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You know the story—God who is the all powerful, all knowing, ever present, Creator God of the universe stepped out of eternity and willingly confined Himself to the body of a human. He did this with the single purpose of fulfilling His promise of a rescuer—Genesis 3:15. magazine It’s incredible. Vol. 82 | Issue 1, 2019 #014424 What is even more amazing is that as the body of Christ—the Ethnos magazine team Editor: Ian Fallis Church—we have been tasked with taking this message of Managing Editor: Rosie Cochran hope to the nations/ethnos (Matthew 28:16-18). God wants to Rex Crawford, Bruce Enemark, Julie Fallis, Jon Frazier, Chris Holland, Stephen Narwold, David use ordinary people like you and me to do extraordinary work. Pierce, Shaune Preston and Regina Rodman Out of all the ways that God could have chosen to spread His Ethnos Magazine is published by Ethnos Canada. plan of salvation, God, in His infinite wisdom, choose to use Subscriptions The Ethnos Magazine is provided free to readers people. As the director of Ethnos Canada, it is exhilarating to in Canada on a year-to-year basis. To receive the magazine or have it sent to a friend, sign up online at see God at work—through His people! ethnos.ca/subscribe, email [email protected], or call toll free 844-855-6862. All around our country He is stirring up churches and If you no longer wish to receive Ethnos Magazine, individuals to pray, give and go. In Revelation 7:9, God please send a note and your name and address to Ethnos Canada, PO Box 707, Durham ON N0G 1R0. promises that one day there will be representatives from "all The magazine may be read online at nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the ethnos.ca/magazine throne and before the Lamb..." Requests to reprint articles should be directed to Editor Ian Fallis at [email protected]. Until that day, let’s continue to push forward, knowing that © Ethnos Canada March 2019 Contents of this God will continue to grow His Church. Thank you for the part magazine may not be reproduced in whole or in part unless expressly authorized in writing. you play in establishing a thriving church for every tribe, tongue and nation/ethnos. Ethnos Canada partners worldwide Canada 844-855-6862 USA 407-323-3430 Australia 011-61-2-6559-8646 Europe 011-44-1472-387700 New Zealand 11-64-9-427-8485

Cover photo Jeremy Hambrice Tim Whatley Ethnos Canada Executive Director CANADA 2 ETHNOS CANADA ETHNOS.CA NEWS AROUND THE WORLD Strategic Moves of Ethnos

One of the strategic moves that Ethnos Canada does is finding out where missionaries should be placed in order to see a thriving church for every people. As a sample of what the leadership is considering as options, look at the following countries and the people groups that are high on the priorities list. Papua New Depending on what criteria are used to determine a people group’s understanding of the , estimates vary as to the number of groups still to be reached. A conservative estimate is that there are dozens of the 850 language groups in this country still waiting to have a thriving church in their midst. The following are being considered in the Sepik region: Photo by Dan Gold – Unsplash * Lambena — population 1,700 * Swagap — population 350 Other locations being considered have functioning * Govamas — population 1,700 churches that desire partners to reach neighbouring * Hewa West — population 1,900 people groups. These are the two on one island: * Afundi — population 400 * Ata * Umeda — population 300 * Asengseng In the Islands region, the following are being considered: These people groups are being considered: * Qaqet — population 15,000 * Zapoteco (many dialects of this group) * Nakanai (existing work needing personnel) — * Seri population 20,000 * Lower Guarijio * Kaul (existing work needing personnel) — population * Yaquí 6,000 * Mayo

AN EXCITED GROUP OF INAPANGS BELL DAVID David Bell the first day of teaching, meeting in the gathered U-shaped on shelter they built for the occasion. A timeline representing biblical history stretched about 50 yards around the building.

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NEW TESTAMENT UPDATES At the end of last year, the Prai believers in celebrated receiving the New Emanate is Ethnos Testament in their own Canada’s training program language. It was a smaller for believers interested in event because later this church planting among year they will celebrate unreached people groups. HEART LANGUAGE MINISTRY IN LITERACY when they have delivered At Emanate, students to them a higher quality There exists a rather are equipped as part printing of combined Old marked difference between of a community that is Testament portions and our culture here in Canada committed to sacrifice, the . and that of many people excellence and urgency for In , the groups living in isolation the gospel. Teaching from translation team has in jungles or mountain field-proven theory, our finished nearly 93 percent valleys when it comes to HELICOPTER UPDATE trainers have been there of the New Testament things that are written. We and teach from firsthand Ethnos360 Aviation in the Palaka language, rely on the ability to read experience. needs two helicopters for awaiting a final check on for everything from Face- two distinct places: the several books that took book posts to legal docu- 3 THREAD APPROACH and . place in January before ments. The isolated vil- Our curriculum at Their versatility lends they could truly say they lager has no signs to read Emanate is tied together to their utility, but that were at that 93 percent. (other than those of na- by three threads. Each utility comes at a high The remaining 7 percent ture), no directions to read class builds and develops price. consists of Hebrews, in a cookbook, no novels or together, to create a Here are the outstanding James, Jude and 1, 2 and biographies, and often no single coherent course needs for each one: 3 John, which they hope Internet connection. But specifically geared toward Brazil: $1 million of $1.8 to complete and send off to now many of them do have church planting among million the consultant by mid-May the Word of God. the unreached— Biblical Philippines: $248,568 of of this year. As the international Worldview, Missional $1.5 million In the Philippines, the literacy coordinators, Jerry Lifestyle and Church entire Kalanguya Bible and Joyce McDaniels ask Here’s how you can help: For Planting. hopefully will be ready the following question in Brazil: go.ethnos.ca/brazil-r66 for the printers as early each seminar that they For the Philippines: emanatetraining.ca as April of this year. The teach, “So what do you fb.com/emanatetraining go.ethnos.ca/phil-r66 Banwaon New Testament think our goal for literacy instagram.com/emanatetraining is progressing. James, 1 is?” It’s a trick question. and 2 Peter and Hebrews [email protected] The answer is not so people should be ready for the can read and write. translation check in April. “It’s so that they can In Papua New Guinea, know the Creator God,” the Gende translation Jerry said. “God chose to has progressed to include write the most important Genesis, Exodus, Ruth message down. Creator and Jonah in the Old God, Who could have Testament and about chosen any method in all 20 percent of the New the world to preserve His Watch videos and order “Coins for Testament. Here’s where you Word, chose a written can go to help: method. That just kind of Copters” can-wrap labels for your implies that you need to children or Sunday school group at ethnos.ca/translate have readers. It’s pretty go.ethnos.ca/aviation practical when you just step back and think about it.” HELP BUY A HELICOPTER 4 ETHNOS CANADA ETHNOS.CA

UNTIL NOW, THE WANTAKIA PEOPLE HAVE REMAINED CUT OFF WITH NEITHER GOSPEL MESSAGE NOR BIBLE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. 5

ON THE LONG ROAD OF MAKING DISCIPLES Spread among ten small villages in the mountains of Papua New Guinea, the Wantakia people live isolated lives. For over 20 years, representatives from this people group of more than 6,000 have been asking missionaries to bring them “God’s Talk.” Until now, they have remained cut off with neither gospel message nor Bible in their own language. But these are coming soon. And with them, hope. In 2015, three families — Jack and Lael Crabtree, Jeremy and Mandy Hambrice, and BJ and SENT Jill Sanders — started out on the long road of making disciples among the Wantakia people. Living with the people, they studied diligently in order to understand the Wantakians’ culture and language, to put BY their unwritten language into a written form and to teach them to read their own language. They have started translating the Scriptures and will later shift into a cycle of continuous THE translating and teaching, first from Creation to Christ and then through the entire New Testament. This long- term discipleship will not be measured in weeks or months, CHURCH but in years. 6 ETHNOS CANADA ETHNOS.CA EQUIPPED BY THE CHURCH TO SERVE Mets that told me that I had been in their own language.” As far as So how did Jeremy and Mandy get drafted and that they wanted me to Jeremy was concerned, he needed from Arkansas to the opposite side of come play for them.” a call from God to stay home. the world? They certainly didn’t just Jeremy started playing for the Otherwise, he planned to go to one of “end up” there. God sent them, and Mets as God continued to direct him. those groups. He used the local church. In between his two seasons with Jeremy left the Mets. He and Jeremy calls First Baptist Church the Mets, Jeremy continued to grow Mandy headed back to Arkansas to of Magnolia his spiritual home. That spiritually as he spent concentrated seek the Lord’s direction with the is where pastors David Watkins, time studying the Word with his help of First Baptist. Stan Scroggins, Roger Dunlap and close friend Pastor Dunlap. After his Dustin Wisely, along with many second season, Jeremy’s cousin, who PREPARING TO SEND THE MISSIONARIES other faithful men of God, poured serves with a ministry called The First Baptist had a reputation for their lives into Jeremy and later his Traveling Team, also influenced him being missions-minded, generously wife, Mandy. They discipled Jeremy toward missions. giving of their finances. But now and Mandy in the Word, and they “For the first time,” Jeremy said, “I they were embarking on a new exemplified living out God’s mission began to see that there was a story journey: they would send a family right where God placed them. other than mine. And I wanted to be from within their midst as full-time With warmth in his voice, Pastor involved in God’s story.” cross-cultural missionaries. What Dunlap recalled those earlier days Jeremy realized that “I should not would this look like? and years. “I knew Jeremy when he ask, ‘God, what is your will for my Sending their own missionary was a young man, when he was a boy life?’ but instead should ask, ‘God, “was a whole new paradigm for us,” really. [When Jeremy was] in junior what is your will, and how do I fit Pastor Dunlap recalls. “Our people high and high school, I watched him into it?’” have proven that they had a heart grow. … He really began to take his Once that better question for missions, but we wanted to know spiritual walk seriously.” was asked, the answer was if they had a heart for sending out a While being discipled at First straightforward. God’s Word was so missionary.” Baptist, Jeremy attended nearby clear. He had called us to make Together the pastors and Jeremy Southern Arkansas University on a disciples of all nations. spent time in prayer and in research. baseball scholarship. “I was challenged with the They recognized that the It was in this context of fact that we’ve had the Bible framework would have to be First discipleship and spiritual growth in our language for over 400 Baptist with the Hambrices. that Jeremy entered professional years. But there were 2,000 or Jeremy encapsulated their sports. “After my junior year in more language groups that didn’t collective understanding of what 2006, I got a call from the New York have one word from God written the relationship would look like Photo by Conroy Walker Conroy by Photo

The pastors from First Baptist with Jeremy: Drew Russell, Brent Summerhill, Jeremy Hambrice, Roger Dunlap, Dustin Wisely 7

biblically: “From the beginning would be their job to lead and us to support them, not just of this whole process, we knew shepherd us and to help us get financially, but in every there was no way we could do this to the field and stay there. As their other way?’” without First Baptist Church of missionaries, it would be our job to The discussion wasn’t just Magnolia, nor did we want to. humbly submit to them and stay in theoretical. First Baptist Church We were certain that if God were close communication at all times.” counted the cost and found calling us, then He must have Stan Scroggins, the missions themselves ready to send out been calling our entire church pastor, brought their shared their own missionary. Or as body as well.” vision before the entire church. their senior pastor, Pastor Brent Furthermore, “we could not just “Stan did a great job of putting Summerhill, explained, “God has be missionaries that our church together what it meant for us His missionary family and His merely supported. First Baptist as a church to support [the mission-minded church ready for was going to have to see planting Hambrices],” Pastor Dunlap one another.” churches among the nations as said. “He asked ‘What their call and responsibility and does it look send us as their servants to go like for and do it. “As our sending church, it

PREPARING THE MISSIONARIES TO GO As Jeremy and Mandy kept praying, God answered. He gave them a similar yearning as that of the Apostle Paul. Jeremy said, “We had a desire to go where the gospel had never been and to translate the Bible into a language that did not yet have it.” Their church leadership then provided direction by pointing them to Dr. John David Smith and the other Baptist Mission Association of America (BMAA) directors. “They were excited to hear about how God was leading First Baptist and were ready to help us continue to move forward,” Jeremy 8 ETHNOS CANADA ETHNOS.CA

The team sent to reach the Wantakia people: BJ and Jill Sanders, Jeremy and Mandy Hambrice, Jack and Lael Crabtree

recalls. Though Dr. Smith had During their four-year training They exemplified unity when developed an excellent program for with Ethnos, First Baptist provided it came time to choose a place of training BMAA missionaries, he financially for the Hambrices and service. “We studied the world assessed that the skills needed to arranged opportunities for growth together, and we prayerfully asked reach a remote people group would in ministry. The pastors mentored God to make it clear where First require specialized instruction. Jeremy as he interned at the church Baptist should send us,” Jeremy wrote. With his considerable background over the summers, growing in his The Hambrices then faced another in equipping missionaries, he ability to teach and preach. major step — developing a team of determined that Ethnos’ program ministry partners. First Baptist would prepare them well. THE CHURCH SENDS THE MISSIONARIES again took the lead. They supported Dr. Smith and Jeremy explained First Baptist invested heavily Jeremy and Mandy financially, and the need for this preparation to First in Jeremy and Mandy even before Pastor Scroggins connected them Baptist, and they watched the Lord they arrived on the field. According with other churches where they could bring unity. Jeremy expounded, to Pastor Summerhill, "We want share their vision. “Our church, the missions office and to engage in [our missionaries’] The time finally came for the our family all agreed that the best lives and invest in them because by Hambrices to head to the field. road for us to take would be to enter investing in them, we're investing in “I will never forget the day we were Ethnos’ extensive cross-cultural the gospel. officially sent out by First Baptist training program.” “Once our church believes this is Church of Magnolia,” Jeremy wrote. First Baptist had faithfully what God's calling us to do,” he said, The church leaders ordained him, discipled the Hambrices and “we're all the way in, and we're going and Pastor Scroggins challenged confirmed their call to serve God as to do what's necessary financially as them with an emotional message. cross-cultural missionaries. Then well as in these other areas.” Con- “That night I was given the they “made it their responsibility versely, he pointed out that lack of opportunity to preach and praise God to see that we got the best training unity or preparedness would be a for meeting all of our needs,” Jeremy possible,” Jeremy said. hindrance to the gospel. wrote. The church also threw a going 9

“WE STUDIED THE WORLD TOGETHER, AND WE PRAYERFULLY ASKED GOD TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHERE FIRST BAPTIST SHOULD SEND US.”

All the photos on these two pages were taken by Jared Fincher 10 ETHNOS CANADA ETHNOS.CA away party after the service. reach that goal they must take The memory of that time, care of their missionaries. “One Jeremy said, “still encourages of my key concerns is their us to this day.” personal well-being … not only physically and emotionally, but KEEPING THE MISSIONARIES also spiritually,” said ON THE FIELD Pastor Summerhill. First Baptist Church takes Jeremy recognizes First responsibility for seeing the Baptist’s vital role in their Wantakia people reached ministry as well. “Now that through Jeremy and Mandy. we are here, First Baptist’s Pastor Dunlap expresses it this responsibility has become even way: “Our church feels a real greater. Not only are they ownership in their ministry, in responsible to keep us here, but their lives, in their family.” they are responsible to make The church installed Pastor sure the Wantakians get the Summerhill as their new gospel and grow in it.” senior pastor after Jeremy and One way that First Baptist Mandy arrived in Papua New takes care of the Hambrices is Guinea. He, too, fully embraced by ensuring that they have the the church’s vision of sending financial resources necessary to the Hambrices to reach the fulfill their ministry. They give Wantakia people on their behalf. abundantly and sacrificially— “Brent just pushed us further along with other churches, the down the road,” said Pastor denomination and individuals—to Dunlap of Pastor Summerhill. provide for the Hambrices’ needs. “The way that he encourages But, their investment in the the church to support Jeremy Hambrices goes far beyond in so many different ways” finances; Pastor Summerhill heartened both the church body along with a team from First and the Hambrices. Baptist came to help complete Pastor Summerhill plainly their house in 2015. spelled out his and First Baptist’s Also, the church regularly ownership of the Hambrices’ communicates with Jeremy and ministry: “When we talk about Mandy. This encourages the Jeremy and Mandy and Papua family and keeps First Baptist up New Guinea, our goal, our to date on the ministry’s progress. prayer, is to see the Wantakians When Pastor Summerhill reached and discipled.” receives an update, he shares it To give specific detail about with the congregation.

Photo by Jeremy Mitchell First Baptist’s desire for the “Jeremy has messaged me Wantakia people, he referenced and said, ‘Hey, listen, if I get a an Ethnos video about another video to you, will you show it?’ missionary team that had gone Well, of course we will. And so into an unreached people group. our people have been able to see They studied the culture and Jeremy and Mandy and their language, translated Scripture, children talking about what taught literacy and shared they are doing.” the gospel. They discipled and If Jeremy has a request, trained the believers. God Pastor Summerhill said, “We do planted a church through the it right then even if we have to missionaries, and the church change what we have planned.” had His Word in their heart The communication is good in language. both directions. Pastor Dunlap That is First Baptist’s goal highlighted the fact that the and desire for the Wantakians. Hambrices “do a great job of They know that in order to keeping us informed,” and Photo by Jeremy Mitchell 10 11 ETHNOS CANADA ETHNOS.CA commended Pastor Summerhill they are sharing with the for keeping their names in front Wantakians God's story of Who of the people. “There's seldom a He is, what He has done and week that goes by that … they're how He redeemed them, and to not mentioned.” begin seeing them converted Of course, technology helps. to Christ, to see them being “Our people have direct contact discipled in Christ.” with Jeremy and Mandy through Pastor Summerhill looks Facebook and [other] social forward to the day when, media,” said Pastor Summerhill. together, they reach the end of “Seldom do I ever get up and say that road. anything to the church that they “And so that's our heart, to don’t already know.” support Jeremy and Mandy Jeremy continues to be and the rest of the team so encouraged by First Baptist’s that the day comes when there dynamic relationship with is a church on that mountain them. They hear from members clinging to the Word of God, of the church frequently while trusting in the gospel of in Papua New Guinea, and Christ.” pastors often call. — David Pierce, Staff Writer, “When they come home,” with Jeremy Hambrice, related Pastor Summerhill, Church Planter “our church does a tremendous job of taking care of them, Portions of this article were encouraging them, doing our based on an article written by JOIN THE best to meet their needs and Jeremy Hambrice for the March/ just loving on them.” April 2015 issue of mission: world magazine, the Great Commission LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY magazine of Baptist Missionary First Baptist previously CONVER Association of America. thought that when someone felt called to missions, he simply went. Through sending Jeremy Sent by Calvary and Mandy, they learned that Monument Bible SATION Church in Paradise, Is God’s heart for the nations the heart a process must take place, and Pennsylvania, of your church? What are some ways you the fruit often comes years and Westside down the road. Indeed, planting Community Chapel are helping your missionaries to reach the churches is a long road, but in Amboy, New York, nations through you? they’re well on their way. David, his wife, Share online using the handle Michelle, and their six children, served “The whole reason we've in Papua New Guinea for 13 years. As God @ethnoscanada and the hashtags below. sent Jeremy and Mandy is closed doors there, He opened new doors Or write to us. Encourage and inspire other to see them do what they are of service with Ethnos360’s Ministry churches with what you’re doing! We’ll share doing,” said Pastor Summerhill. Advancement team in Sanford, Florida. some of your responses in a future issue of They’ve learned the language, Jeremy and his wife, the magazine. developed an alphabet and are Mandy, and their now in the translation process. three girls hail from The church prays for the Magnolia, Arkansas, time when the team can start from where First teaching the Bible. Baptist Church sent them to reach the Pastor Summerhill Wantakia people of acknowledges that it’s not just Papua New Guinea. They have learned the Hambrices. “I keep talking the language and are translating the #ethnoscanada about Jeremy and Mandy, but Bible and preparing Bible lessons in the rest of that team is vitally hopes that they will begin teaching the Buser Brandon by photo #StrengthenTheirHands Wantakia God’s Word for the first time important to what's going on. this year. They serve with their best … So, we pray for that whole friends and coworkers — the Crabtree [email protected] team to get to that place where and Sanders families. Ethnos Magazine PO Box 707 • Durham ON N0G 1R0 12 CONNECT ETHNOS.CA Why Do They Need to Read? Take a moment to think about how and cause us to learn well so that we a body of believers to worship with amazing it is that you can decipher can read. That is all I wanted to say. and a New Testament in her own these little black marks on white That only.” (After a frantic whisper language. “I think it’s good to know paper into words. from her two kids: “Oh, I guess I how to read God’s Word so that we Hundreds of languages still have forgot to say ‘Amen.’”) can know the Creator’s talk and get no alphabet and therefore no written Hawadi, a new reader among His truth straight from His Word. If form. How important is it to put their the Landuma people of Africa — a we just rely on our own thoughts, it language in a form they can read, wife, mother and grandmother will be crooked. If we take it from the teach them to read and give them the who learned to read as a mature Creator’s talk, it won’t be crooked. It Bible in their own language? adult — said, “I can read now. I am will just be true. Because the Creator We’ll let them tell you. no longer like a cow. A cow just made His talk to be truth, we can get Andrea, a believer among the walks around and eats, and that is truth from His leaf (book).” Nahuatl people of Mexico, prayed all I used to do. Now I can read; I can Minawagii, another Moi, said, this before a class: learn things.” “Reading is good because I can read “Our Dad God, “Thank you for teaching me to the Creator’s talk and then tell it to I wanted to tell you something — read,” said Loida, a Kuna lady from others. But I can only teach others in well, ask for You to help us. You . “Otherwise that Book the Creator’s strength. People that should help us students, the little (pointing to the Bible) would just be a don’t think ‘It’s true’ about Jesus also ones as well as the big ones. Give us book sitting on my table. But because think that reading is a small thing. luck; give us strength to do well in I can read, it’s God’s Word speaking But we who think ‘It’s true’ about Je- school. Don’t allow us to be lazy but to me.” sus know that reading is a big thing.” cause us to pay attention and to be Iyodotabo, a Moi woman in the International literacy coordinators smart. Cause our teacher to be wise Asia-Pacific region, is glad to have Jerry and Joyce McDaniels say the

“… WE WHO THINK ‘IT’S TRUE’ ABOUT JESUS KNOW THAT READING IS A BIG THING.”

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reason they teach people how to DID YOU KNOW? teach literacy is not so people can THERE ARE ABOUT 6,900 LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD. learn to read and write. “It’s so that they can know the Creator God,” Jerry said. “God chose to write the most important message Yet down. Creator God, who could have chosen any method in all the world to preserve His Word, chose a written method. That just kind of implies that you need to have readers. It’s pretty practical when you just step 2,000 YEARS AFTER 700 YEARS AFTER 500 YEARS AFTER back and think about it.” JOHN OF PATMOS JOHN WYCLIFFE MARTIN LUTHER That’s why literacy is a key COMPLETED REVELATION TRANSLATED THE BIBLE TRANSLATED THE BIBLE component of our Bible translation IN GREEK… INTO ENGLISH… INTO GERMAN… project. $35 provides not only for one verse to be translated, but for literacy materials and Bible lessons. Learn more or make a secure online gift FEWER THAN 2,000 at ethnos.ca/translate OF THE WORLD’S LANGUAGES HAVE NEW TESTAMENTS. ONLY 531 HAVE THE COMPLETE BIBLE.

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P r ay n w. o IS BEING BILINGUAL ENOUGH? The people of Pretty Water communicates in their own already had God’s Word in the heart language, and this is language of their country, and spurring them on to learn to they were bilingual — at least read in their own tongue!” that’s what everyone said. So wrote the Canadian missionary. why would they need God’s “You can imagine the thrill Word written in their heart this news has been to us who language? This people group [have] laboured long hours, wasn’t even convinced they days, weeks, months and years needed it, at least not until to get God’s love letter into their during their meetings key language and into their hands.” members of their community began reading Scripture trans- Pray for the people of Pretty lated into their mother tongue. Water as they learn to read in their “They are getting a taste of mother tongue. Photo by Dale Stroud how much better God’s Word

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Getting involved. HOW ONE CANADIAN CHURCH IS ENGAGED.

For decades, Huron Chapel Evangelical Missionary Church, a congregation of around 200 people in Auburn, Ontario, has invested heavily in finishing the Great Commission. They have sent and supported—through prayers, finances and encouragement—career missionaries who serve in a variety of roles and countries. Some members have used their career skills in nursing, education and the trades as skilled associates—serving for a couple of years overseas. The church actively exposes its members to global missions by sending people on short-term mission trips, thus giving their people a glimpse into what it takes to make disciples, plant churches and see the Great Commission completed. Continuing on with their history of exposing their people to the Great Commision, they sent recently another team to Papua New Guinea. In February of this year, a team of nine spent three weeks on a mission trip. They helped with the practical needs of ministry, which included pouring a concrete floor in a building used for church gatherings. While their work is invaluable, this team and the church they came from gave so much more than just their sweat—they encouraged the missionaries who are living in Papua New Guinea. And those on the team were blessed beyond measure and encouraged in their own faith journey as they were exposed to what God is doing all around the world to finish the Great Commission. What about your church? It's been 2000 years since Jesus gave the Great Commision. Take a trip and see what it takes to establish a thriving church for every people. Visit ethnos.ca/mission-trips to see a list of mission trip options.

Pray now. WHEN THE ANSWER IS ‘NOT NOW’ Imagine working for years toward the goal of bringing ago to visit this family, but originally the visit was to truth to a specific people group. You’ve completed help them as they transitioned to the village and began specialized training, moved to another country, learned learning language. Now the focus of our trip shifted. … the language of that country and assessed where the We were visiting them because it was a time of grieving, needs are the greatest, and now you’re ready to move and we didn’t want them to be alone. … [We wanted] into the village. And that is when the news comes: Due to help them think through what was next while they to security concerns, you’ve been asked not to move in at waited for the green light to go into the village.” this time. Take a moment to let that sink in. “This was the reality of the family we were visiting,” Pray for missionaries facing difficult decisions in our less- wrote Joel and Andi McMartin. “We had planned a while than-secure world. 17

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We are Wesley and Tenley Jank. a two year program for cross-cultural treatment at a young age, it can be Married in 2009, we’ve been church planters in Durham, Ontario. helped. members of Ethnos Canada for During our adventures together, We have decided to put off our nearly as long. God has given us four children return to while we I (Wesley) grew up in the South and taken us to Paraguay, South receive help for our son. During American rainforest, among a remote America, where it was our ambition this time, I am working with the people group called the Yanomami. to be church planters among one of Communications Team for Ethnos Tenley grew up in the concrete the many people groups of the Chaco Canada. jungles of Seattle, Washington. She region of Paraguay. loved doing hair for runway shows During our time in Paraguay, I and working in a boutique salon noticed that one of my sons wasn’t God has wired every one of us to downtown. hitting a lot of the his milestones for be on His Great Commission team. If you, or someone you know, has In 2007, jungle boy met city girl speech. After living in Paraguay for a child that struggles with delayed at a little Bible college in small- four years, we returned to Canada to learning, it doesn’t disqualify you town Michigan—Ethnos360 Bible get help for our two-year-old son who from joining the Ethnos team. To Institute. wasn't yet talking. see a thriving church established We found a speech therapist and For two years we sat under the for every tribe, tongue and nation/ he was diagnosed with Childhood teaching of God’s Word, drank strong ethnos, it takes a diverse team of Apraxia of Speech. This is a coffee and became best friends. people. neurological speech disorder. There We were married in 2009 and is no cure for it and it's something he Visit ethnos.ca/go to find your place. three weeks later were enrolled into will have his entire life. With proper 18 CONNECT ETHNOS.CA Too Moved to Move The Akolet people sat stunned dawned. The spirits they had feared In people groups around the world, after hearing about the ten plagues and worshiped for generations didn’t when the veil is finally ripped away in Egypt. The God of the Bible had have any power either! A water and truth dissipates the deceptions, shown Himself more powerful than spirit couldn’t sink their canoe just reactions can be wide and varied. all the Egyptian gods! The Nile because a woman is wearing red. But all are welcome. god couldn’t keep the river from And another spirit couldn’t send a “However, when He, the Spirit of turning to blood. The sacred bull storm just because someone spoke truth, has come, He will guide you god couldn’t protect their cattle the Akolet language while traveling into all truth” (John 16:13a). from dying. The magic healing god downriver. Some groups, normally very couldn’t save the Egyptians from “We’ve believed in these spirits subdued in their emotions, will boils. And the sun god couldn’t make because that’s what we were told was suddenly jump up and start dancing the darkness go away. the truth,” one lady said. “But it is for joy. Others, like the Akolet As the Akolet people silently not the truth. Satan has been feeding women, will announce, “I believe!” absorbed the truth, realization us lies!” or “It is true!” and begin giving testimony of what they believe and why. Still other groups will just sit silently, tears streaming down their faces — too moved to move. And sometimes, fires will burn late into the night as people huddle around, rehearsing the Bible stories aloud and shaking their heads in wonderment at the great and powerful God they have come to know. Sleep? Who can sleep now? And some will even have the courage to do things they’ve never done before. Like the man who went off into the jungle by himself. The villagers had been taught since childhood that it was dangerous, even for grown men, to enter the jungle alone. The spirits lingered there. The spirits could kill. But this new believer dared to believe that God was stronger than the spirits. He dared to trust God. So he went into the jungle alone — and returned unharmed. And his world would never be as small and fearful again. When truth suddenly bursts into your life, how do you react or respond? Do you dance for joy? Share it? Weep? Shake your head in wonderment? Step out in faith and do something new? There isn’t one right response — as long as there is one.

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Praise! MENYA BAPTISMS In September we shared the celebratory story of the Menya people becoming our brothers and sisters in Christ. But their story is not over. Evangelism was just the beginning. Discipleship is ongoing. And the result of discipleship is evidenced by the first Menya baptism that took place in October. Praise God with us as you read these testimonies of changed lives. “I was living under sin, Satan and death. Only through the work of Jesus — His blood that was spilled on the cross. He set me free, and now I am alive with Him. Now Jesus is my King.” — Wati “God sent His only Son to the earth. He spilled His great blood. He took away my sin.” — Neti “Sin enslaved my body, speech and thoughts. By God’s grace, He Watch “Cross Day” at sent Jesus Christ. He took all my sin as if it were His. Through ethnos.ca/cross-day Jesus, I am pure in God’s eyes.” — Zabet OFF THE GRID YOUR ADVENTURE INTO CROSS-CULTURAL Bring your group to an OFF THE GRID WEEKEND RETREAT CHURCH PLANTING — in scenic rural Ontario to gain a glimpse of what it takes to WITHOUT EVEN LEAVING CANADA! reach the yet unreached peoples of the world. • LEARN how God is completing the Great Commission. • EXPERIENCE the challenges of ministering in a foreign culture. • DISCOVER the team necessary to reach isolated people groups. ETHNOS.CA/OTG • GAIN the focus you need to live a life of eternal impact. 20 CONSIDER THIS ETHNOS.CA

What are they doing on this team? The way you view the relationship between missionaries and the church might not be biblical.

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I find the way the God’s Word God’s people and build up the body? translation renders Ephesians If that does sound strange to you, 4:11-12 at once surprising and don’t feel bad. I’m a missionary, and appropriate: it sounds strange to me. He also gave apostles, prophets, Yet, it’s completely appropriate. It’s missionaries, as well as pastors what Ephesians 4:11-12 says. And and teachers as gifts to His church. throughout the New Testament, we Their purpose is to prepare God’s see missionaries relating to local people, to serve, and to build up the churches: sent out from churches, body of Christ. sustained by churches, reporting It’s not surprising to see back to churches, encouraging missionaries in the Bible, though churches — even exhorting and most translations use the word rebuking churches. evangelists. Evangelists is The New Testament never treats not really a translation but a missionaries like outsiders to the transliteration — that is, translators church. It always treats them as rendered the Greek word euangelistos integral to the church. It would not as evangelists, instead of translating have been jarring for first century What are they the word that means one who spreads believers to read Paul’s writing about the Good News as missionary. missionaries in virtually the same No, what’s surprising is to see God stroke of the pen with which he doing on this team? speak through Paul’s writing of mis- writes about pastors and teachers. sionaries as part of the church — as So, let’s treat missionaries like teammates with pastors and teachers part of the team that prepares God’s in preparing God’s people, serving people and builds up the body, and and building up the body. maybe we begin by treating them HE ALSO GAVE Pastors? Sure, that makes sense. like part of the church. APOSTLES, This past Sunday our pastor did a That’s why I suggested to a woman PROPHETS, great job (again) of breaking down who is involved in writing a missions MISSIONARIES, how we move forward in God’s policy for her church that she involve strength, and I’m looking forward missionaries in that process. If AS WELL AS to more of his series. His role in they’re part of the church, that’s a no- PASTORS building up the body is clear, and I brainer. But it sounds strange if we AND TEACHERS certainly see him as a gift from God. think of missionaries as outsiders. AS GIFTS Teachers? Last month I was What else can you do to promote TO HIS CHURCH. teaching at church, and each week at the biblical concept that missionaries THEIR PURPOSE IS least one person thanked me and told are part and parcel of the local TO PREPARE me how much they valued the lesson. church, gifts given to the church to It’s so normal that I’d say the church build up the body? GOD’S PEOPLE, sees teachers as gifts and recognizes I can’t help but think that all of us TO SERVE, their role in building up the body. will learn and grow and be blessed AND TO BUILD UP But missionaries? if we foster biblical relationships THE BODY OF CHRIST. Doesn’t it seem strange to say between missionaries and churches. missionaries are teammates with pastors and teachers to prepare — Ian Fallis, Editor ETHNOS CANADA CANADA 313363 HWY 6 S PO BOX 707 DURHAM ON N0G 1R0 42142522Lorem ipsum USE YOUR TRADE SKILLS ON THE TEAM WORKING TOWARD A THRIVING CHURCH FOR EVERY PEOPLE!

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