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All around the world, people are encountering Jesus through Scripture in a language and format that speaks to their hearts. And you are a part of that! Thank you for your prayers for and financial partnership in Bible translation, which includes gifts to the ministries of Wycliffe missionaries. 

There are many options available to you as you plan your finances, and we’re grateful that you’ve chosen to invest in the two things that are eternal — people and God’s Word. You are truly making a difference by partnering with the ministries of Wycliffe missionaries!

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Mike & Sheri Rueck
Africa
Mike & Sheri Rueck
Mike served as a language surveyor in Niger, Papua New Guinea, and Nigeria before taking on higher leadership roles in Nigeria. Soon after Sheri...
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Rusty Riggs
Rusty Riggs
Rusty serves the ministry of Bible translation in a service group that covers a large number of countries east of Europe. This region is...
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Francis Winter
Americas, Pacific
Francis Winter
Francis grew up in a small but diverse community in Minnesota and developed interest in both international missions and linguistics at a relatively...
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Liz Kim
Americas
Liz Kim
Liz grew up overseas as a third culture kid, missionary kid, and pastor’s kid in East Asia. Following God’s call, she graduated from Biola...
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Julie Scott
Americas
Julie Scott
Julie has been a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators since 1987, first working in Peru on a short-term basis as an elementary school teacher....
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Randy and Shirl Pearson
Randy and Shirl Pearson
Randy and Shirl first served in Papua New Guinea in Aviation (pilot), starting back in 1984. Following a more recent four year term flying in...
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Alexander Griffith
Americas
Alexander Griffith
Alex is a linguist/translator serving among an indigenous group in Oaxaca, Mexico. He first arrived in the country in March 2022 and began...
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Allan & Betty Johnson
Americas
Allan & Betty Johnson
Allan and Betty worked with Wycliffe for 35 years from 1987 to 2022, with 23 years in the Philippines from 1989 to 2012. Allan's primary role was...
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Mark & Kathy Hoving
Asia
Mark & Kathy Hoving
Mark and Kathy are thankful for the opportunity God has given them to use aviation to bring God’s Word to the people in the remote parts of Papua,...
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Brad Guderian
Pacific
Brad Guderian
Brad worked in Papua New Guinea 1992-2024. He worked with his wife Toni for 30 years on the Koluwawa translation project until Toni passed away in...
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Matt & Pam Caddell
Matt & Pam Caddell
Matt and Pam retired on March 31, 2022 after supporting Bible translation for 26 years in various roles while serving in Ukarumpa, Papua New...
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Steve & Debbie Ottaviano
Africa, Americas, Asia, Pacific
Steve & Debbie Ottaviano
Since 1980 Steve and Debbie have served Bible translation colleagues through aviation and health services. In 2022 they joined JAARS’ new Global...
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Lloyd Marsden
Americas
Lloyd Marsden
Lloyd Marsden has been a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators since Nov. 1987, and has served in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in aircraft maintenance...
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Rick & Melanie Floyd
Americas
Rick & Melanie Floyd
Rick and Melanie worked in Peru between 1981 and 2007. During this time they completed the translation of the New Testament in the Wanca Quechua...
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Jo Miller
Pacific
Jo Miller
Jo Miller served in Papua New Guinea for 17 1/2 years, supporting Bible translation by teaching missionary children and Papua New Guineans. She...
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Houghton & Gretchen Richards
Pacific
Houghton & Gretchen Richards
Thank you for checking out our page. If you're wondering how to become a part of our work in Vanuatu, you have come to the right place. Praise God...
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Max & Janet Oruh
Asia
Max & Janet Oruh
Max and Janet completed translation of the Moma New Testament in 2022. They are now using their experience to further expand Bible translation in...
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Liz Stinard
Africa
Liz Stinard
Liz Stinard served with Wycliffe in Cameroon from 2000-2020 teaching, mentoring and coaching missionary kids. During her years there she witnessed...
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John and Jody Wilson
Americas
John and Jody Wilson
John and Jody Wilson retired in 2022 after serving in active ministry with Wycliffe for 31 years. John and Jody served in a number of job roles in...
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Noah and Vicki Lynn Smith
Pacific
Noah and Vicki Lynn Smith
Noah and Vicki Lynn are excited to help bring the Bible to people in the Solomon Islands who have never had God's Word in their language! The...
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Lindstrom, John & Ana
Pacific
Lindstrom, John & Ana
John began ministering in Papua New Guinea with his wife Amy in 1991. In 2010, the Malei (Hote) New Testament was dedicated. God's Word in their...
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Jeremy & Christina Graves
Americas
Jeremy & Christina Graves
Christina joined Wycliffe in May 2004 as a linguist-translator for an indigenous language in Mexico. Due to health issues, she had to return to the...
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Mark & Belinda Rich
Americas
Mark & Belinda Rich
Mark and Belinda have been serving with Wycliffe Bible Translators since 2014. Their first assignment was with JAARS, INC in Waxhaw, NC From 2018...
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Mark & Pauline Nelson
Americas
Mark & Pauline Nelson
Mark and Pauline dedicated their lives as Wycliffe missionaries for the past 46+ years to see God's Word translated into the hearts and lives of...
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Andrew & Sarah Gyde
Africa
Andrew & Sarah Gyde
Andrew and Sarah have served on staff together at a campus church, NewLife OSU, and have led missions efforts with their local church, Veritas....
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Timothy and Jenna Reed
Americas
Timothy and Jenna Reed
Tim and Jenna have the desire to serve God in their roles as a pilot and teacher with Wycliffe Bible Translators. Tim has served in Papua New...
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Steve & Mary Santos
Africa, Americas
Steve & Mary Santos
These California natives went to Cameroon, Africa, in September 2000 to do a short-term construction project. Full-time members since 2004, Steve...
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Larry and Bonnie Waswick
Larry and Bonnie Waswick
The vision of accelerating Bible translation led the Waswicks to use their skills in bringing scripture to the waiting language groups sooner,...
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Sang Yoo
Pacific
Sang Yoo
Sang joined Wycliffe in 2022. As a diesel mechanic, Sang has been called to take part in God’s Kingdom work by helping Bible Translators at...
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Jeremiah & Julie Diedrich
Americas
Jeremiah & Julie Diedrich
Jeremiah and Julie and their children, Miriam, Nehemiah, Hadassa and Simeon have been serving Bible translation through aviation in the Amazon...
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Mark Marcuson
Mark Marcuson
Mark retired from Wycliffe after 25 years of ministry, effective on May 31, 2022. His ministry spanned from living embedded in South Asian culture...
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Joe & Emily Armfield
Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Pacific, South Asia, Southeast Asia
Joe & Emily Armfield
Joe and Emily are living and serving Bible translation in Florida, USA along with their kids, Joseph (9) and Jonah (5). After serving in Cameroon,...
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Phil Troutman
Americas
Phil Troutman
Greetings in Jesus' name! Dr. Philip Troutman joined Wycliffe Bible Translators USA in September, 2022. He serves as Assistant Professor in Applied...
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Debbie Hatfield
Debbie Hatfield
Debbie retired from Wycliffe USA and SIL International on August 31, 2022. Debbie began service overseas with SIL in 1990. From then until...
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Ken & Chris Van Weerdhuizen
Ken & Chris Van Weerdhuizen
Ken, Chris and their family served for 20 years in the Philippines. Ken served primarily as a pilot and aircraft mechanic. Chris served in a...
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Mark Wuerffel
Americas
Mark Wuerffel
After 14 years serving in Papua New Guinea, Mark & Sonja and family returned to a home assignment in 2007. Sonja joined the "great cloud of...
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Dwight & Gwynne Shaver
Americas
Dwight & Gwynne Shaver
Dwight and Gwynne are serving with Wycliffe Bible Translators to bring the Word of God to the people of South America. In 2021 they finished a...
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Gerson & Katie Cal
Americas
Gerson & Katie Cal
Gerson and Katie serve in Guatemala with their four young children. Gerson worked for the Guatemalan translation organization as a translator in...
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John & Katherine Troyer
Africa
John & Katherine Troyer
John and Katherine along with their four children; Abel, Julian, Gabriella and Asher are supporting Bible Translation in Cameroon, Africa. It is...
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Dale & Leanne Barkley
Americas
Dale & Leanne Barkley
Dale and Leanne serve the Teita Mixtec people in Southern Mexico as consultants to co-translator Juan, as he revises books of the New Testament....
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Jan and Debbie Gossner
Pacific
Jan and Debbie Gossner
Jan and Debbie served overseas in translation and administration from 1989 to 2013, in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. After a sabbatical...
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Mark & Megan Wegner
Africa
Mark & Megan Wegner
Mark & Megan Wegner became Wycliffe USA members in 2022 and are excited to be serving the global Bible translation movement in Nigeria. Mark had...
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Paul & Kristin Humber
Africa
Paul & Kristin Humber
Paul & Kristin Humber have been living in Yaoundé, Cameroon since 2021 following 18 years of service in the Republic of Congo. They have worked...
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Donald & Ruth May
Donald & Ruth May
Don and Ruth were privileged to serve Bible translation for over 28 years through several assignments in Wycliffe, SIL, and a partner organization....
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Daryl & Sun Young
Africa, Americas
Daryl & Sun Young
- In June of 2022, the Youngs arrived in California to begin a home assignment following their final term in Cameroon. Daryl is now assigned to 2...
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Anna Treviño Irby
Asia
Anna Treviño Irby
After many years serving as a pastor, Christian educator and International Program Director, Anna served from 2022-2024 as the Director of Rain...
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Daniel & Rachel Lewis
Asia
Daniel & Rachel Lewis
Welcome to Dan, Rachel, Timothy, and Kara's journey with Wycliffe! Their journey began in 2016 when God revealed to them that they could use...
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Pat & Beth Andrews
Pacific
Pat & Beth Andrews
Pat splits his time between working as translation consultant with the translation teams in the Pacific and coordinating Seed Company translation...
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Alex Larkin
Americas
Alex Larkin
From Seattle, Washington, Alex completed his Masters in Applied Linguistics and Exegesis at Canada Institute of Linguistics in 2016. Alex serves...
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Linda Byrd
Americas
Linda Byrd
Translating God's Word for third culture kids (TCKs) whose families are working to end Bible poverty is the focus of Linda's ministry. Her...
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Martin & Alice Reed
Americas
Martin & Alice Reed
Martin and Alice recently completed their first term of service as Language Program Facilitators with the Cree Initiative in subarctic Canada. They...
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Deborah Crough
Americas
Deborah Crough
For more than 75 years, Wycliffe Bible Translators has worked with the global body of Christ to advance Bible translation, making it possible for...
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Kaley Delaney
Africa
Kaley Delaney
Kaley has a passion to see the Bible transform lives for the glory of God, which led her to join Wycliffe in 2016. She is currently living in the...
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Bobb & Kayleen Lewis
Asia
Bobb & Kayleen Lewis
Bobb and Kayleen started in Wycliffe serving in Papua New Guinea for 10 years as accountants. Then, Bobb suffered a massive stroke while in PNG in...
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Ken and Anne Haugh
Americas
Ken and Anne Haugh
Ken and Anne joined Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1990 and have been helping to get God's Word into the hands of the Bibleless people of the world...
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Phil & Marilyn Baer
Americas
Phil & Marilyn Baer
Phil and Marilyn are both long time members of Wycliffe. Phil was born and raised in Mexico by his parents who were Wycliffe pioneer...
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John & Tammy Marlow
Americas
John & Tammy Marlow
The Bible is God’s written Word to his people. It is not yet translated into every language. Knowing how important Scripture is in their own lives,...
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Karen Cripe
Pacific
Karen Cripe
Karen & her husband have served Wycliffe through educating missionary children in Indonesia since 1992. Together, they served at Hillcrest...
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Ken Olson
Africa
Ken Olson
Ken is a Senior Linguistics Consultant for SIL. He focuses on laying the foundation for Bible translation programs in Central African Republic by...
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Clark, Billy
Americas
Clark, Billy
Billy's passion for computers and the Lord began long before he joined Wycliffe Bible Translators nearly 15 years ago. As a software developer,...
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Jonathan Webb
Americas, Asia
Jonathan Webb
After serving with CRU at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and working for the non-profit organization Samaritan's Purse, Jonathan has spent the...
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Ryan Buttacavoli
Africa
Ryan Buttacavoli
Sannu! (Hello!) God has called Ryan Buttacavoli to serve in Nigeria as a linguist and translator with Wycliffe Bible translators. In that role,...
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Jason Kratz
Americas
Jason Kratz
Jason joined Wycliffe with a Master of Arts in New Testament (Dec. 2024) and 15 years of experience in IT. He will be training for a role as a...
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Eric MacLeod
Americas
Eric MacLeod
Bible translators are often in need of non-Roman fonts to translate the Bible into the languages of the world. Eric works with a team of font...
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Timothy and Martha Matzke
Pacific
Timothy and Martha Matzke
For more than 20 years, Tim and Martha Matzke have served the people of the Solomon Islands through literacy and administration. Their current...
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David Smith
Americas
David Smith
David is thrilled to be able to use his love of linguistics to advance the work of Bible translation. He will be working as a Grammar Developer...
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Dr. Charles and Alice Telfer
Africa, Americas
Dr. Charles and Alice Telfer
There are 68 major languages in Mexico besides Spanish. Most of these do not yet have the full Bible. Whole denominations don’t have access to the...
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Cahill, Ginia
Americas
Cahill, Ginia
Ginia has been faithfully serving with Wycliffe Bible Translators for over 40 years. Together with her husband Mike, she served in Ghana among the...
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Tyler Herrera
Tyler Herrera
Tyler left his career in aerospace engineering in 2021 to pursue training in Bible translation. He now holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics with a...
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Knight, Ruth
Americas
Knight, Ruth
Ruth is married to Richard Knight, who, though not a member, will play an important supportive role in Ruth's ministry. Ruth is a licensed...
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Hasso & Hollie Pape
Pacific
Hasso & Hollie Pape
Hasso and Hollie (Butler) Pape serve the people of Papua New Guinea, and they married in January 2025 to join ministries. Hasso serves in software...
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Rick & Terri Herr
Americas
Rick & Terri Herr
Since 2000, Rick and Terri have been serving at the JAARS Base in Waxhaw, NC. Previously they ministered for 20 years in Colombia, South America....
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Philip & Lainey Busk
Southeast Asia
Philip & Lainey Busk
Philip and Lainey joined Wycliffe to support the work of Bible translation in Southeast Asia. Philip is a commercial rated pilot and an aircraft...
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Joel Juedes
Africa
Joel Juedes
Joel has been involved with missions in southern Africa since 2017. In that time, he has grown in his desire to see lives transformed by God’s...
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Zachary and Victoria Mustered
Pacific
Zachary and Victoria Mustered
God has given Zach and Victoria a passion for serving Himself and for serving others. Prior to starting with Wycliffe, Victoria worked as an...
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Zach & Evamarie Burnham
Americas
Zach & Evamarie Burnham
Zach and Evamarie live and work in Lansing, Michigan, where Zach works as a software developer and Evamarie homeschools their three children. Both...
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Rebekah Schmersal
Americas
Rebekah Schmersal
Rebekah grew up learning about God and developed a love for His Word at a young age. Ever since learning about people who do not have access to...
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Heather Eastwood
Americas
Heather Eastwood
Heather has been blessed to serve in Bible translation ministry since 1982. Soon after she and Mike were married, they joined Wycliffe and served...
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Bennett Selfridge
Pacific
Bennett Selfridge
Bennett is serving as an intern in Papua New Guinea as a continuation of his pursuit of Bible Translation. He is completing an undergraduate degree...
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Chesley, Rachel
Americas
Chesley, Rachel
Rachel served with her husband Bill for 20 years in Chad, Africa, facilitating a Bible translation and Literacy program for the Migaami people....
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Elaine Lauer
Europe
Elaine Lauer
Elaine Lauer first felt called to join the work of Bible translation in 2016, and since then God has been preparing her for missions through a...
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Jim Vinton
Africa, Americas, Eurasia, Europe, Pacific, Southeast Asia
Jim Vinton
Jim, after the loss of Virginia in August 2024, continues active Bible Translation ministry as part of the Seed Company. He is currently serving as...
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Eric & Julia Adell
Americas
Eric & Julia Adell
Eric & Julia have a heart to see all people have access to all of God’s word in a language they can understand. Eric is preparing for his first...
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Laura Kornelsen
Southeast Asia
Laura Kornelsen
Laura is eager to serve at a school which supports the families of gospel workers in Southeast Asia. This school provides quality education for...
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Sungji & Yuri Baik
Americas
Sungji & Yuri Baik
Sungji and Yuri have spent the past 28 years faithfully serving the Lord through pastoral ministry and church leadership in South Korea and the...
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Dave & Linda Lackey
Americas
Dave & Linda Lackey
Dave and Linda Lackey are now retired Wycliffe members having served in various roles during 45 years of ministry. Their initial assignment was in...
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