The organization was initially influenced by Cameron Townsend of Wycliffe Bible Translators, Donald McGavran of the Church Growth movement, and Eugene Nida of the United Bible Societies.

[5] Pioneer Bible Translators has recently had two of its missionaries serve as president of the International Conference On Missions.

Marsha Relyea Miles, missionary and Bible translator[6] in Papua New Guinea, served in 2007.

[7] In 2012, Pioneer Bible Translators and Johnson University formed an educational partnership to educate new recruits of Pioneer Bible Translators as they prepare to go to the field.

[10] Former United States Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers previously served on the Pioneer Bible Translators board.