Jesus’ life and ministry as you’ve never experienced before.
This is the story of Jesus. This is the story of hope for mankind. This is the greatest story ever told.
In partnership with the LUMO Project, Faith Comes By Hearing provides a multi-language biblical film resource that helps you engage with the life of Jesus through the four Gospel accounts. These full-length feature films use the actual Gospel texts as their scripts—word-for-word. Created by LUMO using extensive theological, historical, and archaeological research, each film has been adapted with Faith Comes By Hearing's audio Scripture in the languages of the world.
As part of our Vision 2033 goals, Faith Comes By Hearing is committed to creating at least one Gospel Film in every recorded language so that people everywhere will have the opportunity to hear and see the Gospel.
LUMO Partnership
Over 30 years ago, Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH) president Jerry Jackson received a word from God that the ministry would someday become involved with video production. He wrote it down and stored a copy of it on his computer. In April of 2017, Faith Comes By Hearing was introduced to Tessie DeVore, president of LUMO—a ministry that has produced beautiful, historically accurate films of the Gospels. It wasn’t long before the massive benefit of a partnership became clear—Faith Comes By Hearing and LUMO were parallel ministries working on two sides of the same tapestry! God, the Master Weaver, had put us together in His perfect timing.
In August of that same year, LUMO graciously gave Faith Comes By Hearing the right to use their films, so that they could carefully overlay them with the existing Audio Bible recordings. After a few languages had been finished, a “test run” was conducted in Cuba, and they sent Hannah a report of the impact Gospel Films were having there. Her response: “This is God’s moment!” While this has not been a simple process – each Gospel Film must be manually produced by a team of editors to flow correctly with the respective language recording – it is well worth the effort!
By combining LUMO’s compelling cinematic portrayal of the life of Jesus with FCBH’s word-for-word audio Scriptures in the languages of the world, Gospel Films are revolutionizing the way we experience the Bible. Faith Comes By Hearing hopes to implement Gospel Films in communities worldwide, starting watching groups around the Gospel Film in that community’s language. Since using video together with audio is a natural progression, Gospel Films will be able to provide video-centric urban areas and younger generations a way to engage the Bible like never before.
Obtaining Gospel Films
Gospel films are provided to our partners at no cost for their ministry purposes. LUMO and FCBH are striving to offer the widest possible access through physical and digital formats, and we are eager to collaborate with partners to determine which methods of distribution will result in an effective and fruitful Scripture engagement.
Bible.is website and apps streams all available Gospel Films for online viewing. (Several languages are also available at LUMO and Bible.is youtube channels.) If you would like to request for an available Gospel Film for Watching Groups, simply follow the link below and fill out the easy to use request form
3 Ways to Engage Gospel Films
Seeing God’s Word come to life is incredibly reassuring. Even when the chaotic storms of life are swirling around us and each tomorrow is filled with uncertainty, the Light of the World, Jesus Christ, shines through the darkness to lead our way using His unchanging Word of truth. Through Faith Comes By Hearing Gospel Films, word-for-word adaptations of the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ earthly life and ministry, you can experience the Bible in a brand-new way.
Here are three helpful ways that you, your family, and your community can engage Gospel Films together:
Watch a Gospel Film for personal Bible study.
Because the Gospel Films use only the text of God’s Word as their script, they make perfect tools to help you study the Bible. Gospel Films immerse you in the time and location that Jesus’ ministry took place, offering you an unprecedented view into first-century Palestine as you drink in the Scriptures.
Plan a family night.
Every Gospel Film was painstakingly created to present the viewer with a high-quality, easy-to-understand portrayal of God’s Word. Hannah Leader, LUMO film producer, is also a children’s Sunday School teacher. Her vision for these films originated in her desire to show children of all backgrounds and languages a historically accurate depiction of Jesus Christ—His life, ministry, death, and resurrection. This makes Gospel Films perfect for sharing and studying the Bible with your family in a familiar format.
Share it with your small group.
We at Faith Comes By Hearing are huge proponents of a multifaceted approach to studying God’s Word. A great method to absorb the teachings of Christ is to first read the passage together, listen to it on Bible.is, and finally watch it via Gospel Films. Your small group discussion will be greatly enriched after experiencing the Bible through multiple senses.