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hands2-by-jesper-noerI left last Thursday for Cuba on a Herald of Truth trip and returned yesterday afternoon (just in time to teach class at ACU). I want to tell you a bit about that trip, but I’ll wait until I have some pictures available. In the meantime, I wanted to mention about the bilingual group at the University church here in Abilene. For a number of different reasons, things are going very well with the group right now. Attendance is up, we’ve had several baptisms over the last few months, and the cohesion between members is stronger than ever. This Sunday, for the first time since I came to University three years ago, our group is getting to meet in the auditorium with the rest of the congregation. [Edit: This is the first time the service will be bilingual, not the first time we’ve met together.] I’ve been asking for this for over a year, so I’m glad that it’s finally happening.

So I ask you to pray for our gathering this Sunday, that it will be an encouragement to all involved. Above all, pray that God will be glorified.

(Photo by Jesper Noer)

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Have you ever been to a bilingual church service? Have you ever heard bilingual preaching? If so, how was it done? Was it a speaker with a translator or the speaker translating himself? Did they use translation via headset or live translation? Was it 5 minutes in one language followed by 5 minutes in the other? Or was it rapid-fire switching between the two?

Working with Herald of Truth, I run into lots of people who say, “Oh, I remember hearing Glenn Owen translate for Juan Monroy. That was so much fun.”

I also run into lots of people who have very negative feelings toward bilingual services, including a surprising percentage of people who think that they can’t work or can’t work for long.

I’m interested in hearing your opinions. Partly because I preach bilingually almost every Sunday and partly because I’m preparing a class for a workshop. Any ideas, opinions, anecdotes, etc. will be welcome.