The story
Founded by William Cameron Townsend in 1942.1
Wycliffe Bible Translators USA was founded in 1942 by William Cameron Townsend. When other Wycliffe organisations were founded around the world, they initially operated as its divisions in those countries. A new organisation, Wycliffe Bible Translators International, was started in May 1980 to provide this international leadership.
In 1991 Wycliffe International was restructured so that the Wycliffe organisations in each country became fully independent, causing Wycliffe International to become an association of organisations. In February 2011, Wycliffe International took on a new "doing business as" name, Wycliffe Global Alliance.
In 1999, Vision 2025, was adopted by Wycliffe Bible Translators International and SIL. It envisioned that Bible translation would be started within a generation (25 years) for every language that still needs it. At that time, over 5,000 languages were still in need of translation. By August 2025, this had plunged to only 544 remaining, representing 36.8 million people (about 0.5% of the world's population).
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