Stories
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They Were There
Some of the first Christian missionaries who ventured out to tell the good news of the gospel were the disciples, sent by Jesus Himself. “Freely you have received, freely give,” He told them. Two by two He sent them out, as we read in Matthew 10, with just the clothes on their backs and no…
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Divine Assembly for God’s Glory
Technology. Engineering. Solar panels. Water filtration units. These terms are not usually associated with missionary work or mission organizations. Some of us may picture a missionary as someone who is involved solely in Bible translation or language learning and preaching in a remote village. Surely an engineer couldn’t be used for that kind of mission…
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A Sacred Responsibility
“This whole 20-plus years that I worked on it, I felt overwhelmed much of the time, and it felt like it was never going to end. But now… the first printing of the Bru New Testament, including portions of the Old Testament, is actually in our hands!”
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Planting God’s Way
Let’s take a look at what goes into what we term a church plant. What all is involved in helping a missionary team plant a church?
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A Dream Come True
Bruno Siqueira could picture it in his mind: He and his friend Airton would someday serve the Lord together in a mission ministry, most likely in Brazil where they live.
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Oh, to Read and Write!
What are your first memories of learning how to read and write? Can you picture yourself struggling to form the words in your mouth, trying to figure out what letter you were supposed to be saying?
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Equipping Missionaries in Canada
Emanate means “to flow out, issue or proceed; to send forth.” As light emanates from a light source, our graduates are sent out to shine the light of Christ unto the uttermost parts of the earth.
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Prepared to Thrive: Training Future Church Planters
Ethnos’ training continues to prepare people for church planting in a cross-cultural context. Over the years, the training has been continually refined in order to more effectively achieve that goal of reaching the last people group.
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Global Diversity — Spiritual Unity
In 1996, Debbie and I took our four children to Papua New Guinea to join the work there. I was 39, and God was going to expand my experience in ministry in many different ways. To this day I am very grateful for what I learned. From our marriage in 1981 to our moving overseas…