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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1613163323402-RC36Y6TAYIOIMW9QD4SJ/John+Beekman+%281%29.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1613163323402-RC36Y6TAYIOIMW9QD4SJ/John+Beekman+%281%29.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1613163323402-RC36Y6TAYIOIMW9QD4SJ/John+Beekman+%281%29.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> <div class="image-overlay" style="overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);"></div> </div> </div> </div> <figcaption class="image-card-wrapper" data-width-ratio> <div class="image-card sqs-dynamic-text-container"> <div class="image-title-wrapper"><div class="image-title sqs-dynamic-text" ><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>John Beekman</strong></p></div></div> <div class="image-subtitle-wrapper"><div class="image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text" ><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">John Beekman was SIL’s first Translation Consultant, the first to lead translation workshops, and SIL’s first International Translation Coordinator.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="/s/BT2017-Beekman-story.pdf">Learn more…</a></p></div></div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="white-bold" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--inset section-height--small content-width--wide horizontal-alignment--left vertical-alignment--middle white-bold' data-section-id="60258626878a357130212671" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--inset", "sectionHeight": "section-height--small", "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--left", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--middle", "contentWidth": 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id="block-558cfabf564ecc8a99bd"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Nida Lecture Series</h2><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Consistent with the vision and mission of the Nida Institute, the Nida Lecture creates space in the conference program for the presentation of scholarship from Translation Studies and related fields.</em></p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block button-block sqs-block-button" data-block-type="53" id="block-71f2f5fa4f3f6e78aee4"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-block-button-container sqs-block-button-container--center" data-animation-role="button" data-alignment="center" data-button-size="large" data-button-type="secondary" > <a href="/2025-featured-speakers#nida" class="sqs-block-button-element--large sqs-button-element--secondary sqs-block-button-element" > See This Year's Speaker </a> </div> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-5 span-5"><div class="sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image" data-block-type="5" id="block-7009b136260a5f7ee953"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure image-block-outer-wrapper image-block-v2 design-layout-collage combination-animation-fade-in individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default image-position-left image-linked " data-scrolled data-test="image-block-v2-outer-wrapper" > <div class="intrinsic"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Nida" class=" sqs-block-image-link image-inset" data-animation-role="image" data-description="<h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Eugene A. Nida</h4>" data-animation-override > <div class="sqs-image-shape-container-element content-fit " style=" position: relative; overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black); "> <img data-stretch="true" data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1613071551545-H2N351JA6JTD33VD4IO0/eugene_about.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1613071551545-H2N351JA6JTD33VD4IO0/eugene_about.jpg" data-image-dimensions="200x295" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="eugene_about.jpg" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1613071551545-H2N351JA6JTD33VD4IO0/eugene_about.jpg" width="200" height="295" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 41.66666666666667vw, 41.66666666666667vw" style="display:block;object-fit: contain;" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1613071551545-H2N351JA6JTD33VD4IO0/eugene_about.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1613071551545-H2N351JA6JTD33VD4IO0/eugene_about.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1613071551545-H2N351JA6JTD33VD4IO0/eugene_about.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1613071551545-H2N351JA6JTD33VD4IO0/eugene_about.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1613071551545-H2N351JA6JTD33VD4IO0/eugene_about.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1613071551545-H2N351JA6JTD33VD4IO0/eugene_about.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1613071551545-H2N351JA6JTD33VD4IO0/eugene_about.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> <div class="image-overlay" style="overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);"></div> </div> </a> </div> <figcaption class="image-card-wrapper" data-width-ratio> <div class="image-card sqs-dynamic-text-container"> <div class="image-title-wrapper"><div class="image-title sqs-dynamic-text" data-animation-override ><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Eugene A. Nida</strong></p></div></div> <div class="image-subtitle-wrapper"><div class="image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text" data-animation-override ><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Eugene A. Nida was a linguist who developed the dynamic-equivalence Bible-translation theory and one of the founders of the modern discipline of translation studies.</p><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Nida">Learn more…</a></p></div></div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-69832a7af24d729dd472"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-1 span-1"><div class="sqs-block code-block sqs-block-code" data-block-type="23" id="block-4ffedd2fd489b37ee40a"><div class="sqs-block-content"><span id="nida"></span></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="white-bold" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--inset section-height--small content-width--wide horizontal-alignment--left vertical-alignment--middle white-bold' data-section-id="602584878c87115175994863" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": "background-width--inset", "sectionHeight": "section-height--small", "horizontalAlignment": "horizontal-alignment--left", "verticalAlignment": "vertical-alignment--middle", "contentWidth": "content-width--wide", "sectionTheme": "white-bold", "sectionAnimation": "none", "backgroundMode": "image" }" data-current-context="{ "video": { "playbackSpeed": 0.5, "filter": 1, "filterStrength": 0, "zoom": 0, "videoSourceProvider": "none" }, "backgroundImageId": null, "backgroundMediaEffect": null, "divider": null, "typeName": "page" }" data-animation="none" > <div class="section-border" > <div class="section-background"> </div> </div> <div class='content-wrapper' style=' ' > <div class="content" > <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-type="page-section" id="page-section-602584878c87115175994863"><div class="row 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onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1612978941507-XIZLU7R6468C1HI3NAZT/Lamin_Sanneh.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1612978941507-XIZLU7R6468C1HI3NAZT/Lamin_Sanneh.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1612978941507-XIZLU7R6468C1HI3NAZT/Lamin_Sanneh.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1612978941507-XIZLU7R6468C1HI3NAZT/Lamin_Sanneh.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1612978941507-XIZLU7R6468C1HI3NAZT/Lamin_Sanneh.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1612978941507-XIZLU7R6468C1HI3NAZT/Lamin_Sanneh.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee926dbb9317675bedf6b8c/1612978941507-XIZLU7R6468C1HI3NAZT/Lamin_Sanneh.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> <div class="image-overlay" style="overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);"></div> </div> </a> </div> <figcaption class="image-card-wrapper" data-width-ratio> <div class="image-card sqs-dynamic-text-container"> <div class="image-title-wrapper"><div class="image-title sqs-dynamic-text" data-animation-override ><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Lamin Sanneh</strong></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p></div></div> <div class="image-subtitle-wrapper"><div class="image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text" data-animation-override ><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Lamin Sanneh was known for his work on History of African Christianity and a pioneer in the academic field of world Christianity.</p><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamin_Sanneh">Learn More</a></p></div></div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div></div><div class="sqs-block spacer-block sqs-block-spacer sized vsize-1" data-block-type="21" id="block-264c8649bdd6d891b72d"><div class="sqs-block-content"> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-6 span-6"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" data-border-radii="{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}" id="block-5f40bcfe4c68e9f69dde"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h2 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The Lamin Sanneh Lectures</h2><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Lamin Sanneh lecture intends to create space in the conference program for the presentation of scholarship from missiology, culture, Scripture engagement, and historical research.</em></p> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block button-block sqs-block-button" data-block-type="53" id="block-d243f89b7dab72f0916c"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-block-button-container sqs-block-button-container--center" data-animation-role="button" data-alignment="center" data-button-size="large" data-button-type="secondary" > <a href="/2025-featured-speakers#sanneh" class="sqs-block-button-element--large sqs-button-element--secondary sqs-block-button-element" > See This Year's Speaker </a> </div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-test="page-section" data-section-theme="" class='page-section layout-engine-section background-width--full-bleed section-height--small content-width--wide horizontal-alignment--center vertical-alignment--middle ' data-section-id="60243aa8dcceda1213eb732f" data-controller="SectionWrapperController" data-current-styles="{ "imageOverlayOpacity": 0.15, "backgroundWidth": 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