Greg Pruett, PhD
Greg Pruett has been President of Pioneer Bible Translators since January 2007. Prior to that he and his wife Rebecca lived in West Africa for 12 years, working with a team of local people to translate the entire Bible into the Yalunka language. Greg holds Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary and a degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University. His book Extreme Prayer: The Impossible Prayers God Promises to Answer (Tyndale, 2014) reveals the ways in which he has made prayer the primary strategy of Pioneer Bible. His second book, Extraordinary Hearing: Preparing Your Soul to Hear from God (Tyndale Momentum, 2023) gives practical, Biblical insights on how to pray and how to hear from God. He and Rebecca have three adult children, two of whom serve overseas.
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Feature Story Reading and discussing Scripture in their heart language led a group of West African men to follow Jesus at great personal cost. Sixteen years ago: I sat with my best friend, Ousman, in the West African village …
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Feature Story Reading and discussing Scripture in their heart language led a group of West African men to follow Jesus at great personal cost. Sixteen years ago: I sat with my best friend, Ousman, in the West African village …
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Feature Story Reading and discussing Scripture in their heart language led a group of West African men to follow Jesus at great personal cost. Sixteen years ago: I sat with my best friend, Ousman, in the West African village …
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They Chose Jesus
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Feature Story Reading and discussing Scripture in their heart language led a group of West African men to follow Jesus at great personal cost. Sixteen years ago: I sat with my best friend, Ousman, in the West African village …
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Feature Story Reading and discussing Scripture in their heart language led a group of West African men to follow Jesus at great personal cost. Sixteen years ago: I sat with my best friend, Ousman, in the West African village …
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By Jordyn Strade
Feature Story “I was trying to figure out if God was still good.” Denise shades her eyes from the sun and watches me. I brush ants off my legs as I scribble the statement on my yellow notepad. It looks……
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Feature Story “I was trying to figure out if God was still good.” Denise shades her eyes from the sun and watches me. I brush ants off my legs as I scribble the statement on my yellow notepad. It looks……
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The Charcoal Ladies
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Feature Story Feature Story The Tay people of Papua New Guinea celebrate receiving their New Testament. Dedicated in 2014, it is having a transforming impact in their churches and communities. Focus on Bible Translation Bible translat…
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Feature Story Feature Story The Tay people of Papua New Guinea celebrate receiving their New Testament. Dedicated in 2014, it is having a transforming impact in their churches and communities. Focus on Bible Translation Bible translat…
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Weaving Words
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By Miriam Lake
A whip cracked outside the wood and thatch church building. Children screamed and ran. Adults, packed onto the log…
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Breaking Traditions: How Matthew 15 Resonated in a Mapa Church
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By Eunice Herchenroeder
We were on home assignment from our ministries in Papua New Guinea. A generous gift enabled my husband and me to spend several days in Arizona. I don’t think I could ever tire of seeing barrel cactus, prickly pear, and — especi…
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We were on home assignment from our ministries in Papua New Guinea. A generous gift enabled my husband and me to spend several days in Arizona. I don’t think I could ever tire of seeing barrel cactus, prickly pear, and — especi…
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We were on home assignment from our ministries in Papua New Guinea. A generous gift enabled my husband and me to spend several days in Arizona. I don’t think I could ever tire of seeing barrel cactus, prickly pear, and — especi…
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Streams of Living Water
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By Julie Jean Francis
Since 2020, our family has moved all of our belongings five times to five different houses, stayed in too many hotels to count, and slept on the couches, beds, and floors of all our closest relatives. We’ve been looking for “home” in one way or another for t…
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Since 2020, our family has moved all of our belongings five times to five different houses, stayed in too many hotels to count, and slept on the couches, beds, and floors of all our closest relatives. We’ve been looking for “home” in one way or another for t…
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Since 2020, our family has moved all of our belongings five times to five different houses, stayed in too many hotels to count, and slept on the couches, beds, and floors of all our closest relatives. We’ve been looking for “home” in one way or another for t…
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Since 2020, our family has moved all of our belongings five times to five different houses, stayed in too many hotels to count, and slept on the couches, beds, and floors of all our closest relatives. We’ve been looking for “home” in one way or another for t…
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Since 2020, our family has moved all of our belongings five times to five different houses, stayed in too many hotels to count, and slept on the couches, beds, and floors of all our closest relatives. We’ve been looking for “home” in one way or another for t…
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By Julie Jean Francis
Moving to a new country and new culture is full of surprises. One surprise for me when I moved to Southeast Asia was that every single temple is filled with idols. There is not just one idol per temple. We once vi…
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Moving to a new country and new culture is full of surprises. One surprise for me when I moved to Southeast Asia was that every single temple is filled with idols. There is not just one idol per temple. We once vi…
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Moving to a new country and new culture is full of surprises. One surprise for me when I moved to Southeast Asia was that every single temple is filled with idols. There is not just one idol per temple. We once vi…
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How Much Sacrifice is Enough?
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Moving to a new country and new culture is full of surprises. One surprise for me when I moved to Southeast Asia was that every single temple is filled with idols. There is not just one idol per temple. We once vi…
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By Eunice Herchenroeder
Decades ago Dave and Alice Parrish and their daughters established their home among the Mbore people in order to translate God’s Word for them. The people’s hope that they would one day have Scripture in their own language began to be realized. In the ensuing years the Parrishes e…
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Decades ago Dave and Alice Parrish and their daughters established their home among the Mbore people in order to translate God’s Word for them. The people’s hope that they would one day have Scripture in their own language began to be realized. In the ensuing years the Parrishes e…
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Decades ago Dave and Alice Parrish and their daughters established their home among the Mbore people in order to translate God’s Word for them. The people’s hope that they would one day have Scripture in their own language began to be realized. In the ensuing years the Parrishes e…
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Decades ago Dave and Alice Parrish and their daughters established their home among the Mbore people in order to translate God’s Word for them. The people’s hope that they would one day have Scripture in their own language began to be realized. In the ensuing years the Parrishes e…
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By Miriam Beckham
When I met Jesus, I recognized him right away. I sat there staring into the campfire as we sang, “Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so.” Suddenly my heart leapt in recognition. Me! He loves me! I s…
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When I met Jesus, I recognized him right away. I sat there staring into the campfire as we sang, “Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so.” Suddenly my heart leapt in recognition. Me! He loves me! I s…
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When I met Jesus, I recognized him right away. I sat there staring into the campfire as we sang, “Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so.” Suddenly my heart leapt in recognition. Me! He loves me! I s…
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Recognizing Jesus
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When I met Jesus, I recognized him right away. I sat there staring into the campfire as we sang, “Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so.” Suddenly my heart leapt in recognition. Me! He loves me! I s…
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When I met Jesus, I recognized him right away. I sat there staring into the campfire as we sang, “Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so.” Suddenly my heart leapt in recognition. Me! He loves me! I s…
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By Miriam Lake
One time I pierced my nose with a thorn. Actually someone else did — I just sat there as the thorn pushed steadily through my nose, my eyes closed peacefully, measuring my breaths, water seeping out of my eye…
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I Pierced My Nose With a Thorn
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