{"id":14457,"date":"2026-02-05T08:06:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14457"},"modified":"2026-02-05T08:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:12:31","slug":"papua-new-guinea-the-notsi-waited-39-years-for-the-new-testament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14457","title":{"rendered":"Papua New Guinea: The Notsi Waited 39 Years for the New Testament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: Seed Company, February 4, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea\u2019s main island lies New Ireland, where the Notsi call home. They\u2019re gardeners, farmers, and fishermen, dependent on the land and rain. Just 2,000 people speak their language, and before the 1980s, the Bible hadn\u2019t reached them yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gospel had, though, because of missionaries who came in the 1800s. Since then, islanders with English Bibles have struggled to sort out what it means to follow Jesus in light of the supernatural powers they grew up believing in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what does it mean now for the Notsi people to have the New Testament in their language? Don\u2019t take my word for it. Take theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seedcompany.com\/stories\/notsi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read full story with pictures<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oVUIkASLyIs?si=OtVxZoRMRSnxS03e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">watch video<\/a>, also below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Notsi Waited 39 Years for the New Testament | Seed Company\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oVUIkASLyIs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you may remember, P<a href=\"https:\/\/premierchristian.news\/en\/news\/article\/papua-new-guinea-officially-declares-christian-identity-in-constitution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apua New Guinea is now recognized as a Christian country falling a change to its constitution last year<\/a> (Premier Christian News).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Seed Company, February 4, 2026 Off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea\u2019s main island lies New Ireland, where the Notsi call home. They\u2019re gardeners, farmers, and fishermen, dependent on the land and rain. Just 2,000 people speak their language, and before the 1980s, the Bible hadn\u2019t reached them yet. The gospel had, though, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14457\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Papua New Guinea: The Notsi Waited 39 Years for the New Testament<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14457"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14462,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14457\/revisions\/14462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}