Grateful New Beginnings: Change at SIL LEAD

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It is with gratitude for our past and enthusiasm for the future that we announce a shift in key leadership positions here at SIL LEAD.

First, Paul Frank has stepped down as Executive Director; and after a well deserved three month sabbatical will return to SIL LEAD in October as the Senior Advisor. Paul co-founded SIL LEAD and saw it grow to a streamlined organization with global reach. We are grateful for his ten years of service, and grateful that he’ll be remaining with us in an advisory capacity.

Succeeding Paul in the Executive Director position is Christof Weber, who has worked with SIL LEAD since 2014 and served as Associate Director since 2019. 

Fraser Bennett has been promoted to fill the Associate Director position. 

Meanwhile, Catherine Young has been elected to serve as the Chairperson of SIL LEAD's Board of Directors, taking the place of Mark Taylor. Mark served in that position for 10 years as well, and will remain on the board. 

We’re grateful that these leadership changes maintain continuity of purpose, as we remain committed to seeing people flourish in community using the languages they value most.

A Place Without a Map

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A Place Without a Map

Anyone born into a larger family can find it difficult to establish an individual identity. But for Mark Taylor—who grew up with two brothers and seven sisters—the task might very well have been overwhelming if he hadn’t known from an early age what he wanted (and seemed naturally gifted) to do.

When Mark was in sixth grade and his parents founded Tyndale House Publishers out of their home, he dove right in. The company had just one product in that first year—Living Letters, which was a paraphrase of the New Testament epistles. Mark’s dad, Kenneth Taylor, had created the paraphrase that would eventually be published as The Living Bible…

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