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As Florida’s residents and guests make preparations for the arrival of potentially devastating tropical weather, National Hurricane Center forecasters continue to fine tune their tracking and intensity maps to accommodate

Tropical Storm Ian could become a hurricane sometime tonight and then a major hurricane by Monday night or early Tuesday. Tropical storm conditions are possible in Tampa Bay by Tuesday

CLEARWATER — Pinellas County may soon have a smoking ban on at least three of its public beach parks.

CLEARWATER — More than 2 million people share the 67-mile Pinellas Trail each year, and it’s not unusual to get some complaints from those who use it. However, the rising

Pinellas County schools and district offices will be closed through Wednesday. As Tropical Storm Elsa approaches the west coast of Florida, it is expected to threaten the Tampa Bay area Tuesday into Wednesday.  The National Weather Service has placed the Tampa Bay area under a tropical storm warning and storm surge warning, meaning there is a possibility of life-threatening flooding from rising water moving inland from the coastline. Residents at risk for storm surge are asked to move or elev...

New campaign to fuel global Bible translation efforts USA (MNN) — Tomorrow is Good Friday, observed each year in remembrance of what Christ did on Calvary. Wycliffe USA President John Chesnut says it also brings to mind those who are stuck in spiritual darkness. “It’s a reminder of the number of people around the world that have never heard this story ever,” Chesnut states. “They don’t have that hope many of us do today.” illumiNations is an alliance of Bible translation groups d...

6237151646001 ABOVE:  Watch the CBN News interview with Wycliffe Bible Translators President John Chesnut.  Wycliffe Bible Translators says the COVID-19 pandemic displaced some of its staff but that the urgent work continues as 1.5 billion people still do not have the full Bible available in their language. Wycliffe is currently working on 2,700 language projects in 167 countries, with 2,000 more languages that need a Bible translation. Its goal: start translation on the 2,000 languages tha...

Wycliffe Associates and its Bible translation work seen in this image on November 13, 2013. | Facebook/Wycliffe Associates Despite challenges presented by the pandemic, Wycliffe Associates saw the completion of more Bible translations in 2020 than in any other single year. Wycliffe, an international organization that empowers mother-tongue Bible translators and partners with local churches in the advancement of Bible translation, said that last year, New Testament translations were completed in...

Wycliffe Bible Translators project in South Sudan, video posted on April 11, 2018. | (Screenshot: YouTube/Wycliffe Bible Translators) I recently heard a story from Nate and Ivy Cheeseman, Wycliffe Bible Translators USA personnel serving in Mainland Southeast Asia. Several months ago, they started passing out audio Bibles — Scriptures translated and recorded in a local language and distributed on MP3 players. A local church asked for a few copies, then returned for five more. Another request c...