Stories
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Three for PNG: Part One
Can you believe it really happened? God has provided! Stand amazed with us at the goodness of the Lord! He has provided funds for Ethnos360 Aviation to purchase the first of three Robinson R66 helicopters for Papua New Guinea (PNG)! We asked you to pray. And it’s obvious that, though COVID-19 and the economic shutdowns…
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When the Welcome Is Slow in Coming
The ocean waves slapped against the sides of the boat as it beached along the sandy shore of the Palawan island of the Philippines. Missionary Jody Crain scanned the shoreline for a welcome party, but there was none to be found. No men waited to greet him on the beach; only faces peered out from…
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It’s Finally Here
The Word Reaches the Mountains of the Tepehuan The Setting Scattered throughout the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains of Mexico live the Northern Tepehuan people. Though they live in the rugged canyons and hills of the mountain range, we will focus on one town nestled in the mountains — a place we will call BG. It…
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5 Reasons You Should Join an Indigenous Ministries Team
We live in a world that is dominated by the ubiquitous focus of self:My happiness. My independence. My success. And yet what God calls us to is selflessness and interdependence through teamwork. Our bodies are wonderful creations. Our heart pumps and we don’t think about it, our lungs breathe without thought, and when you pick…
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A Special Kind of Challenge
The Indigenous people within Canada have been subjected to horrific abuse Often at the hands of men and women associated with “the church”. Children were wrenched out of their home and communities, often without their parent’s knowledge or consent, and placed in residential schools. Today, the suicide rates for Inuit youth are among the highest…
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Expediting the Reach of the Gospel through IT
“I just can’t imagine the amount of time that was spent in making corrections that I do now with one button.”
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One Bible Translation Completed, Another Just Starting
One Down and More to Go It is the goal of Ethnos to see a thriving church for every people. One primary focus is translating the Scriptures into the language of each people group. What better way to push out the edge of the Church than for believers to read the Word for themselves in…
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Tribal Missionary or Web Developer: Which is More Important?
For years Stephen Narwold had envisioned this exciting picture of tribal missionary life for himself.
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The Ayoré Church: 75 Years Later
One day not too long ago, a Bolivian farmer was cultivating his watermelon crop with a gun slung over his shoulder. After a while, he set the gun against a tree. As he kept working, he moved farther and farther from it.