wbt was re phone number of wycliffe translators uk in article apr geneva rutgers edu mprc troi cc rochester edu m price writes i m concerned about a recent posting about wbt sil i thought they d pretty much been denounced as a right wing organization involved in ideological manipulation and cultural interference including vietnam and south america a commission from mexican academia denounced them in as a covert political and ideological institution used by the u s govt as an instrument of control regulation penetration espionage and repression having met peter kingston of wbt some years back he struck me as an exemplery and dedicated christian whose main concern was with translation of the word of god and the welfare of the people group he was serving wbt literature is concerned mainly with providing scripture in minority languages the sort of criticism leveled at an organisation such as this along the lines of ideological manipulation and cultural interference is probably no more than christianising and education in this wbt will stand alongside the early christian missionaries to parts of africa or those groups who worked among native americans a couple hundred years ago my concern is that this group may be seen as acceptable and even praiseworthy by readers of soc religion christian it s important that christians don t immediately accept every christian organization as automatically above reproach mp i think you need to substantiate these attacks as being a legitimate criticism of priorities other than spreading the gospel among underdeveloped people barney resson many shall run to and fro knowledge shall increase daniel
