August's meeting and the goal of completing Subject 1 in Bengali.

This page describes what is still to come. It's published here on purpose: those who pray for and support the project should be able to see not only what has been finished, but also what has been promised for the coming months — and then check whether it happened.

August's meeting

During August, the meeting with the partner church network's leadership takes place, to settle the practical details still open: how each group of pastors will be formed, the calendar of monthly in-person gatherings, the path by which classes reach each student's phone in regions with limited internet, and the review flow for the translations by local pastors — who reviews what, and on what timeline.

The production goal: all of Subject 1

The Interdenominational Theology Course is divided into 22 subjects. The goal for the coming weeks is to complete every video class of Subject 1 in Bengali — not a single standalone class, but the whole subject. That's the smallest unit that makes a real difference in the field: with a complete subject in hand, a group of pastors can study it end to end, be evaluated, and actually finish something, instead of watching isolated classes and waiting for the next recording.

September: first groups, and Odia in production

With Subject 1 finished, the first groups of pastors begin studying in September. And in that same month, regular production of the classes in Odia begins — the first class in that language is already finished, and from September onward translation and recording run continuously in Odia as well, while Bengali keeps moving ahead into the following subjects. Two fronts at the same time, with the same process: translation with the help of artificial intelligence and review by local pastors.

What could delay this plan

It's worth being honest about the weak points. The bottleneck isn't technology: it's the time of the local pastors who review the translations in the middle of an already full ministry, and it's the project's monthly support — every subject translated and recorded has a cost, and that cost sets the real pace of production. If anything changes, it will be recorded here, on this same updates page.

Please pray for August's meeting, for clarity in the decisions made there, and for the safety of everyone involved in the field. To follow what actually happens, subscribe to the monthly newsletter at the Prayer Center — or get to know the whole project on the Translation Project page.