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Alaska celebrates Yupik Bible recording

by Wycliffe Canada | Nov 27, 2018 | Past stories

In 1959, Wycliffe Bible Translators sent two young linguists, David and Mitzi Shinen, to Gambell, Alaska. There they spent a few years learning the Yupik language and then started translating the New Testament. A careful and accurate translation from the original...

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As you and your loved ones deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s our prayer that you will find much comfort and hope in God’s Word. We know you share our deep concern for language groups that still have no access to the life-giving words of Scripture, and that’s why we’re doing our utmost to keep Bible translation advancing in these challenging days.

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