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During a translation workshop in Papua New Guinea, team members in one project struggled to translate Peter’s description of false teachers in 2 Peter 2:17
Read MoreA New Trail
After his wife died, Militon had a dream in which his wife appeared to him. “Don’t travel the trail that I’m travelling on now,” she told him.
Read MoreFirst Nations Mark Translation Milestones
More than 30 years ago, the Naskapi people of Eastern Quebec welcomed a Wycliffe couple, Bill and Norma Jean Jancewicz, to live among them. Working closely with local leaders and…
Read MoreKeyboard software aids in language preservation
An international software firm developing smartphone keyboards specifically designed to write in traditional languages is helping people protect their language. The project, called Keyman, allows people to type in one…
Read MoreNew stats show progress in Bible translation
Wycliffe Bible Translators has released its latest annual figures on the progress being made in Bible translation worldwide. Among the highlights are that 698 languages now have the complete Bible (up…
Read MoreTrauma healing helps pastor plagued by guilt
“I lived hand to mouth doing many jobs. Finally I ended up as a soldier. In the army, I learned how to be tough: to fight, and even to kill.”
Read MoreWycliffe mourns former director Jim Dean
Dr. Jim Dean, director of Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada from 1976 to 1986, died Dec. 24 after an extended illness. He was 96. Jim is survived by his five…
Read MoreFaithful God, Faithful Servant
Goma Mabele knows what perseverance is, after serving three decades in the Mbandja Bible translation project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Read MoreTwo Lives Saved
A trauma healing facilitator is crediting his training on how to listen to distressed people for preventing a murder in the town of Rungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. After…
Read MoreBecoming Women of the Bible
The ladies’ meetings in the local church were boring. One young lady wondered why…
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