Word Alive Now Blog
The Wycliffe Global Alliance has appointed Dr. Stephen Coertze to serve as its new director, following a time of transition that will begin in April 2020. Coertze, a member of Wycliffe’s staff in South Africa, currently serves as the director for…
In Africa, SIL consultants have recently been involved in an effort to improve the education of displaced students in Uganda refugee settlements.
Jesus longs for Martha to rest at His feet, behold Him, and listen to His words. Jesus longs for us to treasure that which we cannot lose.
Church leaders and others tried to help Max and Daniel reconcile. Even so, the twin brothers’ refused to forgive one another.
On Oct. 1, acoustic singer/songwriter Gareth Davies-Jones will release a collaborative album called Your Way Of Singing. The collection of songs were inspired by the artist’s recent visit to southern Ethiopia, where he took part in an ethnomusicology workshop with more…
When Sam Anderson was just five years old, he began praying for the people of Easter Island to receive God’s Word. He didn’t know that God’s answer was already in motion.
Translators serving with DOOR International, a Wycliffe affiliate that works with Deaf communities to translate Scripture, encountered an unusual challenge recently. When asked to demonstrate the sign for “forgive,” members of a Deaf community in South Asia could only come…
Feeling a canopy of darkness hovering over the room, Marilyn prayed to God to protect her from any spirits connected to the fetishes: “Please, Lord Jesus, you are more powerful than these fetishes. You can command the spirits they serve. Please protect me.”
“I lived hand to mouth doing many jobs. Finally I ended up as a soldier. In the army, I learned how to be tough: to fight, and even to kill.”
A recent mother-tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE) course held in Chiang Mai, Thailand drew 42 participants representing seven different countries. Running from June 24 to July 19, the course was administered by Wycliffe’s key partner, SIL International, and the linguistics institute…