approximately 4-5 million Christians?!
While most are expatriates, Kuwait has a small but vibrant native Christian community. What makes this community so uniquely strategic is its natural access to local non-Christians. As Kuwaiti citizens, they live and work among friends, neighbors, and colleagues who have often never encountered the message of Jesus in a personal or understandable way. Nevertheless, there is a significant barrier: the Bible currently available to them is in Classical Arabic – a language that feels distant, formal, and difficult to grasp for many Kuwaitis, especially in everyday life. While the message of the Gospel remains timeless, the language in which it’s delivered matters deeply. That’s why this project is so important.
The Bible Society in the Gulf (BSG), our ministry partner, has consistently been faithful in meeting the Scripture needs of all communities in their heart language. Out of this commitment, they are working on a project to prepare, print, launch, and distribute the New Testament in the Kuwaiti dialect—the heart language of the Kuwaiti people. This project will enable BSG to engage further with the local audience in Kuwait and will serve as a great opportunity to introduce the Bible, i.e., “The Book”, to the local community in Kuwait, as they call the Christians “people of the book”.
This isn’t just a translation project; it’s a mission to let the voice of Jesus be heard clearly and intimately by the Kuwaiti people, in words and expressions that resonate with their everyday lives. Imagine the impact … local Christians and the community in Kuwait, finally able to read and share Scripture that truly speaks to them. Hearts opened. Lives changed.
This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to partner in a Kingdom initiative that is culturally tailored, locally led, and eternally significant. We invite you to join BSG in prayer and support to make this vision a reality. You can be a part of bringing the Word of God to Kuwait in a way it has never been experienced before.
THE OPPORTUNITY
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