PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS
7255 West Camp Wisdom Road, Dallas, TX 75236 www.pioneerbible.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Pioneer Bible Translators exists as a team to disciple Bible-less peoples, mobilizing God's people everywhere both to provide enduring access to God's Word translated into their languages and to maximize its impact to grow the Church.

Pioneer Bible provides enduring access to God's word in the languages of Bible-less peoples.

Bible translation, literacy, and related mobilization and discipleship activities - Pioneer Bible consists of 538 teammates worldwide ministering to 45.3 million people in 97 different language projects in 20 countries. During 2019, we increased the number of active language projects from 85 to 97. Fifty-two churches and study groups were reported. We drafted 73,051 verses of Scripture, exegetically checked 49,167 and published 6,062 verses for the first time. During 2019, we continued building a new capacity for sign language translation worldwide. Finally, we note that in the 43 year history of Pioneer Bible, our teams have drafted about 828,159 verses of the Bible, the equivalent number of verses as 104 New Testaments--9 of which were drafted in 2019. We have published 3 complete Bibles and 16 New Testaments.

Recruitment--Recruiting new missionaries is key to the mission of Pioneer Bible Translators. The organization had 56 new missionary recruits and held 34 events. Through these events, around 2,500 people became familiar with the ministry of Pioneer Bible Translators. Around 95 of these are serious inquirers.Training - Training new and current missionaries is an integral part of Pioneer Bible's mission. In 2019, personal and professional coaching was provided to at least 161 individuals preparing for cross-cultural work. A program practicum and planning course was offered in both the fall and the spring, and weekly chapel services were conducted throughout the year. The following workshops and seminars were also provided, training over 211 people during the year: Discovery, Discovery Intensive(2), Partnership Development Bootcamp(2), Continuing Education Seminar, Primary Health Care Course, and a Finance Seminar. Ongoing training activities continued daily with new representatives and associates. There was also a focus on training children of missionaries, including a week-long summer programming teaching 98 children. In 2019, 25 missionaries completed training and began their first assignment.

Missionary Care - The Care department served the missionaries in numerous ways in 2019. There were dozens of re-entry contacts and pastoral care debriefs with missionaries returning for home assignments and long-term resettlement. To provide encouragement and spiritual nurture, our Care Team served to be the catalyst of care. This endeavor included thousands of emails, social media exchanges, and teleconferences. The Care Department provided leadership for several major events - 2 different Five-Day Prayer and Fasting events, training of about 60 individuals in the USA and abroad in our Roots of Care curriculum, two Parents of Missionaries Seminars, two Missionary Send-off Celebrations, and a Discovery Week Prayer Team. A Fasting and Prayer emphasis was continued through the year so that at least one person was fasting and praying each day of the year. The 24/7 prayer initiative was able to have at least one person in prayer nearly every hour of every day. Daily prayer times and weekly chapel services also continued along with spiritual retreats held in many of our fields as well as for the women at serving at our headquarters. Hundreds of hospitality meals and nights of lodging were provided for our missionaries around the globe. Team dynamics seminars were held for interns, teams preparing to go to the field, and teams currently serving overseas. One full-time and two part-time counselors served the needs of people preparing for or serving in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. The Care department also facilitated a culture of care by encouraging several individuals and teams to travel to fields in order to provide spiritual nurture, encouragement, and direction to field missionaries and their children. A strong emphasis was also placed on the care of young and teenage missionary kids preparing for the field, living overseas, and moving back to the home countries of their parents.

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