Benjamin and Missy Hatton Connecting You With Tribal Missions 
With a deep understanding of Scripture and 65 years of experience NTM has developed a unique and effective church planting approach for unreached people groups. This biblical approach is being applied today with great success. Tribal churches are now reaching beyond their own language boundaries to other unreached tribal people.
Every people group has an existing belief system that is completely established. These beliefs stand in contradiction to what God has told us in His Word.
In order to challenge these beliefs and present an opportunity for these unreached people to accept the truth we must teach God’s Story (the Word of God) from the beginning. God’s story effectively dismantles any man made worldview, and provides a firm foundation of truth.
In order for a people group to understand God’s story the teaching of this story must be done in the heart language. Worldview change happens in a person’s heart, so the missionary must teach using their heart language proficiently.
Language is the most distinct part of a person’s culture. So it isn’t just speaking a language well, but being able to present God’s story in that language having considered the native culture thoroughly.
All of this effort is applied with one goal in mind; a mature church. The inner workings of a mature church are complex, but there are some basic principles that stand out. A mature church is one that can feed itself spiritually from the Word of God.
In order for this to be said of any tribal church the Word of God must, first of all, be translated into the tribal language. Also, a translation requires readers so each missionary team must teach the people how to read and write in their own language.
These are very basic principles, but they form the bedrock of a mature church. This type of indigenous church will eventually begin to venture out on its own, expanding the reach of the gospel further than any foreign missionary could.
We feel so blessed to be able to stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before us. The experience that has been poured into our training has given us a clear sense of direction. This valuable training has also engrained in our hearts the impossibility of the task of changing a person’s heart. Only God can do that. We are so thankful for the rich testimony of God’s grace and the model that we have been given to follow!
