How GRN’s Studios Reach Nigeria for Jesus

September 2, 2025

Nigeria

Sadly this nation is known for its scammers along with the persecution and murder of Christians. We are thankful for our dedicated team who go out into dangerous areas to record God’s word in the local languages and then return to those communities to make sure they receive the finished product.

The Northwest region has been particularly affected by violent raids from bandit gangs, while conflicts between predominantly Muslim herders and Christian farming communities persist in the Northcentral region. In March 2024 alone, nearly 400 people were reportedly kidnapped in Kaduna State, highlighting the ongoing insecurity. Our Nigerian team could be forgiven for just surviving in this environment, but God has been powerfully at work through their mission in this disadvantaged nation.

Our Nigerian team travelled to unfamiliar villages around the boarders of Bauchi and Plateau States for language investigation in April. Transportation to these unfamiliar villages was so difficult that our recordist waited at the market from noon until evening. Only one vehicle was willing to go towards Mbat village from Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area in Bauchi State. After this journey, GRN’s contact person in the area had gathered people from neighbouring languages for language research and meaningful discussions toward possible future recordings. Due to poor internet in the area, they earlier downloaded selected languages onto a SD card which was played on an MP3 player for language representatives to listen. GRN learned more about the languages in the area, and how they are related to existing languages in the 5fish app such as Mbat, Jarawa: Gar and Hausa. They were able to share Gwak and Bankal recordings with some villagers which were listened to and well appreciated!

In May, the team were involved in a distribution project of the Pyam language. Joshua, our centre leader, reported that “In villages such as Mungi, Nyengu, Bwalbwang and Pumbush, the Pyam recordings were played several times and many people gathered to listen attentively. From their faces you could see how enthused they were! Those with Android Phones were able to get the 5fish app installed while some Evangelists, Pastors, and Language committee members were entrusted with MP3 Players, SD cards and Good News flip charts for use in their communities. These materials were received with joy!” Plans were made to use these recordings for further evangelism.

Some Pastors testified to the great impact these heart language materials will have in their churches considering the number of members who cannot understand the trade language. “One of the Pastors went ahead and pledged to create time within his church service to play some of these recordings every Sunday. The 5fish app was so amazing to many as it gives them opportunity to access the gospel not only in their own language but other languages as well.”.

“During the outreach, the Jesus film in Pyam language was also played at the market square where both Christians and Muslims viewed en masse. We praise God for a successful distribution. Pray that God will touch the hearts of Pyam people through these simple recorded messages in their language. Their villages are predisposed to attack, pray that God will secure them.” Let’s pray too that more Pyam people hear and understand the good news and are strengthened in their trust in Jesus as a result of this work.

Studio Role:

1) Aussie studio staff receive the Nigerian team’s finished recording. They check the technical quality of the work and send feedback to the recordist. This feedback is eagerly read and putting the suggestions into practice means their next recording will be even better.

2) The recording is ingested into our audio archive from where it is made into audio-visuals and becomes available for download over our websites (5fish).

Our studios in Australia play a vital role in allowing many thousands of people in remote locations all over the world to hear the Gospel in their own language. Praise God the 6 studios we currently have are not enough to fit all our studio workers and we need to build 3 more. The new studios will cost approximately $400,000. Please prayerfully ask God if He is leading you to help provide for these studios.

How GRN’s Studios Reach Nigeria for Jesus

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