Our Ministry
We are serving together at the New Tribes’ Missionary Training Center in Missouri. The curriculum includes (among other things) Christian Life Principles, Animism, New Testament Church Principles, Culture & Language Acquisition Principles, Practical Skills and Cultural Anthropology. We both specialize in the area of Linguistic Training. Many of New Tribes’ works are with people groups who have unwritten languages. Missionaries need to analyze the grammar so that they can learn the tribal language and communicate effectively in it. They also need to determine what the alphabet should be so that they can translate the Bible into that language. Dennis teaches how to analyze the grammar and how to develop an alphabet, while Monika works as the secretary for the Linguistics Course. Many of Dennis’ students are using those skills around the world and are seeing the Lord build his church.