{"id":683,"date":"2009-10-30T19:56:08","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T23:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/?page_id=683"},"modified":"2021-03-14T23:05:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T03:05:04","slug":"our-ministry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/about\/our-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Ministry:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LET US TELL YOU ABOUT OUR MINISTRY<\/p>\n<p>At the present time we are serving as <strong>&#8216;support missionaries<\/strong>&#8216; working at Ethnos360 -U.S. Headquarters in Florida.\u00a0 <!--StartImportThumbnail--><!--EndImportThumbnail--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1008\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2012\/10\/P50559081-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2012\/10\/P50559081-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2012\/10\/P50559081-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2012\/10\/P50559081-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2012\/10\/P50559081-147x110.jpg 147w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2012\/10\/P50559081-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2012\/10\/P50559081.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How can we help tribal missions by working in Florida? Glad you asked!\u00a0 Let me tell you a little bit about our ministry here and why we continue to be involved in reaching the tribes with the Gospel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Phil enjoys carpentry and is pleased to use his talents on the <strong>maintenance team<\/strong> keeping the main building, offices, and\u00a0 missionary apartments in good working order. The building was built in 1925. It has a lot of history behind it but also has a lot of upkeep that has to be done continually.\u00a0 Actually, his jobs are varied: working on the roof, building and installing cabinets, making windows and doing whatever else is needed to maintain the building. \u00a0The maintenance guys never seem to run out of work to do!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2197 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170616_113121663-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170616_113121663-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170616_113121663-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170616_113121663-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170616_113121663-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170616_113121663-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170616_113121663-125x70.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170616_113121663-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170616_113121663-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170616_113121663-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2196\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210311_150128-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210311_150128-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210311_150128-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210311_150128-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210311_150128-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210311_150128-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210311_150128-125x94.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210311_150128-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210311_150128-337x253.jpg 337w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20210311_150128-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 5px; border: 0.5pt solid #BCC4C8;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2009\/08\/560_32319.jpg\" alt=\"Jackie serves as a secretary for the Field Ministries Office at New Tribes U.S. Headquarters in Sanford, Fl.\" width=\"205\" height=\"154\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jackie serves as a <strong>secretary <\/strong>in the Field Ministries Office under Global Partners which is the\u00a0International umbrella organization of Ethnos360.<\/p>\n<p><!--EndImportThumbnail-->This office handles correspondence with missionaries or anything having to do with Bible translation, literacy, church planting or language and culture acquisition.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2195 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170620_104402034-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170620_104402034-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170620_104402034-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170620_104402034-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170620_104402034-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170620_104402034-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170620_104402034-125x70.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170620_104402034-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170620_104402034-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-burns\/files\/2021\/03\/IMG_20170620_104402034-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<!--StartImportThumbnail--><!--EndImportThumbnail--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After working for years as <strong>tribal missionaries<\/strong>, we know how important <strong>support personnel <\/strong>are in keeping missionaries on the field.\u00a0 The ones we help everyday in maintaining their homes and offices and teaching their children, are the ones who make the mission work so that tribal missionaries can do <strong>their<\/strong> job of reaching the the unreached with the Gospel.\u00a0 The money that people send to help their missionaries on the field comes through the offices here.\u00a0\u00a0 Missionaries\u00a0 who need assistance with medical insurance claims call here.\u00a0 There are offices here which handle various phases of mission work: whether it is short term missions, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">annuities <\/span>for people who want to help tribal people hear the Good News, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">computer repairs or service<\/span> or some other phase of missions.\u00a0 Missionaries who need help with\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bible translation<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">community development<\/span>, or\u00a0 any other facet of\u00a0 working with\u00a0 indigenous people call the office where Jackie works for materials, new ideas, and encouragement.\u00a0 Without the help of support missionaries, both here and on the field, few tribal missionaries would be able to remain on the job.\u00a0 We are pleased to be able to help them complete their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Our present ministry doesn&#8217;t seem to be as <strong>&#8216;exciting&#8217; 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We feel that this is where the Lord has us at this time. Please pray that we would be a blessing as we <strong>serve the Lord by serving our overseas missionaries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think you would enjoy watching this short video that will explain to you the ministry of Ethnos360 and how we try to <em>expand the reach of the Gospel <\/em>by reaching out to those who are in darkness.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ethnos360 Intro\" href=\"https:\/\/ethnos360.org\/videos\/ethnos360-introduction\">https:\/\/ethnos360.org\/videos\/ethnos360-introduction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LET US TELL YOU ABOUT OUR MINISTRY At the present time we are serving as &#8216;support missionaries&#8216; working at Ethnos360 -U.S. Headquarters in Florida.\u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; How can we help tribal missions by working in Florida? 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