Beyond Evangelism: Establishing a lifelong faith in Jesus

Portable Audio Players

FFICM is helping to give people access to God's Word and solid biblical teaching!

Part of the firm foundation a new believer needs is access to God’s Word so that they can mature through the Word of God and can share His Good News with those around them.  In cultures where many are illiterate, have a low level of literacy, or just usually learn new things auditorily, audio Bibles are crucial. 

These solar powered audio Bible players have a 3D printed shell, and are an inexpensive way of giving people access to God’s Word and solid Biblical teaching. The ones we are distributing overseas have the audio Bible in one of the local languages as well as solid Biblical teaching. 

Upon receiving and listening to this audio Bible, a young Muslim boy decided to accept Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Then the Imam of the community talked to this boy, Mustafa, and told him he also received Christ. Together they wanted to learn more about how to defend their faith, so Mustafa recalled the ministry he received the device from and reached out. They were brought to Jos for three days to receive teaching on the Bible. There was another training in Katsina that the two of them attended. They brought with them other Muslims who also came and accepted Christ.
Story of Impact
A domino effect of Gospel impact
In the M*** community in Bauchi state Nigeria there were 23 people who came to Christ through listening to the audio Bible. The nearest church was 2-3 hours away. Muslim Background Believer workers, A*** and Y***, have visited them and are in the process of connecting them with the a missionary pastor to start a church in their own community.
Story of Impact
A Church is planted as a result

About the devices:

These devices have three levels of navigation controls. This allows people to easily go between different types of content, different books of the Bible and from chapter to chapter. 

As for the controls, you can:
-Turn on/off (green button)
-Volume up/down (+/-)
-Go between “shelves” or types of content (>)
-Navigate forward or backward between books of the Bible (</>)
-Or navigate between chapters with in a book of the Bible (</>)

 

Size: ~40mm wide x 90mm tall x 20 mm deep
Audio: Internal speaker (suitable for one or two persons), or earbuds (standard with 3.5mm jack, user-supplied or purchase separately)
Battery: 300 mAh Lithium Ion
Charging: — Solar, via panel on the back
 — Micro USB, cord and wall adapter user-supplied or purchase separately. (Note that this is the same charging plug and wall adapter used by many Android phones and other devices, so you may already have one of these).
Charging time: — Solar, ~2 hours for each hour of speaker operation.
 — MicroUSB, ~2.5 hours to full charge.
Play time: — Speaker ~7 hours
 — Earbuds, 10+ hours
File format: mp3
Volume control: 8 levels
Content access: Sealed.
Navigation: Simple, yet user-friendly.
Features: Lanyard hole, LED charging indicator, play indicator, label areas, raised buttons, resumes at current track location on power on.

Notes:

  • Cases have small surface imperfections and layer marks. These are a normal characteristic of 3D printing.
  • The simple navigation of these players allows listening through full Bibles and testaments, or rapid navigation through content.