April 29, 2009

In 1934, William Townsend established Camp Wycliffe in Benton County. Later called Wycliffe Bible Translators, it was a linguistic training program to promote Bible translation among minority language groups. Wycliffe Bible Translators, along with other organizations Townsend founded, is credited with the translation of the New Testament, and in some cases the entire Bible, into more than 600 languages. Townsend is shown here in 1917.