Rev. Kierien Ekpang Ayugha Rev. Kierien Ekpang Ayugha grew up familiar with Bible translation as his father was a Bible translator, assisting with the translation of the Bokyi full Bible. It could be said that Kierien is continuing where his father stopped, having had...
Rev. Dr. Tim and Lisa Beckendorf 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...
Rev. Ken Bunge Rev. Ken Bunge assists with translating the Old Testament into modern Aramaic for the benefit of Chaldean Christians who are from Iraq. Ken makes periodic trips to Detroit, where the Chaldean translator lives among the large population (approx. 121,000)...
Nancy Burmeister Nancy Burmeister has been a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators and associate member of Lutheran Bible Translators since 1971. She began work among the Anyi Sanvi people in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) in 1973 with her late husband, Jonathan. In...
Michael and Naomi Ersland Michael and Naomi Ersland are excited to serve in Ghana with Lutheran Bible Translators. Michael has been translation advisor for the Komba Old Testament translation project since 2016. Naomi grew up as a missionary kid in West Africa....