Day Two
Mark Taylor, President of Tyndale House Publishing and son of Ken Taylor of the Living Bible, spoke today. He also strongly encouraged us to continue to give God’s Word in the language that speaks to the heart. He talked about the millions of lives that have been transformed through the Living Bible, and later through the New Living Translation. Tyndale has also given millions of dollars to the work of Wycliffe. That demonstrates his committment to reaching the minority groups of the world with God’s Word.
Dr Philip Jenkins, one of the leading church historians in the world today, spoke as well. He also spoke of the importance of translation in the life of churches throughout the ages.
In some ways, it felt like patting ourselves on the back. Yet these men, leaders from various sectors of the church today, are not insiders. Rather they are critical thinkers who want to encourage us to get the Good News out into the hands of the lost and those whom God is calling to himself.
Today we ended with the somewhat uncomfortable topic of fund raising. An outside consultant was urging us to speak up for the Bible-less peoples of the world. He said that if we don’t speak up and tell people of the opportunity to accept God’s invitation to participate in his Kingdom advance, no-one else will. That is true.