{"id":5508,"date":"2022-06-24T00:45:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T00:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/?p=5508"},"modified":"2025-10-07T23:41:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T23:41:56","slug":"bible-society-intensifies-literacy-campaign-in-epie-ogbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/bible-society-intensifies-literacy-campaign-in-epie-ogbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Society intensifies literacy campaign in Epie, Ogbia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5508\" class=\"elementor elementor-5508\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d882c4 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d882c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41cac8ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bible Society intensifies literacy campaign in Epie, Ogbia <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cb914c9\" data-id=\"1cb914c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb1619f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb1619f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs Bible translation into Ogbia and Epie Languages enters the advanced stage, The Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) has launched full-scale literacy programmes in Epie and Ogbia Languages in Bayelsa State.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-054ff1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"054ff1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Epie-literacy-class.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5510\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Epie-literacy-class.jpg 984w, https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Epie-literacy-class-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Epie-literacy-class-768x337.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d5adb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d5adb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEpie literacy class\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b81282 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b81282\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87528b9\" data-id=\"87528b9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dbf13b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7dbf13b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe latest effort by the translation team of the two projects is the ongoing literacy classes in State School 1, Onuebum Community in Ogbia Local Government Area with the pupils in classes 4 &#8211; 6, and Epie literacy class which is taking place at Modern Primary School, Boigbolo-Yenizue also in classes 4 \u2013 6.\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThis project is aimed at helping the people read and write in the two languages so they will be able to engage with the Ogbia and Epie Bibles when they are published. The second phase of the literacy classes will focus on adults in the two communities.\nThe BSN commenced Bible translation into the two languages in 2015 and dedicated the New Testament in the two languages in 2020.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bible Society intensifies literacy campaign in Epie, Ogbia As Bible translation into Ogbia and Epie Languages enters the advanced stage, The Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) has launched full-scale literacy programmes in Epie and Ogbia Languages in Bayelsa State. 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