Katharine Barnwell
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Katharine Barnwell

How One Woman Revolutionized Modern Missions

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Katharine Barnwell

How One Woman Revolutionized Modern Missions

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What if Mother Teresa or Billy Graham lived and worked?—?and nobody knew their names? What if one of the church's most influential missionaries went almost unnoticed? Meet Katharine (Katy) Barnwell. Within Bible translation, she's a legend. Outside of Bible translation, few have heard of her. But not even Billy Graham holds a candle to what God did through Katy. From hiding as a child from Nazi bombing raids, fleeing civil wars, and remaining calm under terrorist attacks and armed gunmen, to utterly revolutionizing every field she touched, Barnwell's life proves there is no need to treat the missionary hall of fame as if its ranks are closed. On the contrary, her kingdom labor reveals that God is still in the business of raising up contemporary "greats" who are willing to face danger, go the distance, lift up God's Word in unprecedented ways, and see the lost turn to Christ in droves. In fact, there may be no "great" in all of church history who matches Barnwell's level of influence. All around the world, hundreds of millions of new believers read and hear Scripture in their own language because of Barnwell's work, books, and language training. By some estimates, about 3, 000 completed or in-process Bible translations swim directly downstream of her work. Since she rebuilt The Jesus Film Project's methods, more than 300 million viewers around the world have become followers of Jesus. Given such accomplishments, one might expect Barnwell to be arrogant or aloof, and yet those who know her best report sweet surprise at how warm, endearing, patient, and feisty she is.
Her African colleagues call her Mama Katy, and such a name is fitting. She is truly the mother of modern Bible translation and the mother of twenty-first-century missions.

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Table of contents

  1. Foreword by Russell Moore
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter 1 Bibles and Bullet Holes
  4. Chapter 2 Bombs and Teddy Bears
  5. Chapter 3 Growing Pains and Girl Guides
  6. Chapter 4 Women Marry
  7. Chapter 5 Faith and Calling
  8. Chapter 6 John Bendor-Samuel and SIL
  9. Chapter 7 Serving the Church
  10. Chapter 8 London and John Stott
  11. Chapter 9 Preparing to Depart
  12. Chapter 10 All the Single Ladies
  13. Chapter 11 Sailing for Nigeria
  14. Chapter 12 Jungle Camp
  15. Chapter 13 Making a Life in Mbembe
  16. Chapter 14 On Missionaries and Culture Change
  17. Chapter 15 Learning a Language from Scratch
  18. Chapter 16 The Eve of Breakthrough
  19. Chapter 17 The Biafran War
  20. Chapter 18 Flight Out of Biafra
  21. Chapter 19 Returning to Nigeria
  22. Chapter 20 The Book
  23. Chapter 21 The CIA
  24. Chapter 22 The End of SIL Nigeria
  25. Chapter 23 Singleness
  26. Chapter 24 Dreaming of a Green Christmas
  27. Chapter 25 A Job Offer
  28. Chapter 26 International Translation Coordinator
  29. Chapter 27 Translator’s Workplace
  30. Chapter 28 What Makes a Bible Translation Consultant?
  31. Chapter 29 Paratext
  32. Chapter 30 Mama Katy: The Mother of Bible Translation
  33. Chapter 31 Conflict
  34. Chapter 32 The Jesus Film
  35. Chapter 33 The Luke Partnership and the Cluster Model
  36. Chapter 34 Climbing Down the Ladder
  37. Chapter 35 Church-Centric Bible Translation
  38. Chapter 36: Jerome, Wycliffe, Luther, Carey, Townsend . . . Barnwell?
  39. Chapter 37 Pray for Us, Mother
  40. Epilogue
  41. The Katy Barnwell Scholarship Fund
  42. With Gratitude
  43. Notes