There are a number of ways we may be able to assist the ministry of your local church. I would love to talk with you and, as much as I am able, serve you at my own expense to help you get connected with meaningful tools, resources, and relationships.
- Ethnos360 Representatives – I (Randy Smyth) or another representative could come…
- speak to your church, &
- engage with your missions committee, &
- advise potential missionaries, &
- empower people with information and resources.
- We could focus on –
- Awareness – It is difficult to meet a need that one does not know about.
- One-third of the world’s 7 billion people have no access to the Gospel.
- One-third of the world’s 7360 languages still have no access to the Gospel.
- Of 7360 languages in the world, only 704 have a complete Bible. 1551 have a complete New Testament.
- PeopleGroups.org, Joshua Project, Perspectives, Radical, Wayumi, etc.
[Note that numbers differ and change because of sources, definitions, and objectives, but all show great needs.]
- Vision – Why, Where, What, How – We could…
- share testimonies that show who and what is required to establish a thriving church, such as,
- Language – Why learning the heart language is essential…
- Culture – How culture affects the meaning of words…
- Bible Translation – Why do people need God’s word in their hands…
- Foundational Bible Teaching – knowledge of God’s identity, person, purpose, plan, provision, and people – teaching people to know God personally, to walk in the Spirit, and His word to their own lives by faith, and
- Present stories of what God has been doing through ordinary people…
- Videos
- Magazines
- Web pages
- Teach – Reinforcing what you have been teaching about the Bible basis of missions.
- share testimonies that show who and what is required to establish a thriving church, such as,
- Present Resources for Foundational Bible Teaching to intentionally equip people for church planting.
- Opportunities
- Wayumi Retreats – Wayumi (“why-you-me”) is great for intensive educational exposure toward establishing thriving churches across great cultural boundaries.
- Encounter – Short term serving –– three weeks overseas practical assistance
- Interface – six weeks in Papua New Guinea learning from experienced missionaries.
- Internships – six months in Aviation, Church-planting, or medical internships in Papua New Guinea.
- Training
- Ethnos360 Bible Institutes – Where Bible and Missions are one. Study just the Bible for two years. (Online or in-person.)
- Ethnos360 Training – Practical career missionary training – two years in Missouri.
- Sending
- Preparing your church for training, equipping, sending, supporting, and sustaining your missionaries to completion of establishing thriving churches of Christians where now there are none.
- Missions FAQ
- Church Help 4 Completing the Great Commission
- See more…(Randy’s Web Links)
- Awareness – It is difficult to meet a need that one does not know about.