FirstBible
FirstBible International began in 2003 under the direction of Dr. Charles Keen. After 35 years of pastoring and leading First Baptist Church of Milford, Ohio to be one of the greatest missions churches of our generation, the Lord gave Dr. Keen a vision for the unreached people groups of the world.FirstBible is a Bible Translating and Publishing Ministry with a 3-fold goal:
- Church Planting -- We believe this is God's plan for propagating the gospel. Church planting is the ultimate goal and purpose of Bible Translation.
- National Training -- A successful church-planting movement will only be accomplished through trained nationals.
- Bible Publishing -- We contend that neither church planting nor national training can be done effectively until we have a Bible in the heart language of the people we are trying to reach.
Our Greatest Need is Prayer
Jesus never taught the disciples how to preach...but how to pray! So it's important that believers pray for continued access to unreached people groups because those prayers can help change the face of the world.
Another major need is funding for the translation and publishing of Scriptures.
Our vision is to help you be strategic in providing the Scriptures for a world in need. How can we partner with you and serve you in fulfilling our Lord's command? We can work together to change millions of lives and to disciple those people groups that until now have been out of reach of the Gospel.
A New Challenge
When William Carey began the modern missionary movement more than two centuries ago, he spoke to believers with a holy confidence: "God's cause will triumph." It already has, but we still have a responsibility to finish the job...to make a difference in the rest of the world.
the Word of God for the unreached people groups of our world.
