Yancy W. Smith is a translation consultant for the World Bible Translation Center, a ministry of the Bible League International. He holds an MA degree in New Testament from Abilene Christian University and a PhD in Biblical Interpretation (New Testament and Early Christianity) from Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University. He is an elder in a local church in Fort Worth, Texas, has been a church planter with his family both abroad and in the U.S., and is the chief consultants for various Bible translation projects including La Palabra de Dios para todos, a best-selling Spanish Bible translation.