Kono Literacy and Scripture Engagement
Fund classes and workshops that provide literacy education, enabling Kono speakers to engage with God’s Word
Sierra Leone
Kissi Literacy and Scripture Engagement
Strengthen communities built around audio Scripture. Fortify literacy training operations and add new classes for the community.
Bible Society of Sierra Leone Conference and Training
Support a Sierra Leonean leader’s travel for training in Scripture engagement, connecting their community to new insights.
Rev. Dr. Tim & Lisa Beckendorf
Meet the Missionaries Rev. Dr. Tim and Lisa Beckendorf are professionally trained and equipped for cross-cultural and native Bible translation ministry. Tim served as a volunteer missionary with the LCMS for one year in Slovakia, teaching English as a Foreign Language at the Lutheran High School of Tisovec. Lisa was born and grew up in…
Amy Formella
Meet the Missionary While attending Concordia University Wisconsin, Amy Formella realized that she had an interest in Biblical languages and missions. While in college, she was able to go to Peru to learn more about being a long-term missionary, to Botswana with the Crossroads trip to learn more about Lutheran Bible Translators in the field,…
Dr. Becky Grossmann
Meet the Missionary Dr. Becky Grossmann began serving with Lutheran Bible Translators in 1985 as an assistant to the language program manager in Liberia, West Africa. She became the manager for a short time before being assigned as translation advisor to the Bandi people of Liberia in 1989 and the New Testament translation was completed…
Dr. Jim and Susan Kaiser
Meet the Missionary Dr. Jim and Susan Kaiser are excited to help translation teams finish their translations of the Bible. Jim serves as a translation consultant with teams in Ethiopia and Sierra Leone. Some of this work involves traveling to visit the teams, and some is done using video chat through the internet. In the…
