Wycliffe

The Bible Story Everyone Needs

Worldwide there are over 300 million people who do not have access to the story of God's love for his people - the story of the Bible - in the language that they understand the best, their 'heart' language. 

The Vision of Wycliffe Bible Transalators

God's Word accessible to all people in the language of their heart.

Wycliffe was founded in 1942 by William Cameron Townsend. A missionary to the Cakchiquel Indians of Guatemala, Townsend caught the vision for translation when Cakchiquel-speaking men expressed their concern that the Bible was not available to them in the language they understood clearly. As a result, Townsend resolved that every man, woman and child should be able to read God’s Word in their own language.

Most people are surprised to hear that

*     There are over 6,900 languages in use around the world today.

*     More than 380 million people speaking 4,147 different languages

             do not have any part of God's Word available in the languages they know best.

*     There is no translation project yet begun for the speakers of 2,737 languages.

Vision 2025

"By 2025, together with partners worldwide, we aim to see a Bible translation programme begun in all the remaining languages that need one."

They've waited long enough... for God's Word in their language!