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Visa Problem – we’d value your prayers!   Our son Isaac is due to return to the States on 11 January, however, he has just found out that, because he has left the States, he needs a job or a job offer in order to get back in.  He doesn’t have a job or a […]

May we wish you a very happy new year trusting you had an enjoyable Christmas season. School starts tomorrow although a few of the students have been having trouble getting back with the bad weather.  Since our school is out in the middle of nowhere, the roads are not treated so are pretty slippery until […]

This summer we enjoyed friends from down under and we went back over the pond to see our kids in the States. Phil and Fiona Emery are good friends from Australia. We worked with them for many years in PNG. They were on their way to the USA for meetings so stretched their airmiles to […]

Ten years ago in September 1999, NTM opened it doors at North Cotes to their first students to go through the newly established European Bible and Missionary Training Centre. Having spent almost twenty years at Matlock which provided Biblical studies only, this was an answer to prayer to be able to offer the complete NTM […]

What does it take to plant an indigenous New Testament church among a tribal people group? New Tribes Mission exists to assist the ministry of the local church through the mobilizing, equipping, and coordinating of missionaries to evangelize unreached people groups, translate the Scriptures, and see indigenous New Testament churches established that truly glorify God. Take a few moments to look at the BIG PICTURE!

The goal is to see the church functioning independently of the missionaries, with its own elders and deacons caring for, teaching and leading the church.  Not only should the church be edifying the believers but seeking ways to evangelize the unbelievers. The missionaries will begin to go into itinerant mode, leaving the tribe for longer […]

As the church develops, the believers come to understand that they are the church, united in Christ whether gathered together or scattered.  This unity is enhanced as they gether together to hear God’s word and work together to serve God’s purposes. Their exposure to the scriptures reveals more of their own culture or worldview that […]

Once the gospel has been presented, those who give clear testimony of faith in Jesus Christ are gathered together for further teaching.  NTM calls this phase 2 teaching and begins again in Genesis taking familiar stories and changing the focus, speaking to the new believers’ security in Christ. In phase 1, teaching unbelievers, the emphasis […]

Evangelism begins with preparation of lessons, translation of key scriptures and literacy.  Most tribal groups are illiterate so it is important for them to learn to read and write in their own language to eventually read the scriptures once it has been translated into their own language. Evangelism also involves asking questions to make the […]