World & Nation
A vision of translating the Bible took hold of salesman William Cameron Townsend of Santa Ana in 1917.
Oct. 29, 1995
Nov. 19, 1995
California
A Superior Court jury Tuesday ordered the world’s largest Bible-translating organization to pay $186,000 to a Marine sergeant who was evicted from an apartment building it owned because he did not share the group’s religious cause.
April 25, 1990
Books
Not everyone is enthusiastic about Wycliffe Bible Translators and its mission to bring the Bible to all peoples.
Wycliffe Bible Translators USA plans to move its headquarters from Huntington Beach to Orlando, Fla., this summer.
April 3, 1999
Housing & Homelessness
I can’t tell you what a terrible disappointment I felt in reading David Reyes’ article regarding the attempt to evict John Rogers (March 28).
April 13, 1986
For five years, missionaries Ivagene Shive and Mary Ann Lord trekked through the Amazon rain forest, searching for a group of Indians hidden away for generations.
Aug. 9, 1997
Bible translators printed 25 million copies of Scripture in African and Asian languages last year but said that it was still not enough to keep up with the explosive growth of Christianity in the developing world.
Sept. 14, 1985
The Huntington Library collection spans 1,000 years, chronicling the book’s evolution from a tome for the elite to a worldwide bestseller.
Sept. 4, 2004