Ruthie Wagner

Meet the Missionary

Ruthie is a Translation Development Specialist working with translation programs in Tanzania, particularly with the Kerewe Bible Translation Program on Ukerewe Island on Lake Victoria. Ruthie primarily works remotely from Minnesota and travels to Tanzania for workshops and training. She teaches and trains Bible translators using YouTube, Zoom, and WhatsApp technologies. She’s particularly interested in supporting local partnership and ownership, team management, translation skills development, and mid-level quality assurance. Ruthie is currently working toward her certification as a Translation Consultant. She also serves as the Archive Curator for Lutheran Bible Translators.

Ruthie is a third-generation missionary and grew up in Bangladesh. At Bible school, God called her to love people by giving them His Word in the languages they know best, just like He had done for her. Ruthie met her husband, Josh, at a Bible translation meeting, and they married in 2009. From 2013 to 2020, they worked with Bible Translation and Scripture Engagement in Sierra Leone. They have four beautiful children deeply involved in music, soccer and baseball, and strategy games!

Pray for the Wagner family, the translation programs in Tanzania, and the treasured archives used to make His Word known in the languages of the earth.