Bibles for the World

bibles for the world (bftw) is a catalyst for individual and cultural transformation through christ and the power of god's word. since 1971, bftw has provided hundreds of millions of people in more than 114 countries with copies of the bible, the new testament or scripture portions in their native language -- free of charge. the ministry was founded by dr. rochunga pudaite and his wife, mawii as a us based 501(3)(c) nonprofit organization to make god's word available to those who have little or no access to the gospel. dr. pudaite was the son of one of the first christian converts among a tribe of fierce headhunters in northeast india. a welsh missionary introduced the tribe to christ through a single copy of the gospel of john in 1910 -- and rochunga was later commissioned by the hmar tribe to go to school so he could learn to translate the entire bible into the hmar language. more than a decade after that task was completed, ro felt called of god to make bibles available to people th