Our profile
We are missionaries serving on the Global Church Development team with the Evangelical Free Church
Mission, reachglobal. We live in Aurora, IL. We were married in 1977, have three happily married sons and
beautiful grandchildren.
Our burden
Up to 70% of the unreached world are from oral cultures and therefore don't respond well to literary methods
of teaching. As many as 75% of the entire world can't read, don't read or won't read the Bible.
Our ministry focus
Training national church planters, pastors and leaders as well as USA missionaries and churches to reach oral
cultures with the Gospel.
Our missional objective
To unleash an "oral Bible" in the heart languages of all peoples.
Our strategy
-We train leaders to learn, tell and teach select Bible stories and passages.
-We train leaders to communicate God's Word using their own natural way of speaking.
-We train leaders to ask questions of understanding and application, and allow their listeners to discover
biblical concepts for themselves.
-We record biblical passages in indigenous languages so that those who have little or no access to written
Scripture can learn them accurately.
Our technique
We conduct training events for church planters, pastors, missionaries and leaders. In an interactive workshop
setting, we teach select sets of chronological Bible stories and passages, using methods that are suited to oral
learners.
Our projects
We currently oversee projects in Papua New Guinea, Botswana, Peru, Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica and the United States. We travel to each project location 1-4 times a year. The average length of
stay in each location varies - from 1 week to 3 months, depending on the need. We also train and support
missionaries and national pastors who serve in oral cultures.
We are missionaries serving on the Global Church Development team with the Evangelical Free Church
Mission, reachglobal. We live in Aurora, IL. We were married in 1977, have three happily married sons and
beautiful grandchildren.
Our burden
Up to 70% of the unreached world are from oral cultures and therefore don't respond well to literary methods
of teaching. As many as 75% of the entire world can't read, don't read or won't read the Bible.
Our ministry focus
Training national church planters, pastors and leaders as well as USA missionaries and churches to reach oral
cultures with the Gospel.
Our missional objective
To unleash an "oral Bible" in the heart languages of all peoples.
Our strategy
-We train leaders to learn, tell and teach select Bible stories and passages.
-We train leaders to communicate God's Word using their own natural way of speaking.
-We train leaders to ask questions of understanding and application, and allow their listeners to discover
biblical concepts for themselves.
-We record biblical passages in indigenous languages so that those who have little or no access to written
Scripture can learn them accurately.
Our technique
We conduct training events for church planters, pastors, missionaries and leaders. In an interactive workshop
setting, we teach select sets of chronological Bible stories and passages, using methods that are suited to oral
learners.
Our projects
We currently oversee projects in Papua New Guinea, Botswana, Peru, Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica and the United States. We travel to each project location 1-4 times a year. The average length of
stay in each location varies - from 1 week to 3 months, depending on the need. We also train and support
missionaries and national pastors who serve in oral cultures.