ROBERT G. BRATCHER

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ROBERT BRATCHER Obituary

BRATCHER--Dr. Robert G., distinguished Bible translator, dead at 90. Dr. Bratcher, who passed on July 11, major contributor to first modern language Bible translation. Biblical scholar, researcher, author and lecturer for American Bible Society and United Bible Societies. Memorial service at Binkley Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, NC on July 24 3pm.

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Published by New York Times on Jul. 24, 2010.

Memories and Condolences
for ROBERT BRATCHER

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January 31, 2013

I have fond memories of Dr. Bratcher and his loving family as members of the First Baptist Church of Port Jefferson in the early 19690's. I was privileged to work with Dr. Bratcher in typing some of manuscripts for "Good News For Modern Man" - a truly wonderful experience.
Natalie Aurucci Stiefel
E-mail: [email protected]

Neil Fernandes

June 8, 2012

I've never met Dr. Bratcher, but his work has influenced me and made me who i am. Thanks so much for your work with the Good news bible. It's been my favorite translation and i've used it for over a decade now.

July 24, 2010

June, Meredith, Priscilla, and Stephen;
Our prayers for your lose of a father and husband and one of the Bratcher family leaders. His knowledge of the bible and his talent for sharing it with the world will always be present for the rest of the Bratcher family in his many written volumes. He blessed us all with his talents.

The Donald Bratcher family
Jodie, Doug, Dona, Laura and our extended familes

John and Helen Ellenberger

July 21, 2010

We received word of Dr. Bratcher's Home-going from Dr. Norm Mundhenk, longtime Translations Consultant with the United Bible Society serving all the translators who used the Good News New Testament and the Good News Bible as a reference in Scripture translation in Papua, Indonesia where there are more than 200 different languages. Our own personal devotional reading of the Bible is in the Good News Bible. We feel it is the best dynamic equivalent translation available. We ourselves and the people of Papua, Indonesia who can read God's Word in their own heart language, thank God for Dr. Bratcher who has blessed us all. God, who wants his Word known, has surely greeted Dr. Bratcher with a joyful "Well done, Good and Faithful Translator." May God's comfort and peace be yours.

Ruth (Bradfute) Heizer

July 20, 2010

Dear Bratcher family, My sympathy and prayers reach out to all of you. I remember Dr. Bratcher as one of my favorite teachers at Southern Seminary. As a new student in the spring of 1955, he called on me to translate from the assigned Greek text. As did all his students, I stood to recite (a new experience for me). After completing my translation, he commented to the male students, i.e., everyone else in the room, "Now let's see if she knows what she is talking about" and proceeded to grill me about grammatical constructions. After I finished, he responded, "I guess she knows what she is talking about." He was a dear, dear man. I thank God for him.

Julia Hicks

July 18, 2010

June, Priscilla, Rosalind, and Family, I am so sorry for your loss of husband, father, and grandfather. Know that my thoughts and prayers go out to you. I will remember him fondly when I hold my Bible, when I see Greek letters, when I think of Brazil, when I pray the Lord's Prayer, when I walk through the gardens around church, and when I think of you. May your tender hearts fill with the joy of the "good news" that he shared with us all.

July 17, 2010

Dr.Bratcher will be greatly missed by our family. Um grande homem de Deus. We love you, dear family!
You are in our thoughts and prayers. SAUDADES!
Pastor Werner Kaschel e Dirce Kaschel(Brazil), Clinton and Eula Kaschel Parnell(Dallas, Texas).

The Whitfield family

July 17, 2010

Meredith,

Please accept our sincere sympathy.

Howard and Lillian Lee

July 16, 2010

What a loss to the Bratcher family and all of us who loved Bob. He will be missed by all of us.I pray that all of the happy memories of Bob will bring some comfort during this difficult time.Know that you are in our prayers.

July 15, 2010

Dear June and family, I was in the adult SS class Bob taught at Broadway when you lived in Louisville, and remember two particular incidents. Class was running little late one Sunday, and some of us were getting impatient to get to the pre-service choir rehearsal. Bob said, "Does anyone have a parting word?" and I offered GOODBYE! which he accepted with a chuckle.When the first printing of the Good News New Testament came out it was called "Good News for Modern Man." He was discussing it at Broadway one Sunday evening. When he offered to answer questions, I asked when he was going to do a translation for Modern Woman. Another chuckle -- but I think he called it The Good News New Testament thereafter. What a privilege it was to know him and his family! Marie Doyle

Kelly Seibert

July 15, 2010

Bob was one of the most kind people I have ever met. My sympathy goes out to June and his family.

July 14, 2010

Dear Priscilla and Family - On behalf of UNC at Chapel Hill, I send our sorrow to learn of your loss. Please know that we are thinking of you in this time of grieving.

Ron Strauss, Executive Associate Provost, UNC at Chapel Hill

Molly Beck

July 14, 2010

Dear Meredith,
I'm so sorry for the loss of your father. Now, whenever I sell a Good News Bible at Cokesbury, I will remember your father and the important work he did to make the "good news" accessible to so many people around the world. May that be an additional comfort to you and your family as you travel this difficult road.
May you find joy in your memories of him and peace in the knowledge that he is with God.

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