Ministry Roles

Tim: Changing hearts and lives through Literacy

Wycliffe field personnel work with local community members, teaching people to read and write, and endeavoring to establish literacy as a community value. In many language programs, literacy work goes on side-by-side with Bible translation.

Literacy changes the way people think about themselves. It gives new value to their language and culture, and by implication, to their own person as well. Literacy also opens the door for education and growth. Readers can learn how to improve their family’s health, run a business, defend themselves from fraud, seek justice and, above all, grow closer to God by reading the Scriptures.

Tim has been asked to serve as the Assistant International Literacy & Education Coordinator of SIL – the linguistic and training arm of our organization. From our international offices here in Dallas, Tim will help coordinate the efforts of our global network of trainers and consultants, and help distribute materials for teachers and trainers to use in literacy and education programs around the world.

Martha: Sharing the Story

As Wycliffe works toward the goal of seeing Bible translation projects started in the more than 2000 languages, that are without Scriptures, the task seems impossible. It can’t be done without God’s help and we need His people to join us in the endeavor.

Martha has been asked to take on the role of Pacific Area Communications Coordinator. The Southwest Pacific is the most linguistically diverse part of the world, with more than 1200 languages. More than 400 languages still need Bible translation begun. Our director in the South Pacific has asked Martha to help share the stories of what God is doing in the Pacific, in order to get more people involved in the work through prayer and giving.

One of the roles that Martha enjoyed the most in the Solomon Islands was finding creative ways to share the story of Bible translation through the media. She is excited about using these experiences to help spread the word about The Word around the Pacific.