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wycliffe.org.uk Nigeria One of the areas in greatest need of Bible translation

wycliffe.org.uk Africa’s most populous country © TUBS/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA-3.0 One in four Africans is Nigerian

wycliffe.org.uk  Four times the area of the UK  Large oil reserves  62% live below the poverty line

wycliffe.org.uk  44% of Nigerians are under14  One in five children dies before their 5 th birthday  40% work instead of going to school Data: Save the Children

wycliffe.org.uk Christians Traditional beliefs Muslims Faith in Nigeria

wycliffe.org.uk Conflict and need ethnic rivalry religious persecution crumbling infrastructure desertification

wycliffe.org.uk No Bible More than 300 One or more books 62 New Testaments 69 Whole Bible 28 Bible needs in Nigeria

wycliffe.org.uk The Theological College of Northern Nigeria trains Nigerian Bible translators

wycliffe.org.uk Pray for the security situation lasting peace in Nigeria the Nigerian government

wycliffe.org.uk Pray for staff members, for…  protection  clarity of God’s will  mental and emotional strength