Imagine getting in on a class to\nlearn the related parts of the human anatomy in respect of heart surgery five\nweeks into the course. Think what you\nwould have missed. Wait, you can\u2019t even\nthink about what you missed because you don\u2019t know what you missed. How would you understand what is being\ndescribed in the class today when you don\u2019t know and don\u2019t understand the basics\nof function previously discussed in class? \nYou would be lost in the dust to make sense of what the instructor is\ntalking about. \u2026And that also would be\nthe case in our teaching if we were to jump to the gospel message and leave out\nthe story of God when reaching out to people with no understanding of the God of the\nBible and the story that lays the foundation to declare the truths related to and\nnecessary to understand the message of eternal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ethnos360 missionaries all around\nthe globe are provided the tools to teach the story of God, to lay the foundations\nnecessary to bring lost people to an understanding of truth, truth that will open\ntheir understanding of His story and the gospel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Getting to\nthe place of teaching the Bible isn\u2019t something that happens overnight. Yes, our colleagues go out trained and\nequipped with the know-how to teach God\u2019s Word. \nBut long before teaching begins, the enduring investment of time to\nlearn the language, culture, and worldview of those they will teach must begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesus said \u201cThe words I have spoken to you\u2014they are full of the Spirit and life.\u201d It is our desire to impart Jesus\u2019 words in a way that will accomplish the task He set forth to do among those He ministered to. \u2026And in order to engage those we are reaching, our missionaries spend years of eliciting, listening to, and mimicking the sounds of the language; analyzing and learning the structure of the language with its nuances, and getting to the point where they can speak and understand the language in context of the culture, and the manner in which the people think. These all are crucial aspects that need to be in place long before missionaries begin declaring Christ to lost people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is from this realm of\nunderstanding that Ethnos360 trains and equips its people with a deep biblical\nunderstanding of the story of God. We\noffer tuition-free Bible training at two USA-based Bible Institutes and several\nothers around the world. Our focus is to\nteach and instruct from all sixty-six books of the Bible. The next step in equipping is our Missionary\nTraining Center where we focus on the New Testament principles for \u2018making\ndisciples among the nations,\u2019 giving our candidates a broad and focused\nspectrum of establishing thriving churches among unreached peoples, and providing\nthe practical skills & tools needed in pioneering work. Finally, we provide training in language and\nlinguistics and the ability to move in among an unengaged people and reduce the\nlanguage to writing, which relates back to the foundations of establishing an\noutreach to such peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now let me go back to where I\nbegan talking about a student jumping in mid-stream on a class related to become\na heart surgeon. What if that student\nenrolled only in the first five weeks of class, then hung out a shingle saying\nthey are open for business to do heart surgery? \nIf you were in need of a heart transplant you probably would go\nelsewhere. \u2026Or what if you found a\nsurgeon with just eight months, the equivalent of two semesters training\u2026 would\nyou go to them? Of course not. You want to find the surgeon who has the full\ngamut of training, having served several internships under the watchful eye of\na senior surgeon, and then as one who has become skilled in their trade. That is just how we feel with those we train\nand equip to do the work of church planting among indigenous peoples. It takes adequate equipping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is where we come in to focus. –Having trained and experienced these very\nthings in practice among unreached people in remote settings, we are able to\nnurture and guide those God is motivating to serve in missions. Sometimes God brings us alongside people who\nhave the potential to do such work but have inhibitions because they do not\nunderstand the job is doable. The\npotential within is often set aside because of fear of the unknown or\npre-conceived ideas that the task is too hard. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe you know someone like this or maybe you are thinking, \u201cI wish God could use me but I don\u2019t know; I just don\u2019t know.\u201d Well, we would like to spend some time to encourage such ones in the journey of seeking to serve. Give us a call to set up a consultation\u2026 we\u2019d love to talk to you. We\u2019re here to answer any questions you may have. \u2026And please know that we never will push you in your decision making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re also available to assist local churches in recognizing those who have the potential to serve, as well as establishing a mentoring approach in nurturing and preparing such ones you can send to be part of the team declaring Christ to the nations. Consider inviting us to speak to your church or small to your groups and teens. We believe missions must be birthed in the hearts of our young when they are young. If that young. If that takes place within the church and is carried thru with biblical teaching in the home, then we will see an increase in workers to finish the work Jesus gave us to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In closing, we want to express our thanks to the\nteam of prayer partners and financial donors willing to invest your time and\nresources in our mobilization efforts. \nWe are thrilled to serve and want you to know that we value all you\ndo. Let\u2019s pray that God will rise up\nmany more workers in 2019 that will go to the many people groups still waiting\nto hear the gospel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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