J.R. Bucklew serves as the Director of Development for Sign Language projects on the Pioneer Bible Translators Development team. As part of this team, he works with major donors, churches and foundations to build strategic partnerships with those projects. J.R. also acts as a Deaf Ministry Advocate, working to see Deaf people groups become a strategic focus of ministry efforts around the world. He, his wife Feven, and their daughter Maraki spend time personally serving among the Bibleless Deaf to see people come to know Jesus and to help strengthen and encourage ministry leaders in the field.
J.R. Bucklew
Serving the Deaf Bibleless Peoples Around the World
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