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Soonbeom is a church relations coordinator from South Korea working with local translators on the Papuan Malay (PM) ministry team to engage with local churches, government and community groups. Soonbeom shares what he has learned about team collaboration and trust during this time.
During a local church visit, the Papuan Malay Scripture engagement team met an evangelist who told them how instrumental the PM materials were in seeing 90 people in one village come to faith in Jesus and be baptised! Keep reading to discover more.
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.
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.
Many people ask us about why revisions are necessary for Bible translation projects. The truth is that language evolves over time. A language that was translated 100 years ago may not be ...
Guest writer, Jeremy Dover, is the Head of Biblical Studies at Waverley Christian College in Melbourne. He shares about the partnership between Waverley and Wycliffe that is helping students engage with God’s Word and understand it for themselves.
Wycliffe Australia CEO, Max Sahl, shares about why Wycliffe is so committed to supporting the needs of indigenous language communities so that people from 'every nation, tribe, people and language' can understand the life transforming power of the gospel in the language that speaks to their hearts.
Wycliffe Australia is launching a Chinese translation of the website on Pentecost Sunday. Discover why the new website is designed to help connect with Chinese diaspora and invite them to join in the Bible translation movement.
What are some of the adjustments involved in cross-cultural work? AuSIL Publicist, Melody Kube, shares some of the insights she has discovered after living in the Northern Hemisphere and in the Northern Territory.
In the words of Luke 1:37, 'with God, nothing will be impossible' (NKJV). But how about keeping a Bible translation project going during a global pandemic? What about translators not being able to travel freely to the office due to COVID restrictions? Belinda explains how the Papuan Malay team did indeed see God do the 'impossible' when they put their trust in him.
Thanks for your patience...Waiting is hard, isn't it. But imagine waiting 2000 years for Scripture in your language! Thanks for your patience. And thanks for your generous support which will help bring the long wait to an end...
