I have to admit, those words ran through my mind and out of my mouth several times during advanced linguistics and cross-cultural training. Chapter 11 in Genesis provides an interesting answer to the question “who thought this up?” Verse 1 says that “all the earth was...
Dr. Mike Rodewald, executive director for Lutheran Bible Translators in Concordia, Missouri, was the keynote speaker during recent ground-breaking ceremonies for a unique building on the campus of Mekane Yesus Seminary (MYS) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. MYS is part of...
We’ve asked prayer and financial partners of Lutheran Bible Translators why they invest some of their mission giving with LBT. They say it’s because we have a clear and simple vision: “Translate the Bible and put it in the hands of people.” That’s what we’ve done,...
Pray that Valerie Federwitz will gain insight from her nutrition therapy studies that will help her support the health of LBT missionaries and staff. Pray for Rev. Kierien Ayugha as he continues to teach in a new school year in the Linguistics and Translation...
“Anything you’re doing now you could be doing overseas in a year or less as a missionary,” Morrie Watkins, the first executive director of Lutheran Bible Translators, was known to say. Initially, such ministry opportunity was broad. Almost every developing country...
