Posts by Wycliffe Canada
Called to peace
In Papua New Guinea, a trauma healing workshop held in 2020 brought together people from two warring villages. A ceasefire had been in place, but it had been broken. Many lives had been lost on both sides.
Read MoreSIL releases new fonts
Wycliffe’s key strategic partner, SIL International, develops and supports a wide range of software to assist with language development activities, such as linguistic and cultural research, literacy and mother-tongue education, dictionary development, community and computer-assisted translation, and vernacular media production. One part of SIL Language Technology—the Writing Systems Technology team—is exclusively dedicated to meeting complex writing system…
Read MoreWycliffe Associates Appoints New President/CEO
Wycliffe Associates has appointed Simoun Ung as the next president and chief executive officer. Ung commenced his duties on July 1. Founded in 1967 and now based in Orlando, Fla., Wycliffe Associates (WA) worked to support Bible translation teams in essential tasks not directly related to translation, such as accounting, construction, building maintenance and more.…
Read MoreThe story of “How Great Thou Art”
1934. A village in the Carpathian Mountains. Anna* reads from a Russian Bible, her words precise and careful. She is the first person in her village ever to do so—the first person ever to learn to read. Her guests listen in rapt attention as she tells them of Jesus. She reaches the account of the…
Read MoreWycliffe’s Arsenault shares in top award
Dr. Paul Arsenault, a Wycliffe Canada member and faculty member of the Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL), has been awarded a top prize from the Journal of the International Phonetic Association. Arsenault co-authored Kalasha (Bumburet Variety) with Alexei Kochetov, Jan Heegård Petersen, Sikandar Kalas and Taj Khan Kalash. Arsenault, an assistant professor of linguistics serving…
Read MoreTrue liberation
After arguing among themselves whether to execute their missionary captives, the leaders of the terrorist group chose instead to “liberate” their car and equipment, and let them go. Part of this equipment included a film projector and films about the life of Christ.
Read MoreChadian language group dedicates New Testament
After numerous delays, the Guerguagui people of Chad have finally received the New Testament in their language, Guerguiko.
Read MoreSIL joins UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition
Wycliffe’s key partner organization has joined a group of UN agencies, international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), private and civil society members to further advance innovative learning initiatives for the world’s changing learning environments.
Read MoreWycliffe World Day of Prayer
Shalom is the theme for the upcoming Wycliffe World Day of Prayer, held annually on Nov. 11.
Read MoreWycliffe Russia Builds Virtual Networks
“Russia is big, and our office is not,” says Wycliffe Russia’s Vlada Dibirova. “We send churches information, news and videos. And also, we constantly contact pastors . . . to pray for them and the church’s needs.”
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