The Wycliffe USA Board of Directors

Brady Anderson

“I came to faith in Christ after reading God’s Word more than thirty years ago. Having been involved in government politics all of my life, I’ve met a lot of powerful people, but I’ve not seen power combined with compassion and love like Jesus.”

Eldon (Butch) Barkman

“I witnessed first hand how God’s Word changed the lives of the people who were receiving it for the fist time in their mother tongue. That became a strong motivation for me to continue being involved.  As I think of Vision 2025, the ‘acceleration’ factor in Bible translation in our generation gives me great joy.”

Ruth Cowan

“I feel it is the right of everyone to have God’s Word in their own language so that they can understand it in their heart and come to know and walk with Jesus.”

Dr. Laura Mae Gardner

“God’s Word was given to some in order that it might be given to others, so that all may know, all may hear, all may have the opportunity to receive or reject Christ. I feel not only an obligation to be involved in Bible translation, but I believe it to be one of the greatest privileges I have ever had.”

Duane G. Johnson

“God’s Word is the basis for living a life that is pleasing to Him and for developing a personal relationship with Him.”

Dr. Eddie B. Lane

“Bible translation is key. As an African American, I have a sense of what it means to struggle to understand the Word of God, because the English Bible was translated from a different cultural perspective than my own, even though it is in my language. That perspective has been a strong motivation for me to be involved with Bible translation.”

Tom Lin

“I worked in Mongolia, a country that, prior to 2000, did not have the entire Scriptures in its own language. When the full Scriptures were translated and became available to the people, the growth of the church increased like never before. Thousands were saved and committed their lives to Jesus within the first few years. I owe much gratitude to those who worked so hard to translate the Scriptures into Mongolian, because without them, I would not have been able to share the gospel with the Mongolians.”

Karen Lynip

“The thing that’s kept me motivated for involvement in Bible translation over the past 35 years is the look on people’s faces when they grasp the meaning of Scripture.”

Tom Matlock

“When I realize that there are people in the world without God's Word, I wonder, what helps them through life? I feel the most valuable thing I have should be available to everybody. That's God's heart.”

Doug McIntosh

When asked what motivated his church to become involved in Bible translation, Pastor Doug McIntosh said, “Today, most of our missionaries are Wycliffe translators. I don’t know of any other thing that Christians can do that will make a greater difference in the world than to help people get God’s Word in the language they can understand."

Joyce A. Prettol

“The seed for involvement in Bible translation was planted early in my life. When my father would come home from a hard day at work, he would read the Scriptures. That caused me to recognize the importance of God’s Word. Now that my husband and I have worked overseas, and I’ve experienced the effects of the translated Word on people’s lives, I want to continue being part of that.”

Dr. Chris Seiple

“Bible translation enables people to learn about Jesus in their own language, enabling individual decision. There is nothing more fundamental. Bible translation also serves at the intersection of modernity and traditionalism, preserving minority languages and cultures while enabling, through literacy, the people groups to participate in a national and global society.”

Dr. Larry Jones

“The Word of God is powerful to change human hearts and to change communities for the glory of God. I am passionate to bring these blessings to the ‘least of these,’ the minority language communities of the earth. Lord willing, may it be in this generation.”

Atul Tandon

“We have an obligation, as Christians, to present the Scriptures to all people so they get an opportunity to know, to understand, to learn and respond to God’s call. Wycliffe is one of God’s great instruments to equip us to respond that call.”

Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil

"On the day of Pentecost in Acts, chapter two, people from all over the known world heard the Word of God in their mother tongue. I believe this demonstrates that the Church was always intended to be a multiethnic, multilingual and multinational community that is called together by the Word of God."