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Making Sense of The Sign! I recently had the privilege of doing some Bible teaching on an Oak Hall trip…

“Hard pressed on every side… but NOT crushed”. Oct/Nov 2024 A few weeks ago one of our staff in Myanmar…

A Man of the Bible – Liddell’s Legacy: Aug/Sept 24 Imagine what it must feel like to qualify for a…

The Latest Launch: The Guji Gathering! Imagine what it must be like to wait 25 years for something to happen!…

Soaked in Scripture – June 2024 Whilst this article is not about Bible translation per se, it’s about the importance…

Bibles in the Balkans – May 2024 Imagine living in a country that is completely closed off from the rest…

FROM THE DESK OF STEVE LANCASTER, UK DIRECTOR – April 24 EGGS IN SERBIA – AND THE POWER OF GOD’S…

Testing Times for our Translators: March 2024 Our teams are currently involved in 11 Bible translation projects in a particular…

A Sunday in Slovakia A Sunday in Slovakia: Sunday 10th December was a date that many Romani Slovak Christians had…

A Time to Selah! Dec 23 In their efforts to produce accurate and understandable translations, our translators often spend a…

The Word for the World UK Update – Nov 23: Bibles in Bethlehem Over the past few months, I have…

THE WORD FOR THE WORLD UK UPDATE – Oct 23 FROM THE DESK OF STEVE LANCASTER, UK DIRECTOR Bible Smuggling……

THE WORD FOR THE WORLD UK UPDATE – Sept 23 FROM THE DESK OF STEVE LANCASTER, UK DIRECTOR: Testing Times…

THE WORD FOR THE WORLD UK UPDATE – July 23 FROM THE DESK OF STEVE LANCASTER, UK DIRECTOR Translators Tales!…

Hearing the Word—An Introduction to Oral Bible Translation: Did you know that 70%-80% of the world’s population are oral communities?…

Loving God and Loving People Through Heart Language Bible Translation: As we dive into a new year full of possibilities…

A Look Back. And just like that, 2023 is here! Happy New Year from TWFTW! After a year of explosive…

Ordinary Christians Changing History: Christmas is upon us, and the year is nearly over! What a year it has been…

“I stand at the gate and call out”. Imagine living in a village where the houses do not have doors.…

Thankfulness for heart language Bible Translators: In this season of thankfulness leading towards Christmas, we would like to pause and…

What it takes to be a translator: “God created a space for me“. “I see how God created a space…

It is Possible (Part 3)! In parts 1 & 2 of this series, we looked at how God has both…

It is Possible! Holy Spirit-empowered, skilful hands, willing hearts and hardworking feet – this is what we looked at in…

IT IS POSSIBLE! (Part 1). Since the beginning of time, God has been revealing the truth of Himself to mankind,…

Many people in majority language groups, like English speakers, find it difficult to understand the challenges that people in minority…

One of the great joys of Bible translation work is the translators’ first-hand experience of being part of bringing God,…

Literacy & Bible Translation go Hand in Hand: How can someone learn how to translate the Scriptures into their heart…

How many times a day do you pick up a pen to make a note, text a friend or read…

In a faraway place (likely across the world from where you’re reading now), in a misty valley dense with towering…

What do translators do? This seems an easy question–they translate. It follows that Bible translators translate the Bible–but what is…

“God speaks my language!” is an expression we hear all the time, but we simply can’t get enough of it!…

The small meeting hall was starting to burst at its seams as Reuben Kabwe inspired the translators, staff, and colleagues…

By itself, Matthew 14:32 might seem like a benign verse, “And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.”…

January. What can be said of January? Especially this January. In many Christian traditions, January brings about the end of…

New UK Director We are pleased to let you know that Steven Lancaster will be starting on the 27th of September…

You will find the 2020 report written by Kobus van As wegen, our new CEO for The Word for the…

We are excited to let you know we have launched our https://www.sponsoraverse.org/ website. To do this all you need to do is click…

Zoom to SE Asia This photo is from the desk of a collegue in M***r, SE Asia, who joined me…

TWFTW vs lockdown A definite secret of our success as a Bible translation organisation has been the empowering of indigenous people…

Samuel M., one of the national consultants in SE Asia, is doing virtual checking with the Kechep team using Microsoft…

We want to give a warm welcome to the new CEO of The Word for the World International, Kobus van…

As a result of our training programme in SE Asia and years of working with partners there, six New Testaments…

Barry had an interview in London with Premier radio. The main topic of discussion was about the book, Operation Jonah…

TWFTW has an office in Abuja and has started 11 Bible translation projects in Nigeria. There are more than 200 unreached…

75 leaders from 19 different countries attended a four day leaders conference in Pretoria, South Africa in August. It was…

The Word for the World has nearly 200 literacy centres in the Lower Shire area of Malawi, which has been…

What a privilege it was to have 21 consultants in training (CITs) of The Word for the World visit Israel…

For the first time in our history in the work in Asia, we now have our own home-grown Bible translation…

Praise God that He cherishes even the smallest tribes in the world and that His Word is being made available…