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Translation doesn’t mean access
Ensuring access and engagement keep pace with translation
“The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.”
Habakkuk 2:14Let’s chat
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Access is about having the Bible. Engagement is about living the Bible.
At Babel, languages divided humanity. At Pentecost, the Spirit united the Church. Through unprecedented collaboration, by 2033, every language will have some Scripture translated. But translation alone doesn’t transform lives.
For centuries, believers relied on smuggling, printing, and underground networks to distribute God’s word. Today, nearly one billion people already have Scripture in their language, yet cannot access it in a usable form.
The global Church is expanding rapidly, creating a pressing need for strategy, innovation, and collective impact in Bible access, delivery, and integration.
With translation nearly complete, the task is clear: move from access delayed to access delivered, from Bibles translated to Bibles transforming lives.
What are Bible access and engagement?
Translation is only the first step. True access requires delivery, security, and contextual fit, and God’s word is not meant to sit on a shelf: it is meant to fill hearts and impact homes. This community is approaching the problem as:
Access is about having the Bible. Engagement is about living the Bible.
Nearly one billion people already have Scripture in their language yet cannot access it in a usable form. Three barriers keep the Bible out of reach:
Geographic constraints, supply chain breakdowns, or war leave entire regions waiting for years.
Millions cannot afford a Bible, and many cannot read. Without audio, video, children’s resources, or oral storytelling, entire populations remain cut off.
In some nations, owning or sharing a Bible can be life-threatening. Believers rely on trusted networks and secure innovation.
The global Church is growing fastest where Bibles are hardest to reach. The time to act is now.
Access and engagement, together
96.5% of the world now has Scripture in a known language. By 2033, that number will reach nearly 100%. We must ensure these efforts bear fruit: that every translation is accessible to those who need it most.
In 2025, the number of churches surpassed 10 million globally, nearly 10X growth in this decade alone. The Church is expanding fastest where the Word of God is least available.
We stand at a unique point in history: access and engagement have to keep pace with translation.
The Solving Bible Access & Engagement Fund supports the organizations standing in the gap between translation and transformation.
The solution is twofold: solving Bible access and solving Bible engagement.
Solving Bible Access ensures individuals and churches receive Scripture in accessible formats, despite barriers like poverty, illiteracy, government restrictions, or geography.
Solving Bible Engagement helps people read, listen, study, share, and live the Word. Scripture moves from page to discipleship.
Unprecedented Bible availability: 96.5% of the world now has Scripture in a known language, reaching nearly 100% by 2033.
Unprecedented church growth: more than 10 million churches globally, expanding fastest where the Word of God is least available.
Fueling the problem solvers
The Solving Bible Access & Engagement Fund aims to lift up the problem solvers standing in the gap between translation and transformation.
The fund supports organizations taking righteous risks and solving these challenges through innovation and collaboration. We invest in work that moves Scripture:
→ to access delivered
Delivering Scripture in multiple formats: print, digital, audio, video, securely and contextually to the hardest-to-reach places
→ to discipleship
Equipping believers across the globe to use God’s Word daily, ensuring it is heard, understood, and lived
→ to Bibles transforming lives
Helping people read, listen, study, share, and live the Word
The Close the Bible Gap (CTBG) Alliance unites six leading ministries and Kingdom investors, Biblica, YouVersion, Faith Comes By Hearing, OneHope, Wycliffe, and Bible Media Group, to ensure Scripture reaches the 1 billion still waiting.
By pooling networks, sharing resources, and leveraging decades of trust, the Alliance delivers Scripture and engagement tools to where they are needed most.
The Solving Bible Access & Engagement Fund is in the Lab stage: initial allocations are in diligence and will be announced as they are made. The fund aims to lift up the problem solvers, like the Close the Bible Gap Alliance, standing in the gap between translation and transformation, supporting organizations that take righteous risks and solve these challenges through innovation and collaboration.
Close the Bible Gap Alliance
Unites six leading ministries and Kingdom investors: Biblica, YouVersion, Faith Comes By Hearing, OneHope, Wycliffe, and Bible Media Group. In its first phase, CTBG equipped 17,300 churches, deployed 1.4 million Bibles in the preferred language and format, and fueled 1,350 new church plants.
Bible Access
Ensures individuals and churches receive Scripture in accessible formats, despite barriers like poverty, illiteracy, government restrictions, or geography. Delivery in multiple formats, print, digital, audio, and video, done securely and with contextual fit.
Bible Engagement
Helps people read, listen, study, share, and live the Word, so Scripture moves from page to discipleship: heard, understood, and lived daily.
The final stretch: closing the gap from translation to Bible access.
A giver’s story
A giver’s story is on the way: why they give toward this work, and what they have seen it do.
The Solving Bible Access & Engagement Fund
SWGP Giving Funds unite world-class portfolio management with the Faith Driven content and community you trust, transforming generosity into impact.
God calls us to radical generosity: not obligation, not guilt, but an invitation to the joy-filled adventure. When you’ve been rescued you want to rescue others, this is your moment.
You want to give. You want to find that cause to rally around. But we don’t have the time or tribe to be intentional.
Busy lives don’t leave room to analyze every investment or vet every charity. We’re overwhelmed, pulled in a hundred directions: wallets clenched, hearts tugged, minds skeptical. Deep down, we know there has to be a better way. That’s why we’re building collaborative giving funds, uniting content, community, and tools that make it possible to do more, together.
We are committed to excellence and transparency, which is why we engage independent third-party organizations, including Calvin Edwards & Company, All Access International, and Brightlight Impact, to evaluate our work. Every two years, each fund undergoes an external review made available to prospective donors and partners. This review outlines the fund’s theory of change, portfolio analysis, governance, operations, and grantmaking practices. It also reviews investment activity and verifies the accuracy of reporting, ensuring donors can give with confidence and clarity.
Board of Advisors
Investment Committee: coming soon.
Solving the World’s Greatest Problems Leadership Team
We feel humbled by the opportunity to support this movement behind the scenes. This Leadership Team has a unique combination of proven scale in Content, Community and Funds.
Transfer from your DAF
The Solving the World’s Greatest Problems Giving Funds will be hosted through a Donor Advised Fund (DAF). Contributions can be made directly or from an existing Donor Advised Fund at trusted partners like:
Behind every fund is a group of people who decided that caring wasn’t enough. You want to give and a cause to rally around, but busy lives don’t leave much room to be intentional. No one was built to do this alone. This is where you find your people, and where generosity becomes something you do together.
A free, five-session course to find your why, discern your where, and build a plan for how you, your family, or your business will give. No cost. No catch.
Start the CourseLive, 90-minute Fund Premier Events, one problem at a time, with the entrepreneurs, investors, and ministry leaders already in the fight. Come to learn and feel free to bring a few friends.
See Upcoming EventsPartner Summits are invitation-only gatherings for Champions and Partners: about 50 to 60 givers, fund managers, and problem solvers in one room for deeper relationships and real collaboration.
Explore In-Person EventsA growing community of families and organizations is already giving together. There’s a place in it for you.
Become a MemberFollow the fund. See what your generosity is changing.
One email when it matters: new deployments, measured results from Close the Bible Gap Alliance partners like Biblica and YouVersion, and stories of Scripture transforming lives. No noise, ever.