Wycliffe Membership

Job Description:

Wycliffe Bible Translators is dedicated to translating and delivering Scripture to people around the world in a language and form they understand best. Use your skills and experience to serve Bible translation and see God's Word impact people around the world. We need people with all kinds of skills, from accountants to mechanics to managers to teachers to administrative assistants, and who can serve for a year to a lifetime. As a member of a faith-based religious organization, you will develop a partnership team of family, friends, and churches who will pray for you, encourage you, and financially support you.

Our vision is for people from every language to understand the Bible and be transformed, therefore our mission is to serve with the global body of Christ to advance Bible translation and work together so people can encounter God through his Word. Join us and let’s change lives together!

*If you are applying as a couple, each spouse must complete their own application using a unique email address for each application.

This is a supported staff position and you will raise funds to cover your salary. Wycliffe is a faith mission, meaning that members trust God to supply needed funds and support through family, friends, and churches. We call this partnership development — developing a team of people who will pray for you, encourage you, and financially support you. There is no salary or stipend other than the contributions sent in for your ministry. Wycliffe provides training to help with partnership development (PD) and you will work with a PD coach until your financial goal is met. The amount needed varies by assignment and location.

Member Responsibilities: The following responsibilities apply to any employee who is also a member of the religious organization:

Spiritual Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ): Demonstrates desire and ability to support corporate Biblical and religious goals and participate in regular work related spiritual activities without mental reservation.

• Partnership Development: Build and retain a team of prayer and financial partners that will sustain them during their entire Wycliffe ministry according to the Wycliffe Partnership Development policy.
• Organizational Representative – Present the global ministry of Wycliffe and encourage interested individuals and churches to participate in this work. Maintain an exemplary standard of ethics and conduct that reflects biblical principles.

For over 80 years Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. has been committed to ensuring that people “from every nation, tribe, people and language” (Revelation 7:9) have access to God’s Word in a language and format they can clearly understand. We believe that accurate, clear and natural translations of the Bible in accessible formats lead to people entering into life-transforming relationships with God.

Wycliffe is a catalyst in the global Bible translation movement, engaging with thousands of partners around the world to collaboratively carry out this work.

Wycliffe’s vision is that people from every language will understand the Bible and be transformed. Our mission is to serve with the global body of Christ to advance Bible translation so people can encounter God through His Word.

Wycliffe is a distinctly Christian community where you can flourish by using your God-given talents and abilities to serve and support the ministry of Bible translation. Your employment with Wycliffe is not merely a vocation, it is responding and making a commitment to actively participate in what He’s doing around the world. Your faith, prayers, skills and experiences are foundational to contributing and witnessing God’s Word impacting people around the world. This is a once-in-eternity opportunity!

We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God and is completely trustworthy, speaking with supreme authority in all matters of belief and practice. Wycliffe’s beliefs and core values can be found here. An exemplary standard of ethics, behavior and conduct that reflects biblical principles are lived-out by all staff. As an active partner in fulfilling the Great Commission, Wycliffe staff embrace and adhere to Wycliffe’s beliefs and core values, all of which are essential to Wycliffe fulfilling its Bible translation mission.

Prayer undergirds Bible translation and is foundational to Wycliffe’s work culture. Our work atmosphere provides numerous opportunities, individually and corporately, to actively live out your faith in Jesus Christ as you work heartily as to the Lord.

Let’s translate hope together.

Come use your God-given gifts and contribute to what God is doing around the world through Bible translation!