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Early Winter 2018
on... Expanding to New Beginnings
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We are excited to share some of what is coming our way in the months ahead. While we cannot presume upon God and His plans for us, we have been struck in the last few years at the number of invitations we've received from around Central and South America, not discounting the interesting increase in invitation for ministry to Northeast Africa and the Middle East. Primarily hailing from churches, seminaries, institutes and aspiring missionaries we have now made the leap to trust the Lord to lead us in dependence upon Him to assume leadership for what is a multi-cultural international community comprised of pastors, denominations, leaders and students committed to Latin American cross-cultural engaging of Unengaged Unreached People Groups around the world, especially those of Muslim orientation. These new developments have brought us to conclude, with the help of our Accountability Council, that a new vehicle is needed for accomplishing the mission God gave us back in 1987. It is a community called PLAN panta ta Ethne (clic here to learn more).
PLAN panta ta Ethne has invitations from Uruguay, Paraguay, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Guyana, Costa Rica and Cuba while we additionally pray for God’s will in answer to dialogues from Northeastern Africa and the Middle East for what are being called "Bridge Ministries,” i.e, one or more ministries which may aid in facilitating the arrival of Latin American cross-cultural workers to that part of the world, “bridging" them, so to speak, into nearby Unengaged Unreached Muslim contexts.
As of this writing our outlook for 2019 looks like:
Finally, our present plan is to arrive back to the California southland early December and stay through the holidays. There we will commence the second leg of our furlough - Partnership Development. We already have a number of speaking engagements and sharing opportunities so we are expectant. Of course we look forward to enjoying the holidays with family and friends. Stay tuned...
PLAN panta ta Ethne has invitations from Uruguay, Paraguay, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Guyana, Costa Rica and Cuba while we additionally pray for God’s will in answer to dialogues from Northeastern Africa and the Middle East for what are being called "Bridge Ministries,” i.e, one or more ministries which may aid in facilitating the arrival of Latin American cross-cultural workers to that part of the world, “bridging" them, so to speak, into nearby Unengaged Unreached Muslim contexts.
As of this writing our outlook for 2019 looks like:
- Teaching non-paid adjunct courses in two seminaries, one in Colombia (Introduction to Islam) and the other in Costa Rica, each for 2-3 months, with the existing possibility of similar courses taught in seminaries in Uruguay and Cuba;
- Mentoring six individuals aspiring to serve God and His Kingdom purposes in an Islamic unreached context. They are currently developing loving friendships with Muslims as they engage them socially, culturally and theologically, doing all this where they presently reside, and in some cases doing so cross-culturally;
- Coaching three grass-roots denominations in Colombia, Mexico and Argentina with the hope of spawning church-based teams for engaging unreached Muslim peoples with short-term outreach as a precursor to long-term involvement. These are groups that show little desire for working with conventional western mission agencies (a trend by the way), but are open to counsel and coaching;
- Calling the Church of South, Central and North America to the task of engaging every last Unengaged Unreached People Group in the world with the goal of making disciples able to make disciples (DMMs) as churches are planted (CPMs). This is the goal of the international multi-cultural community called PLAN panta ta Ethne (clic here to learn more), even now gaining significant traction;
- Considering prayerfully our part in “Bridge Ministries” as an important step for our coaching, training and mobilizing of Latin Americans into Unengaged Unreached Muslim contexts. We see this strategic ministry not only as opening doors for Latin American workers, but also as aiding us to better train and coach Latin Americans for their future long-term work abroad, helping us learn to engage Islam by acquainting us with indigenous Disciple-Making Movements and Muslim outreach, all through the auspices of international church-related ministries. This probably will not take place until 2020 if at all;
- Raise financial and prayer support in order to accomplish these outcomes (clic here to learn more about our current financial outlook).
Finally, our present plan is to arrive back to the California southland early December and stay through the holidays. There we will commence the second leg of our furlough - Partnership Development. We already have a number of speaking engagements and sharing opportunities so we are expectant. Of course we look forward to enjoying the holidays with family and friends. Stay tuned...
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AOS is our financial provider; rest assured if you see PLAN panta ta Ethne (All Nations) at the top of the page you are at the correct donation page for the Green's ministry.
