Home Explore Get Involved Blog Contact Give WHY IS JAARS NEEDED? The Pacific is home to some of the most beautiful and most difficult-to-reach places in the world. Vast deserts in Australia. Mountain ranges in Papua New Guinea that push nearly three miles high—characterized by “steep slopes, sharp ridges, and fast-running rivers.” And everywhere—island nations and people groups separated by great stretches of open ocean. Hundreds of translation projects are going on right now in the Pacific area, most of them fundamentally unhindered by lack of transportation, technology, or communications infrastructure. But where those barriers do exist, our support is bridging the gap and enabling the life transformation that comes when people encounter the gospel in the language that speaks to their heart! By making it possible for translators to work safely and effectively in these off-the-grid locations, JAARS helps make Bible translation—and through it obedience to our Lord’s Great Commission—possible. LEARN MORE What solutions are we currently providing in the Pacific? Transportation Media Training Where else are we serving? Africa Asia Americas How You Can Help GIVE Your gifts to JAARS support our global ministry, including crucial projects in transportation, technology, and training. Thank you for partnering with us! GIVE ONLINE NOW MORE WAYS TO GIVE PRAY Pray that translation work will soon start in the many communities who still need God’s Word in their heart language. TRANSPORTATION In the Pacific, we help translation partners navigate travel on land, on sea, and in the air. We provide ongoing and project-based support for solutions that enable them to work safely and effectively in volatile and risky environments. Currently, that ranges from providing equipment, training, and operating support to researching the best approach for safe and sustainable inter-island ocean travel. Fortunately, our mission aviation partners are also often able to demonstrate Jesus’ second great commandment—to love our neighbors as ourselves—by making it possible for remote communities to have urgent-care access to regional hospitals and clinics. LEARN MORE MEDIA In the primarily oral people groups of the Pacific, our ongoing provision of media solutions means translation partners can produce and distribute the gospel—and related materials—to communities via mobile phones, handheld audio players, JESUS film translations, and more … long before (and after) written translations are available. LEARN MORE TRAINING And finally, we provide training solutions wherever they’re needed. In the Pacific, that currently involves preparing pilots and mechanics for the unique equipment and conditions they’ll encounter in their assignments there, and providing water safety training, equipment, and navigational beacons for translators who often must travel via less-than-desirable water transport options. LEARN MORE WHO WE ARE About Us History Leadership Stewardship Partners HOW YOU CAN HELP Pray Serve Give Advocate Advise FOR CHURCHES Mission Teams JAARS Speakers CrossVenture More Opportunities RESOURCES Publications Podcast COPYRIGHT © 1998-2021. JAARS, INC. | PRIVACY