With the help of the Bible words themselves, the event ended in peace.

"Arguing will not bring us anywhere. Please, let us just listen to the Bible itself," said the moderator. Then, as a Tatar woman read from Luke's gospel, the atmosphere began to change... 

Worldwide Bible Translation Statistics 

• World Population - 6.9 billion [Wycliffe International 2009]
  
  
• Languages spoken in the world - 6,909 [Ethnologue, 16th edition, 2008]
  
  
• Languages with some or all of the Bible - 2,479. Of these, 451 have an adequate Bible; 1,185 have an adequate New Testament; 843 have Scripture portions [UBS 2008]
  
  
• Translation programs in progress in languages without adequate Scripture - 1,990 [Wycliffe International 2009]
  
  
• Languages The Jesus Film has been translated into - 1068 [The Jesus Film 2009]
  
  
• Languages needing Bible translation work to begin - 2,252 representing around 353 million people [Wycliffe International 2009]