FAITH COMES BY HEARING
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January 4, 2008
by Ian Fallis
Masalu, a Landuma Bible teacher in Guinea, is recording evangelistic Bible lessons on audio players for Landuma people who wish to listen to the message.
These Ambassador players by MegaVoice are designed to distribute Bible teaching messages to pre-literate people. They are simple to operate, rugged and have a solar panel to recharge the battery. Gifts from people in the USA made 100 players available for Landumas desiring to hear the Gospel message.
Shucks, who needs missionaries?
The Landuma people of Guinea. Among many.
"A little audio player certainly can't do the same job as a real live flesh-and-blood missionary," wrote Kirk Rogers. Kirk and his teammate Jim Sheffield have revised the lessons several times with the help of Landuma believers. And Masalu and Kirk follow up by asking questions of those listening to the lessons, and provide follow-up teaching.
The audio players are a big help. "They can be a tool to stimulate interest and get the people thinking biblically, so that our times spent sharing with them personally are more profitable," Kirk wrote.
But disciples are made by other disciples. With thousands of tribes still waiting to hear the Good News and become followers of Jesus, there's still a need for missionaries. And those missionaries need specialized training.
New Tribes Mission offers training in planting churches among unreached tribal people. New Tribes Bible Institute provides the biblical background that missionaries need. Classes resume there in mid-January. Pray that students return safely to their studies.
Practical skills such as linguistics and literacy and translation and teaching are addressed at the Missionary Training Center. Please pray for wisdom for the team involved with curriculum there as they are currently making some major changes. The course is being shortened from four semesters to three.
The training center is also still in the process of being expanded so even more men and women can prepare to the join the church planting team. Especially needed is a new Educational Center Complex, which will allow for optimum class sizes and the use of up-to-date teaching methods and technologies. Thank God with us for the funds that have come in so far, and pray that sufficient funds come in for groundbreaking to take place on schedule this coming August.
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