Dr Frank Laubach, along with his wife, Effa, was responsible for helping an estimated 100 million people learn to read in their own language. As the New York Times reported at the time of Frank's death in 1970, he managed to travel to over 100 countries and develop literacy primers in 300 languages and dialects . . . all in just over three decades.
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Have you ever heard of Mesrop Mashtots? It might sound like an obscure name but this linguist, monk, song writer and theologian helped preserve Armenian culture and language by creating the Armenian alphabet around 400AD.
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We have been inspired by the loving and gracious servant heart of Gwen Gibson. David Cummings writes about the life of this pioneering 'code breaker'.
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Stanthorpe has lost one of its finest sons. On Sunday morning of the 9th of October 2016, Andrew Sav, aged 54, completed his journey home. Andrew was born in Stanthorpe in 1962 and attended the local high school. After an apprenticeship as a sign writer Andrew joined a Christian Mission organisation called Operation Mobilisation. O.M. is an interdenominational organisation which brings aid and Christian ministry and care to developing world countries via ocean going ships equipped to bring help and hope to all.
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June served for nearly half a century with her husband Rob in Papua New Guinea 1962–2008. Together they translated the New Testament, and a small part of the Old Testament, into four dialects of ...
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How do good ideas take shape? In the case of Wycliffe Australia’s very early history, it began with Robert Story reading a note in a Moody Monthly magazine:
SUMMER INSTITUTE OF LINGUISTICS
Offers ...
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Lynette Living was born in Wangaratta, country Victoria, where her father was a solicitor. She later graduated from Melbourne University at a time when female students were a distinct minority. While ...
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