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About The Seed Company
The Seed Company was launched by Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1993 with a mandate to accelerate Bible translation. It started with pilot projects in 10 different languages linked to prayer partners and investors. Four years later, the model was working in 50 people groups and growing.
Although Bible translation dates back to the first centuries of the Church, the spread into lesser-known languages began after the Reformation. Wycliffe Bible Translators initiated and led the modern Bible translation movement in the mid-20th century. By the 1980s, however, they realized that it would take 150 years at the current pace of translation to reach every people group. Wycliffe asked former CEO Bernie May to lead the initiative to build a model that would accelerate the pace of Bible translation and involve more national leadership.
Accelerating Impact
By 2002 The Seed Company reached its 200th language group, with all projects being led by national translators. By 2007, that number had increased to 400; and in 2012 we entered our 800th language partnership.
Today, The Seed Company is working with several hundred local translators who are leading the translation process in more than 400 Bible translation projects. These translators are responding to the local churches’ and ministries’ need to make Scripture available more quickly for church planting and discipleship.
In 2011, The Seed Company was chosen by The Mission Exchange as the recipient of the 2011 eXcelerate Award for Innovation for “completely reinventing how Bible translation is accomplished.” The recognition was based on our “work to fulfill the Great Commission through a variety of collaborative initiatives that have accelerated Bible translation around the world through the use of technology.”
The pace of Bible translation in 2012
Get to know Seed Company president Roy Peterson as he shares his vision for the pace of Bible translation in 2012. It’s a journey we hope you’ll take with us.
