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Growing with “the gizmo”

By Samuel Ko | Jul 19, 2018

Workers with AIDIA, Wycliffe Canada’s partner organization in Peru, were surprised when they visited the community of Pacayura, site of a newly planted church.

Becoming Women of the Bible

By Wycliffe Canada | Mar 16, 2018

The ladies’ meetings in the local church were boring. One young lady wondered why…

“One Crazy Gringo”

By Guest Contributor | Mar 16, 2018

Wycliffe founder William Cameron Townsend faced the future with openness, spontaneity and creativity. He was an explorer who chose not to follow existing models, but forthrightly forged ahead, believing God was guiding his dreams.

Jesus Speaks Sirmar

By Guest Contributor | Mar 16, 2018

It’s easy to imagine Bible translation as simply exchanging one set of words for another, but it is so much more than that. Situating translated Scripture in the cultural context is critically important.