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Church-owned Bible translation (COBT) is a paradigm for Bible translation based on the following four beliefs about the local church. We define "local church" as a community of believers who have the same heart language.
Church-owned Bible translation (COBT) is a paradigm for Bible translation based on the following four beliefs about the local church and the Bible. We define "local church" as a community of believers who have the same heart language.
1. **The local church has the authority to translate the Bible into its own language.** We believe that God's Spirit gives each believer authority and wisdom to steward God's word in his sphere of influence.
2. **The local church has the responsibility to translate the Bible into its own language.** We believe that God gives local believers the responsibility to evangelize and disciple their community. Translating the scripture into the heart language of the people is essential for Bible-based evangelism and discipleship.
3. **If the local church has multilingual members who can understand a Bible in another language, then the local church has the ability to translate the Bible into their own language.** These local believers are experts in their own language and culture; they naturally understand their language’s vocabulary and grammar more deeply than an outsider could. And those who are multi-lingual typically have skill in transferring messages across languages. These people can increase their ability to translate the Bible well by learning about translation and by using Bible translation resources to better understand the scripture they are translating from.
4. **The local believers are accountable to one another and to God for translating the Scripture** accurately and clearly in their heart language and for making it accessible to the community.
1. **The local church has the authority to translate the Bible into its own language.** God’s Spirit resides in every believer. He provides wisdom and gives each believer authority to share, teach, or translate God’s Word according to the specific abilities and opportunities God has given him.
1. **The local church has the responsibility to translate the Bible into its own language.** God gives local believers the responsibility to evangelize and disciple their community. Translating the scripture into the heart language of the people is an essential part of that responsibility.
1. **The local church with bilingual local believers has the ability to translate the Bible into their language.** The local believers understand their language and culture better than an outsider, and typically, the local multilingual believers have skill in sharing meaning through oral translation.
1. **The local believers are accountable to one another and to God for translating the Scripture** accurately and clearly in their heart language and for making it accessible to the community.
The six behaviors of church-owned Bible translation are: