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Deciphering Culture

June 14, 2016

Culture is the underlying meaning behind words and actions. Even more, culture includes the why behind what people do. There you are as the new missionary, out in the middle of nowhere, barely able to speak a few sentences. Talking about abstract concepts such as grace, forgiveness, heaven and propitiation are a few years down the road. You […]

Tiptoeing Around Fire Ants

June 6, 2016

“I never trust someone who walks on tip toe.” Perhaps I was trying to reduce the noise my shoes made as I walked down the long halls. Maybe I was pretending to hunt wild game due to reading too much of Louis L’Amour’s western stories. The sound of each step might make the difference between success […]

Un/Intentional Discipleship

March 1, 2016

“Randy! It is good to see you!” I had not seen Ken for four years. I had seen him in many places since that day as a child when he first sat in our home and told us about remote tribes who knew nothing of Jesus. I had been to many meetings where he was the featured speaker […]

Why Wayumi

December 26, 2015

Wayumi is Ethnos360’s vision-imparting training program located at a former missionary training facility in central Pennsylvania. Short-term mission teams, individuals or groups come for a week or weekend of learning about God’s heart for the world, His purpose for the church and the task of reaching remote tribes with the Gospel. Participants are exposed to […]

Children’s Super Challenge

December 21, 2015

1. Can you list 100 Bible verses which show that God cares about the nations?* 2. Can you find the names of 100 tribes of people (or unreached people groups) who know nothing about Jesus? 3. Can you list 100 facts about one unreached tribe? 4. Do you know the names of 100 people who know […]

Be an Exponent?

October 23, 2015

“Hey! Come with me! You need to meet Jordan!*” I followed somewhat reluctantly as he went from person to person, introducing me and telling some of what I had been doing. I was training to be a missionary bush pilot and had spent several years in preparation. As my father, he delighted in me and wanted everyone to […]

Send100

October 20, 2015

We are in the process of launching the Send100 campaign to help our supporters, and churches to whom we minister, understand what we are doing and why. Please pray for laborers and wisdom to communicate well. Send 100 is about sending 100 missionaries with 100 supporters to 100 tribes of people who have never heard […]

AWANA Kids!

October 12, 2015

Where do you work? We worked Papua New Guinea for many years. Now we work from Massachusetts to find more Christians in the USA to send as missionaries to tribes of people who do not know about Jesus. New Tribes Mission missionaries are from more than 30 sending countries around the world and work in […]

Going Long, Digging Deep

May 2, 2015

Quick fixes. Fast solutions. Easy remedies. In this age of quick, fast and easy, it is natural to desire a quick solution for reaching the world with the Gospel. We would like to go to the masses, give them a simple formula during a quick visit and leave behind thronging churches which are obedient to […]

Before That May Happen

April 19, 2015

Our objectives include planting churches in each unreached tribe which will be able to multiply our efforts. Before that may happen believers must be discipled or equipped for the work of the ministry. Before that may happen there must be believers in Jesus Christ. Before that may happen a missionary must teach them God’s Word. Before […]