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About Andy Warren-Rothlin

Andy Warren-Rothlin is a Translation Consultant. Originally from the UK, he lives at a Theological College in Jos, northern Nigeria, and has worked in Ghana, Nigeria, Chad, Burundi and Ethiopia. He is married to Manuela (from Switzerland) and they have three children, dogs, cats, many rabbits, guineapigs, chickens, ducks, occasional chameleons, hedgehogs etc., and ‘resident alien’ snakes, scorpions, rats, owls, praying mantises, monkeys and monitor lizards!

June 23, 2015 By Andy Warren-Rothlin Leave a Comment

Jesus in words, pictures and presence

Bible translators and translation consultants tend to be ‘word people’. They love learning new languages, studying word derivations and making puns. A United Bible Societies (UBS) translation consultant may use several different languages regularly: one with their spouse and children, another with their parents, another at the office or with students, and others when communicating […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Art and culture, Bible engagement, Christianity, Faith

October 1, 2014 By Andy Warren-Rothlin Leave a Comment

Where do we experience God?

Our United Bible Societies fellowship is made up of people from a wide range of traditions, and we celebrate that diversity as one of our core values. The ’emerging’ or ‘new’ or ‘charismatic’ churches such as my own are probably known for being loud and happy and informal places. We tend to want our culture […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Christianity, Faith

June 2, 2014 By Andy Warren-Rothlin 4 Comments

What it’s like to live in Jos, Nigeria

Jos is a wonderful place to bring up small children! My wife and I have lived in Jos our entire married life (we’ve just celebrated our 10th anniversary), and our children were born there. It’s a world away from where we ourselves grew up (I’m British, she’s Swiss), and there are many everyday things that […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Christianity, News and topical issues

June 13, 2013 By Andy Warren-Rothlin 1 Comment

Relationships reveal who we really are

Partnership with a spouse, … service of a harsh boss, … sharing toys with a sibling … . We all know how difficult these things can be! In United Bible Societies, we have often talked about ‘partnership’ and ‘service’ – between Bible Societies, and between UBS and a wide range of other organisations and churches. […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Bible devotion, Christianity

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