Wheaton College s plaque honoring martyr Jim Elliot and four other slain missionaries will be reworded by May 1, 2021, to remove stereotypical language referring to a people group as savage. | Wheaton College Marketing Communications
Wheaton College has unveiled the new wording for a plaque honoring alumni Jim Elliot and other missionaries killed in Ecuador in 1956, which will replace an earlier plaque that had language considered derogatory towards indigenous people.
In a statement Monday, the Illinois-based evangelical Christian school explained that the “reworded plaque” will honor the martyred missionaries while also “respecting the Waorani people with whom they shared the gospel of the love of Christ.”
Wheaton College has unveiled the new wording for a plaque honoring alumni Jim Elliot and other missionaries killed in Ecuador in 1956, which will replace an earlier plaque that had language considered derogatory towards indigenous people.