The Committee on Bible Translation


Last updated: May 29, 1997. Maintained by [email protected] .



The Committee as of 1978:

Kenneth Barker, Dallas
Ralph Earle, Nazarene
Burton Goddard, Gordon-Conwell
R. Laird Harris, Covenant
Youngve Kindberg (deceased) International Bible Society
Richard Longenecker, Wycliffe College, Toronto
William Martin (deceased) Regent College
Stephen Paine, Houghton
Robert Preus, Concordia
John Stek, Calvin
Larry Walker, Southwestern Baptist
J. Wenger, Goshen
Marten Woudstra, Calvin
Edwin Palmer (deceased) Executive Secretary


Committee as of 1988:

Kenneth Barker, Capital Bible
Edmund Clowney, Westminster(honorary)
Ralph Earle, Nazarene
Burton Goddard, Gordon-Conwell
Murray Harris, Trinity Evangelical
R. Laird Harris, Covenant
Earle Kalland, Conservative Baptist
Kenneth Kantzer, Trinity College
Youngve Kindberg, International Bible Society (deceased) (honorary)
Richard Longenecker, Wycliffe College, Toronto
Stephen Paine, Houghton
James Powell, International Bible Society (honorary)
Robert Preus, Concordia (honorary)
Francis Steele, North Africa Mission (honorary)
John Stek, Calvin
Larry Walker, Mid-America Baptist
Bruce Waltke, Westminster
J. Wenger, Goshen
Donald Wiseman, University of London
Marten Woudstra, Calvin
Ronald Youngblood, Bethel


The Committee as of 1997 (with year appointed in parentheses)

Kenneth Barker, retired (1974)
Gordon Fee, Regent College (1991)
Scott Hafemann, Wheaton College (1996)
R. Laird Harris, Covenant Theological Seminary, retired (1966)
Karen Jobes, Westmont College (1996)
Walter Liefeld, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, retired (1988)
Donald Madvig, Evangelical Covenant Minister, retired (1989)
Douglas Moo, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, retired (1996)
Martin Selman, Spurgeon's College (1993)
John Stek, Calvin, retired (1966)
Larry Walker, Mid-America Baptist (1968)
Bruce Waltke, Regent College (1980)
Herbert Wolf, Wheaton College Graduate School (1991)
Ronald Youngblood, Bethel (1979)


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