Pioneer Bible Translators
Pioneer Bible Translators is a non-profit, 501(c)(3)[1] mission organization. It has received Charity Navigator's highest ranking (four out of four stars) for financial accountability.[2] Pioneer Bible Translators is a member of Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability[3] and the Forum of Bible Agencies.
Former United States Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers previously served on the Pioneer Bible Translators board.[4]
Mission
Pioneer Bible Translators bridges the gap between the church and the Bible-less peoples around the world. Their team is composed of Bible translators, literacy evangelists, church planters and a variety of support personnel transforming lives through God's Word in every language.[5]
History
Pioneer Bible Translators incorporated in 1976 in Dallas, Texas.[6]
Pioneer Bible Translators has recently had two of its missionaries serve as president of the National Missionary Convention. Greg Pruett, missionary, Bible translator, and PBT's current president,[7] served in 2003. Marsha Relyea Miles, missionary and Bible translator[7] in Papua New Guinea, served in 2007.[8]
Notes
- ^ Exempt Purposes - Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3),
- ^ Charity Navigator Listing: Pioneer Bible Translators
- ^ ECFA listing: Pioneer Bible Translators
- ^ Zoll, Rachel (2005-10-08). "Miers' religious beliefs fail to dispel conservatives' doubts". Associated Press via The Madison Courier.
- ^ http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=6100 Charity Navigator
- ^ "PBT: A Timeline." Horizons Magazine April 2002: 5.
- ^ a b Speaker Biographies
- ^ NMC History