By Donny Parrish, Executive Director
God has been so good to Lifeword. We are living through some of the most blessed years in the history of this ministry. God has allowed our impact to expand and reach into places we could only dream about a few short years ago. It is a joy to serve the churches of BMA America to fulfill Christ’s Great Commission!
My top three goals for the ministry of Lifeword in 2026 are:
• To increase our language count by 10 in the coming year. At the close of 2025, Lifeword is presenting the gospel of Jesus in 175 languages of the world. Over two billion people can hear or watch a Lifeword broadcast in their own heart language. Our goal to increase our gospel footprint by 10 languages will be a challenge that will only happen as God opens new doors. Would you pray about that?
• To introduce Follow, Lifeword’s discipleship portal, to new language groups. In 2025, we completed the task of replicating Follow in Spanish, and we are almost finished with translating Follow into Ukrainian. In 2026, our plan is to introduce and implement Follow in the Philippines and to translate it into Arabic and Romanian.
• To release Lifeword’s new children’s program to the public. In 2026, Lifeword will complete production and will release the first children’s program! Lifeword’s Little Learners broadcast has been filmed and is now in post-production. This has been one of the most ambitious production endeavors in Lifeword’s history. Pray that God will use this broadcast to reach millions of children with the gospel.
