Wycliffe Bible Translators 

Bible translation continues to play a significant part in world mission today - Wycliffe’s vision is that everyone will have access to God’s word in the language that speaks to them best.

Latest statistics show that the work of translation continues to accelerate despite the challenges, particularly in some areas of the world.
- The number of languages with a full Bible has reached 736
- The number of languages with a complete New Testament is now 1,551
- A further 1,160 languages have some portions of the Bible translated

These are encouraging statistics but about 1.5 billion people still do not have the Bible in their own language. Wycliffe UK Director James Poole says: ‘That’s a terrible injustice, one that all those involved in the work of Bible translation are desperately seeking to put right.

(The full report is available here).

We support a Bible Translation Project in the Guera area of Chad. The Bible is being translated into several languages of the area, people are being taught to read and Scriptures are being made available by audio means. New Testaments are now available in four of the languages and programmes have been set up to encourage people to read them. Progress continues in the other languages, some spoken in areas where there are few if any Christians. 

To visit the Wycliffe website click here.