William Townsend
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William Cameron Townsend was a member of the Church of the Open Door and founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators.
As student at Occidental College, a Presbyterian school in Los Angeles, Townsend was preparing for the ministry when he heard that the Bible House of Los Angeles (founded by Lyman Stewart) wanted Bible salesmen for South America. The year was 1917. Having taken Spanish at Compton High School and in college, Townsend decided to apply with the idea of returning after a year to finish college. He went to South America and later to Mexico.
On February 5, 1922, Townsend joined the Church of the Open Door, described in his biography as "a strong Bible-teaching church with an active interest in missions." He remained a member and supported missionary of the church until he died on April 23, 1982. The church had helped finance his first trip to Mexico.
He became a missionary to the Cakchiquel Indians of Guatemala.http://www.wycliffe.org/Explore/WhoWeAre/History.aspx
"Uncle Cam," as he was affectionately called, founded the Wycliffe Bible Translators which has published portions of Scripture in over 1,000 languages.History of Church of the Open Door