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Jamaican Creole
Bertram is working with Wycliffe Caribbean on a project to translate the Bible into Jamaican Creole (or Patois). His blog is a fascinating insight into the language and the work he’s doing – he mainly...
View ArticleJamaican Patois Bible: An age-old debate
Fierce debate has raged over the past few days about a Bible translation project into Jamaican Patois – mother-tongue of millions of Jamaicans (see here and here for coverage in the UK press). Should...
View ArticleThe difference between missions and outreach
Mark Naylor has written an interesting post, asking what (if any) is the difference between missions and local church outreach. Throughout the first two eras of the modern missionary movement,...
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A Vision with Momentum
Since 1999, Wycliffe and her partner organisations have been following a vision: that a Bible translation project would be started in every language that needs one by 2025. At the pace of work at the...
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Eugene Nida dies
Dr Eugene Nida, a giant and pioneer of Bible translation in the last century, died yesterday, aged 96. Of Dr Nida, our Executive Director Eddie Arthur, shared these thoughts: “Though the average...
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The Amazing Race
If you’re a regular reader here, you’ll have heard about Running the Race, a sponsored 10k run in Scotland, happening later this month (catch up in this earlier blog post). But a slightly more unusual...
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David Brainerd: 1718 – 1747
David Brainerd was not an archetypal candidate for a heroic and inspiring missionary. Before going into ministry, he had already failed his attempt at farming. On to university, where he was expelled...
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Sophisticated satnav
Our aviation partners, JAARS, have just deployed their newest plane. Now all it has to do is travel the 5,000 miles from it’s starting place in Canada to Cameroon. And, through the wonders of modern...
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A surprising Bible translator
Last summer, Stephanie was one of the participants on Wycliffe USA’s internships. Her internship included two weeks in Guatemala, meeting translators and exploring cultures. Can you guess what vital...
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Epic Journey
I’m often rendered speechless by the phenomenally inspiring things people do in support of Bible translation. Today was no exception. Paul and Mason are currently cycling across the US from Canada to...
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Breaking all the rules
After spending so long trying to fit into a new culture, no wonder mission workers find it hard to slide seamlessly back into life in the UK or USA. Catherine’s cultural mismatches have found herself a...
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Celebrating the past: L L Legters
At our offices in Buckinghamshire, we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses. Maybe not so much a cloud as a camp – each of the buildings here is named after a pioneer mission worker. As we plan to...
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Celebrating the past: Kenneth L. Pike
As Wycliffe in the UK move out of our long-term home at the Wycliffe Centre, we’ve been thinking about some of the people who placed the founding stones of our organisation. For years, we’ve been...
View ArticleI’ve never seen Star Wars
The JESUS Film was first released in 1979. That’s just two years after the first Star Wars film. But while Star Wars, along with Titanic and Avatar, often appear on lists of ‘the world’s most watched...
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8 years on, what’s the impact?
‘Bible translation – that’s just happening in a few remote places in Africa and Asia, right? Up mountains and hours away from the nearest city, right?’ It is happening in those places, but you might be...
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That’s not fair!
Last autumn, Kaimana’o Tominkaru Paradan became available for the first time. That’s ‘God’s Holy Word’ in the Wapishana language of Guyana, in South America. The new edition of Wycliffe Canada’s...
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BBQ ribs and the JESUS Film
We always get excited when new ways of sharing the Bible in minority languages become available. Mobile phone app – wonderful! Videos – brilliant! A new New Testament – fantastic! But if you are based...
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Behind the scenes
‘I don’t think I have a lot of skills that would make me a good traditional missionary; my contribution lies in technical behind-the-scenes work, so it’s really satisfying knowing that my day-to-day...
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David Brainerd (1718 – 1747)
David Brainerd was not an archetypal candidate for a heroic and inspiring missionary. Before going into ministry, he had already failed at farming. On to university, where he was expelled in his second...
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