Naan Ko Rejouj (Words of Grace):
- Operates this web site
- Has a weekly radio program on the government radio station, V7AB, in the Marshall Islands
- Provides Bible Correspondence Courses in the Marshallese language
- Oversees the printing of Marshallse Bibles
- Produces tracts, booklets, and other literature
- Is involved in translating the final books of the Old Testament
- Provides occasional articles for the newspaper in Majuro
- Engages in other activities designed to help the spiritual lives of the Marshallese
Laura Baptist Church:
This church was started in 1989 and was incorporated in 1999.
Eric Fisher and David Utter were co-workers in this ministry until April 2011 when Eric left to pastor a church in the US. Our goal is to train a Marshallese man to take over and pastor this work. When the church is fully self-supporting and led by Marshallese, the missionaries plan to leave to start another work elsewhere.
The church meets in its own building at Aronpeje weto, Jeirok, Laura Village, Majuro Atoll.
Besides the normal Sunday morning and evening services, there are children's and adults' classes on Sunday mornings. There is also a Tuesday Bible study, bi-weekly youth meetings, and summer camps.
Bible Project Update:
Through the kindness and hard work of some friends in Colorado, the books of Genesis through Isaiah have been scanned into the computer. In mid May of 2002, the process of cleaning up the scanning errors was finished. The next step was to update the spelling of those books to the new standard in Marshallese. Then we revised the existing portions (changing some of the old words which people do not know to modern ones and changing a few places where there were errors) and added notes, cross references, and study helps. The books which we have translated (Jeremiah through Malachi) have been incorporated into the Bible.
To review the history of this Bible, the first missionaries, nearly 150 years ago, translated all the New Testament and the books of Genesis through Isaiah in the Old Testament. Because there is no standard written Marshallese grammar, and for many years there was no standard spelling, the language has changed a great deal. While the old translation is good, there are three primary problems: 1) It is not complete, 2) there are many old words which people no longer understand, and 3) the spelling is not that of the current government standard.
By God's grace we have translated Jeremiah through Malachi from Hebrew to Marshallese. As of early 2011, we are in our second printing, and it has been quite well received. We sell the hardbound Bibles, and there is a free PDF electronic version on this website at the Bible page . There is another translation in Marshallese. It is quite recent and reflects the Good News For Modern Man version rather than being translated from the originals.