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By David Stewart
Volunteers Launch Cumorah Project
EVERGREEN, COLORADO -- A new LDS website, the Cumorah Project
(http://www.cumorah.com/ ),
launched on July 1, 2001. The Cumorah Project is a volunteer-run
group with the objectives of providing international humanitarian
service, education, and online gospel-related resources in many
languages. The Cumorah Project has no legal relationship to The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Free Bible downloads in 36 languages are currently offered on the
Cumorah Project website. An English-language download of the Book of
Mormon is also offered, as well as links to sites offering the online
Book of Mormon text in a variety of languages. Additionally,
multilingual translations of a standardized set of online resources,
including 23 Questions Answered by the Book of Mormon, 17 Points of
the True Church, and more, are being developed. Cumorah Project
resources are provided for online viewing or for free download.
Recent studies demonstrate that over 50% of Internet users worldwide
speak languages other than English, and the number of non-English
speakers is growing rapidly as Internet access becomes more widely
available. While only 5% of the world's population speaks English,
relatively few online LDS-related resources are available for
speakers of other languages, and most of those that do exist are
directed primarily towards existing LDS members. A comprehensive
Cumorah Project database contains information on over 700 distinct
people-groups worldwide, while an integrated language database tracks
online resources on all 300 world languages spoken by over one
million people. Volunteers are being sought to oversee the creation
of online resources in each language. Additionally, The Cumorah
Project is compiling an online database of Latter-day Saints on the
web with proficiencies in various languages. LDS members fluent in
Romanian, Shona, or Zulu are now only a mouse click away.
Cumorah Project will also offer online English tutoring for speakers
of other languages by LDS volunteers. The Cumorah Project will
assists individuals interested in organizing international education
and humanitarian projects by providing international contacts and
informational resources.
Source:
Volunteers Launch Cumorah Project
Cumorah Project Press Release 2Jul01 D3
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