By Brooke Helder, GACX Content Creator
“MegaVoice tries to be the best donkey possible. When the crowds were going wild as Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, it would be silly for that donkey to think that the cheering was for him. In the same way, it's about Jesus, not about the vehicle. Our purpose is to equip our partners to fulfill the Great Commission so that everybody can engage with God's word in their own language,” explains Darrel Templeton, Chief Partnership Officer at MegaVoice.
MegaVoice, a member of GACX, invented the first solar audio Bible 35 years ago. Since then, they have created additional innovative devices to share the Bible, such as the first Bible for the deaf on a tablet.
MegaVoice is known for providing secure and durable devices to store teachings and audio recordings, leaving room for other organizations to partner with them on delivery and additional tools. For example, MegaVoice and Renew World Outreach (RWO), another GACX member, have partnered together to provide complementary resources: while MegaVoice provides portable devices, RWO focuses on backpacks and videos.
MegaVoice also has recording studios to record their partners’ teaching materials and to create audio Scriptures in different languages. Teach Every Nation and Shepherd's Global Classroom (GACX members) have utilized MegaVoice’s studios to record their content into the target language of the areas where they work.
MegaVoice makes special units for closed countries that are available for GACX members working in areas with security risks. One way that MegaVoice gets devices to partners in these areas is by utilizing factories in other countries for assembly and manufacturing.
By using factories in countries like India, where it is often challenging to receive shipments of ministry-related materials, the devices are already in close proximity to MegaVoice partners when they are created. MegaVoice plans to expand its use of this strategy in other regions, including Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and, hopefully, the Pacific.
MegaVoice wants to share its technology and decades of experience with all GACX members! “Honestly, I can't think of a single partnering ministry that we could not help. We can help ministries equip indigenous church leaders with God's Word in their heart language and the teaching of God's Word,” says Templeton.
MegaVoice is also looking to partner with GACX member organizations that have translators who could provide content for their devices in different languages. In addition, MegaVoice aims to grow its partnerships in Africa and, of course, in closed countries.
Are you interested in partnering with MegaVoice? Visit megavoice.com to learn more!