After his resurrection from the dead, Jesus told his disciples, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
For almost 2,000 years, Jesus’ words have directed His followers to reach people everywhere with the Good News. By 2015, 2.3 billion people, almost a third of the world’s population, identified itself as Christian. While that is certainly an encouraging figure, the task assigned to the Church to reach every language group is yet to be completed.