Sharing Our Story
Our staff shares their passion to get God's audible Word to everyone everywhere!
What’s Next: Vision 2033
Our goal:To partner with like-minded ministries to record Scripture in every language of the world that needs it by the year 2033, and make these recordings freely available by every means possible.
2033
God’s Word for Every Person
Faith Comes By Hearing has Bible recordings in 1380 languages spoken by 6.1 billion people. Over 85 million people in virtually every country have been reached through our wide range of programs
Today
Gospel Films
A fruitful partnership with LUMO leads to the production of Gospel Films—word-for-word movies of the Gospels created to be overlaid by any language recording. By 2033, we aim to produce at least one Gospel Film in every language that needs it, so that people worldwide can hear and see God’s Word!
2017
Deaf Bible Society
Deaf Bible Society becomes its own organization to advance sign language Bible translations and to engage Deaf people groups with the gospel
2016
Render
Render, a software to facilitate oral translation, is launched with partners Seed Company and Pioneer Bible Translators
2016
Global Bible Network
is developed to get God’s Word to hard-to-reach and remote areas
2015
Virtual Recording
launches to accelerate partner recordings
2013
Deaf Bible App
is released to engage the Deaf, one of the largest unreached people groups worldwide
2012
The Digital Bible Platform
and Bible.is app launch to provide developers and smartphone users with Bible recordings and texts
2010
The Mini Proclaimer
is introduced
2009
Military BibleSticks
are introduced to bring God’s Word to U.S. troops
2008
Every Church Every Village
launches as a program to equip short-term mission travelers
2007
The Proclaimer
is developed and unveiled
2004
Name Change
Hosanna becomes known as Faith Comes By Hearing
1995
Bible Listening Programs
begin in U.S. churches
1989
Audio Drama New Testaments
are first released
1987
Founding
Hosanna, later to be known as Faith Comes By Hearing, is founded as a Christian tape-lending library
1972Be a part of the story & see lives changed
“Not everybody in those tribes are able to read. So, by hearing the Word of God in their own language, it’s like God speaking to them directly and that brings a lot of changes.”
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