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7 keys to a great missionary career
From time to time our little Wycliffe blog plays host to a selection of potted biographies of missionary figures. I felt sure that the key to the great missionary life must lie in their stories. So,...
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Thomas Cranmer (d. 21 March 1556)
Amid discussion about the Archbishop of Canterbury in the news recently, we consider another, Thomas Cranmer, who was burnt at the stake on this day in 1556. Cranmer was archbishop under Henry VIII,...
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Remembering Mary Gardner
Today we fondly remember Wycliffe worker Mary Gardner, who died in Jerusalem one year ago today, and celebrate the continuing work in Togo. Mary teaching Greek in Togo Mary had worked with speakers of...
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William Tyndale: a pioneer’s life
William Tyndale was an extraordinary pioneer. His Bible translation, although never finished, was the first of the modern English translations, the first English translation to be done directly from...
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Theodore Beza, theologian and translator
Adding to our catalogue of Bible translators remembered on this blog, today we remember Theodore Beza, who died 13th October in 1605. He was a colleague of John Calvin, and continued Christian ministry...
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Henry Martyn (1781 – 1812)
Anglicans worldwide today celebrate the feast day of Henry Martyn, Bible translator and missionary to India and Persia. The story is told of how he heard Charles Simeon preaching about William Carey’s...
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Luther’s historic hammer of 1517
Martin Luther - priest, theologian and Bible translator (b. November 10, 1483 – d. February 18, 1546). Or you could bill him thus: Martin Luther - notorious polemic, heretic, leader of revolt. It all...
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Inspirational mission quotes (the less popular edition)
Around this time last year, we suggested 7 tips for the aspiring missionary, based on the lives of famous missionaries from history. It seemed a valid principle at the time, but on reflection, perhaps...
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Remember, remember the 31st of December
Who was it, on putting pen to paper, who first came out with the word ‘however’? What about ‘tradition’ or the very useful ‘Leviticus’ to designate the third book of the Bible in English? Today we...
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Bede, buildings and historical significance
One of the quirks of the Wycliffe Centre, where Wycliffe in the UK is currently based, is the building nomenclature: most buildings take the name of someone who has been involved in Bible translation...
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Celebrating the past: William Cameron Townsend
For the last forty years, Wycliffe has been privileged to have our offices at The Wycliffe Centre in Buckinghamshire. We’re moving next month – only about 10 minutes down the road – and it seemed a...
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Celebrating the past: L L Legters
At our offices in Buckinghamshire, we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses. Maybe not so much a cloud as a camp – each of the buildings here is named after a pioneer mission worker. As we plan to...
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Celebrating the past: Kenneth L. Pike
As Wycliffe in the UK move out of our long-term home at the Wycliffe Centre, we’ve been thinking about some of the people who placed the founding stones of our organisation. For years, we’ve been...
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C. S. Lewis, Storyteller
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of C.S. Lewis. The Northern Irish-born writer died on the 22 November 1963. However, Lewis’ legacy has lived on through his works of literature, most...
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John Paton: how to be immortal
Old missionary biographies can be simultaneously the most uplifting and the most terrifying reads. One of most dramatic is John Paton’s, who died on this day in 1907. Constantly in danger Paton’s...
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John Calvin and Bible translation
Today is the 450th anniversary of the death of John Calvin. The name has become synonymous with Reformation and theology. Given that context, and the significant impact he had on the church, it’s no...
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Myles Coverdale (c. 1488 – 20 January 1569)
Myles Coverdale was the translator of the first complete Bible into English, published in 1535. His work followed on from other first mother-tongue translations of Europe – French, German and Dutch –...
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When tennis, fresh fruit and ??? were illegal
The 1500s were a very different time. Most of England’s population lived in villages and made their living from farming. In 1512, tennis became illegal, along with a number of other games. For a brief...
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Martin Luther (1483 – 1546)
On February 18th we commemorate the death of priest, theologian, and Bible translator Martin Luther (b. November 10, 1483 – d. February 18, 1546). Luther is most famous for nailing his 95 Theses to the...
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