Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.

Wycliffe USA is part of the Wycliffe Global Alliance, an international association of organizations consisting of over 100 organizations from more than 60 nations with a common goal of providing Scripture for all people on earth in the language and form they understand best. To ensure that Wycliffe USA maintains focus, Wycliffe USA leaders developed a comprehensive organizational-wide initiative focusing on the following goals:

URGENCY Our sense of urgency is based on God’s deep affection for
humanity and His Desire that individuals from every tribe, language, people
and nation on earth enter into a relationship with Him. It is this urgency that
moves Wycliffe USA to seek ways to accelerate the pace of Bible translation
within parameters that ensure the quality of the translation and ensures that
we are doing it in the most cost-effective way.

PARTNERSHIP Scripture makes it clear that God is greatly glorified when
diverse individuals or communities work together harmoniously toward the
accomplishment of the things He sets forth to be done. While working
unilaterally may seem most efficient, it is not reflective of the very nature of
God. Additionally, the coordination of a holistic breadth of work by a variety
of organizations ultimately allows a greater efficiency. With these things in
mind, we choose to no longer do things by ourselves that could be done with
others.

CAPACITY BUILDING When an organization or individual is focused on a
single, critical task, it is easy to miss opportunities for a greater good. We
choose to commit ourselves - with the greater good in mind - to making
short-term sacrifices in order to harvest long- term results. The results of
capacity building include trained personnel, sufficient funding, and networks
of people and institutions that can consistently provide guidance, consultancy
and finances.

CREATIVE STRATEGIES We recognize that we cannot make our full
contribution to Vision 2025 by either working harder or simply doing more of
what we have been doing all along. Instead, we must work differently,
embrace new attitudes and expand our repertoire of strategies so we can
significantly increase our effectiveness.

SUSTAINABILITY In a world marked by uncertainty and instability,
reliance on any one person, strategy, system or organization for critical
work in poor stewardship. Spreading the weight of responsibility as well as
sharing the privilege of participation more broadly ensures that work is
more likely to continue even in the midst of crisis. We commit ourselves to
see that what has been started will be brought as clos

The following set of strategies have been set in order to meet our goals and Wycliffe’s mission to see a Bible translation program in progress in every language still needing one by 2025:

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
All Wycliffe USA staff, wherever they are found, will understand and join in the journey of diversity, inclusion, and belonging from a missiological, theological, and practical perspective.

U.S. Church Relationships
We will develop a missiological and theological understanding of our relationship with the Church, and implement a strategy, structure, and service mentality that seeks to build healthy relationships and effective partnerships with U.S. churches.

Recruiting & Sending Well
We will take steps to equip individuals recruited and sent by Wycliffe USA to help them serve effectively within modern realities.

Leadership Development
We will create and implement robust leadership development planning and programs that identify and equip current and emerging Wycliffe USA-affiliated leaders, wherever they are found, with the skills, tools, and behaviors they need to confidently lead themselves and others.

Long-Term Revenue Health
We will review the assumptions underlying our Wycliffe USA revenue streams, using past and future research to model long-term revenue health for Wycliffe USA.

Wycliffe USA helps accomplish its mission by mobilizing prayer, people and funds for the ongoing work of Bible Translation. Our capabilities are monitored as follows:

PRAYER: People are engaged in informed prayer for Wycliffe members, partners, Bibleless peoples and programs. Wycliffe has people engaged in prayer via the Bibleless Peoples Prayer Project, Intercessor and Pray Today Subscribers. As of October 1, 2021, Wycliffe has involved 26,969 prayer partners. 

STAFFING: Sufficient numbers of committed people of godly character, with the ability to work together effectively, are recruited, prepared, nurtured and retained. Currently, there are over 3,000 staff (including missionaries) committed to the work of Bible translation. 

FUNDING: Wycliffe USA‘s sponsored Bible translation projects are receiving adequate financial support. For FY2021, $213.1 million was invested in Bible translation. Our capabilities are significantly enhanced through partnerships. Wycliffe USA recognizes that the need for Bible translation is so great that we can't do it alone and that collaboration with God's people accelerates the process with excellence. So we work in partnership with churches and organizations worldwide to effectively and efficiently accomplish Bible translation.

Wycliffe Global Alliance Progress as of October 2021: Scripture exists in over 3,415 of the over 7,000 languages currently known to be in use. At least 1.5 billion people do not have the full Bible available in their first language. Over 815 million of these have the New Testament; others have portions or at least some level of work begun. There is known active translation and linguistic development happening in 2,731 languages across more than 170 countries. Estimates suggest over 145 million people, speaking 1892 spoken languages and over 200 sign languages, may need some form of Bible translation to begin. Wycliffe Global Alliance organizations and personnel have been involved in the translation of Bibles and New Testaments in more than 2,100 languages.

Wycliffe USA’s FY21 Organizational Actuals: Wycliffe USA’s FY21 began in October 2020 and ended in September 2021. FY21 actuals are as follows: Mobilized 3,259 missionaries to serve worldwide, Invested $213.1 million in Bible translation, engaged 153 new languages, involved 26,969 prayer partners.