All HELIOS content was researched, written and produced by Dr. Woodrow Kroll as part of the Woodrow Kroll Ministries. Currently this content is being translated and produced in these twelve languages:
Woodrow Kroll, HELIOS Creator
WOODROW KROLL lives in Titusville, Florida, USA. The former President and Senior Bible Teacher of the international radio program Back to the Bible retired in 2013, but was only retired 4-5 days when God moved him to start The Psalm 119 Association Inc. (doing ministry as Woodrow Kroll Ministries) and initiate the HELIOS Projects.
From his study in the Heartland of America, Dr. Kroll has created all the content for each of the HELIOS Projects and has been the “voice” in English for those projects.
This is a sample of the HELIOS CT Project in English:
Marc Blackwell and Family
MARC BLACKWELL, JR is a church planter in the area of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA. Marc is from an American missionary family who have given their lives to the people of South Africa. The church Woodrow Kroll grew up in as a child supported Marc’s parents on the field, and now Marc. Marc’s business sense and coordinating skills make him the perfect country coordinator for the HELIOS Afrikaans Projects in South Africa.
ASHRAF and NIVIN IBRAHIM are from EGYPT. They have been involved in church-planting, pastoral training, youth ministry, children’s ministry, and media ministries throughout Egypt for many years. They were approached by Timothy Kroll to lead the translation and recording of the HELIOS Projects into Arabic. What a blessing that they have agreed and now oversee the teams working on both the CT and GS Projects. You can learn more about their ministry here: Lift Your Eyes.
Bengali Team
Hindi. The Hindustan Bible Institute (HBI) in Chennai, INDIA has agreed to help us with the translation and recording of our HELIOS Projects into Bengali. With the growth of the church in India, this will be a very important language in which to have the HELIOS Projects available.
Ludwig Gresseau and Family
LUDWIG GRESSEAU is from Port-au-Prince, HAITI. Ludwig is a linguist and the country coordinator for Operation Mobilization (OM) in Haiti. He speaks six different languages. His knowledge of Haiti and the Haitian people, along with his unique linguistic abilities, will serve the HELIOS Creole Projects well. We are happy to have an OM leader working with our HELIOS Projects in Haiti.
Hindi Team
Hindi. The Hindustan Bible Institute (HBI) in Chennai, INDIA has agreed to help us with the translation and recording of our HELIOS Projects into Hindi. With the growth of the church in India, this will be a very important language in which to have the HELIOS Projects available.
Hindi. The Hindustan Bible Institute (HBI) in Chennai, INDIA has agreed to help us with the translation and recording of our HELIOS Projects into Nepali. With the growth of the church in Nepal, this will be a very important language in which to have the HELIOS Projects available.
Leandro Tarrataca and Family
LEANDRO TARATACCA is from Sao Paulo, BRAZIL. Leandro has had a Bible-teaching radio and TV ministry throughout Brazil for many years. He heard of the HELIOS Projects from others and emailed Woodrow Kroll to ask when it might be ready in Portuguese. Dr. Kroll’s response: “As soon as you can get it done.” Leandro holds a PhD in Christian Education and was named the Alumnus of the Year by his alma mater, Calvary University of Kansas City, Missouri in the USA.
This is a sample of the HELIOS CT Project in Portuguese:
Vladimir Lebedev and Family
VLADIMIR LEBEDEV is from Khabarovsk, RUSSIA but currently lives near Chicago, Illinois in the US and is working on his PhD degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Vladimir and Woodrow Kroll have a mutual friend – Dwayne King, a pioneer missionary-pilot in Far Eastern Russia. Dwayne and Dr. Kroll were ministering at the same event in October, 2014 and when he heard about HELIOS, Dwayne said, “Russian pastors need HELIOS right now.” Dr. Kroll explained that he needed a Russian translator and voice first to which Dwayne said, “I have just the guy.” The rest, as they say, is history.
This is a sample of the HELIOS CT Project in Russian:
Pablo Logacho and Family
PABLO LOGACHO lives in Quito, ECUADOR and is both the coordinator of our HELIOS Spanish Projects and the “voice” for the Projects. Pablo’s translation and recording of HELIOS CT in Spanish was the first international language beyond English to complete this major project to train untrained pastors and Christian leaders. In addition to his work on HELIOS, Pablo also serves the Bible-teaching Spanish radio program La Biblia Dice.
This is a sample of the HELIOS CT Project in Spanish:
KENNEDY SALANO is from Nairobi, KENYA. Kennedy pastors Kariobangi Church in Nairobi and serves in pastoral training with the KAG East University. He was introduced to the of HELIOS Projects at a church-planters gathering in Bangkok Thailand in 2016. When the need came to translated and record them in Swahili, he willingly took leadership of the team working on the CT and GS Projects.
This is a sample of the HELIOS CT Project in Swahili:
Laya Sirikul and Son
LAYA SIRIKUL lives in Bangkok, THAILAND. We began HELIOS Thai with her husband, Nok Sirikul, who was the head of Thailand Campus Crusade and a busy pastor. But when Pastor Sirikul died suddenly on April 29, 2016, his wife Laya stepped up to take over the project in Thailand as the Thai HELIOS coordinator.