Chinese New Testament

Mandarin Chinese is spoken by approximately seventy percent of people living in China. Geographically the Mandarin language is spoken in a large part of China: from Yunnan in the southwest to Xinjiang in the northwest and Heilongjiang in the northeast. It is believed that Chinese has the largest number of native speakers in the world and the second most number of speakers in total (including native and non-native speakers).

By the grace of God, we were able to publish the New Testament early in 2023 and we are thankful to report that there is growing interest in this translation endeavour. The translators have also prepared a first draft of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, and are partway through the Psalms. An edition of the Chinese New Testament is currently being prepared in traditional script in addition to the simplified script currently available. This will be helpful for countries that continue to use traditional characters.

We are very grateful for the substantial financial support given by GBS for this major project, including the printing of 10,000 Chinese New Testaments for distribution. Please remember the distribution of the New Testament and opportunities for it to become more widely used. We were also thankful to assist a church in New York City in having 10,000 Gospels printed and freely distributed last year.