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Advancing Bible translation for Bibleless people groups through software development

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Eric & Allison Pyle
Facebook: Eric & Allison (videos, photos, updates)
Mail:
1544 Hamilton Dr
Cedar Hill, TX 75104
Phone: (469)386-8915
 

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Previous newsletters:

November 2017 newsletter: mobile PDF page 1 page 2.
February 2017 newsletter: mobile, PDF or JPEG page 1 page 2.
April 2016 newsletter: mobile, PDF (2 pages - 594 Kb) or JPEG page 1 page 2
November 2015 newsletter: mobile, PDF (2 pages - 804 Kb) or JPEG page 1 page 2.
June 2015 newsletter: mobile, PDF (2 pages - 736 Kb) or JPEG page 1 page 2.
January 2015 newsletter: mobile, PDF (2 pages - 607 Kb) or JPEG page 1 page 2.
September 2014 newsletter: mobile, PDF (2 pages - 702 Kb) or JPEG page 1 page 2.
March 2014 newsletter in PDF (2 pages - 805 Kb) or JPEG page 1 page 2.
September 2013 newsletter in PDF (2 pages - 680 Kb) or JPEG page 1 page 2.
April 2013 newsletter in PDF (1 pages - 595 Kb) or JPEG page 1 (508 Kb).
Aug 2012 newsletter in PDF (2 pages - 1.4Mb) or JPEG page 1 (364 Kb), page 2 (285 Kb).
Feb 2012 newsletter in PDF (2 pages - 1.5Mb) or JPEG page 1 (342 Kb), page 2 (296 Kb).
Oct 2011 newsletter in PDF (2 pages - 2 Mb) or JPEG page 1 (350 Kb), page 2 (350 Kb).
Mar 2011 newsletter in PDF page 1 (1.5 Mb) page 2 (2.8 Mb) or JPEG: page 1 (200 Kb), page 2 (153 Kb)
July 2010 newsletter in PDF (1.5 Mb) or JPG (200 Kb).
March 2010 newsletter in PDF (1.7 Mb) or JPG (200 Kb)
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Eric and his wife, Allison, are members of Colleyville Presbyterian Church, PCA, commissioned to serve the Bibleless peoples of the world with Wycliffe Bible Translators.

Eric and Allison are serving in Dallas, TX, where Eric is strategically located to serve over 2,000 Bible translation projects worldwide through software development. He is currently focused on the Digital Bible Library (click to view video), the largest web service for distributing digitized Bible translations. Now people all over the world will be able to easily access God's word in their language!

Eric has served with Wycliffe for 10+ years working on software projects that impact language study, translation, and now scripture access. Currently, Allison takes care of their 3 year-old daughter and their son who was born in August 2015. She also occasionally serves the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics(GIAL) by keeping in touch with alumni who are serving around the world.

Eric and Allison served in Tanzania for almost two years (2011-2012) assisting seven Bantu languages in the Mara region publish their first Gospel of Luke and other books of the Bible, like Ruth and Jonah. Allison assisted Mother-tongue translators in Bible translation and in linguistic analysis for the Jita language during their assignment in Tanzania.   The Mara region is the most densely populated area of Tanzania with the fewest churches. For more information on the Mara region, see http://www.TheTask.net/Mara.

Eric has a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a Master's of Arts (M.A.R.) in Religion from Westminster Theological Seminary.

Allison has an MA in Applied Linguistics with a concetration in Bible Translation from the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics and BA in Spanish and Psychology from Oklahoma Baptist University.

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7,000+ languages

actively spoken in the world (Statistics as of Oct 2019)



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with probable need of Bible translation (*)


* representing 165-180 million people estimated by the data currently available.

"Thanks, Eric, for the work you do. You are contributing to the greatest acceleration
of the pace of Bible translation ever witnessed by the Church. Vision 2025 is possible!"
-- Bob Creson, President Wycliffe Bible Translators USA