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The Duggar family, featured on TLC’s hit reality TV show 19
Kids and Counting, has started a new partnership with the
fastest growing Bible translation organization in the world. The Seed
Company, founded by Wycliffe Bible Translators, announced Wednesday
the partnership with the family, in which they will work together to
teach families and children the story of the Bible with the goal of
spreading God’s word around the world.
“We feel extremely blessed to partner with the Duggar family in
our shared mission of spreading God’s word,” says Roy Peterson,
president and CEO of The Seed Company.
As part of the partnership, the Duggar family’s website includes a
callout to The Seed Company’s KidsDiscover program.
“Becoming a recommended resource on the Duggar’s new website is
a great opportunity, as we strive to reach a larger audience with our
KidsDiscover program to help more families and children connect with
the Scriptures while also providing them with an opportunity to
support the Great Commission,” Peterson says.
This interactive and educational program, designed to engage
children in God’s word by bringing families together to experience
the Bible through storytelling, is a segment of The Seed Comany’s
OneVerse ministry.
“By partnering with The Seed Company, we are not only providing
families with the tools to grow closer to God, but we are also
providing them with a way to grow closer as a family through God,”
Duggar explains. “It is our sincere hope that families utilize the
KidsDiscover program as a catalyst to share the Bible together and
simultaneously consider the opportunity to share the gift of God’s
word with a family across the globe.”
KidsDiscover offers two free 10-week programs—one for the Old
Testament and one for the New Testament—to take participants on a
journey from creation to the early church. After each weekly Bible
story children can evaluate their progress with vocabulary builders,
challenge questions, fun games, downloadable worksheets, team
activities and more.
“As a parent, one of the most powerful tips we can provide other
families is to teach their children to love God with all of their
heart, soul, mind and strength and to memorize His word as a family,”
says Jim Bob Duggar, father of 19.
The program combines education with a missional component by
teaching families about the more than 2,000 people groups, or 340
million people, still living without the Scriptures in their heart
language. Through the program, families will have the ability to
share God’s word with these people groups and help His story come
alive in their mother tongue.
The Duggar’s website will also launch MakaziVille, an interactive
online game challenging children to build a village in Tanzania, this
fall. The game will educate children about the sometimes harsh
realities that other parts of the world face while challenging them
to overcome social, religious, environmental and economical
obstacles.
Cheri Fuller and Cindy Lamb Curry 
Marilyn Hickey 
Charisma Staff