NTM Baptizes Over 100 from Unreached Indigenous Tribe in Venezuela (fwd)

[Rolland Nadjiwon]

That's right, eh. We don't have those words in our languages. Fancy that. No wonder we stayed on this land ... we had no where to go :)

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wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: phil cash cash 
  To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU 
  Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:46 PM
  Subject: Re: [ILAT] NTM Baptizes Over 100 from Unreached Indigenous Tribe in Venezuela (fwd)


  but first, the words "heaven" and "hell" need to be invented...

  Phil
  UofA
  On Sep 23, 2005, at 11:28 AM, Rolland Nadjiwon wrote:

  > At last .... we're saved!!!!
  > 
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  > wahjeh
  > rolland nadjiwon
  > 
  > "The appropriation of our peoples, our already-there-ness, by renaming  
  > our already named, by giving it a new name, is a gesture that  
  > constitutes the most radical act of violence."
  >> ----- Original Message -----
  >> From: phil cash cash
  >> To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
  >> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 2:21 PM
  >> Subject: [ILAT] NTM Baptizes Over 100 from Unreached Indigenous Tribe  
  >> in Venezuela (fwd)
  >>
  >> NTM Baptizes Over 100 from Unreached Indigenous Tribe in Venezuela
  >>
  >> New Tribes Mission (NTM) an international association of missionaries  
  >> concentrated on indigenous, unreached tribal groups in the world  
  >> baptized more than 100 Macos in the Ventuare River of Venezuela, on  
  >> Sunday, Sept. 11.
  >>
  >> 2038-01-18 19:14
  >> http://www.christianpost.com/article/missions/1789/section/ 
  >> ntm.baptizes.over.100.from.unreached.indigenous.tribe.in.venezuela/ 
  >> 1.htm
  >>
  >> Last week, over 100 indigenous people from a tribe in Venezuela were  
  >> baptized by a tribal-focused mission organization.
  >>
  >> New Tribes Mission (NTM) an international association of missionaries  
  >> concentrated on indigenous, unreached tribal groups in the world  
  >> baptized more than 100 Macos in the Ventuare River of Venezuela, on  
  >> Sunday, Sept. 11.
  >>
  >> I was just thrilled, NTM Nita Zelenak spokesperson told the Christian  
  >> Post on Wednesday. That is what we are here for to see that the  
  >> gospel goes out to people who dont have a chance to hear it.
  >>
  >> According to NTM, the Maco people live in Southern Venezuela in both  
  >> the jungle and savannah areas along the Ventuare River. They survive  
  >> by planting gardens of jungle fruits and by fishing, relying on fish  
  >> and yucca as their main source of nourishment.
  >>
  >> Prior to the arrival of NTM, the Macos had some knowledge of  
  >> Christianity, learning from the Piaroa, one of approximately 12  
  >> surrounding villages around the Maco tribe. Yet because of the  
  >> language barrier, the Maco only had a garbled understanding of  
  >> Christianity from the knowledge they gained through the Piaroa.
  >>
  >> NTM had first presented the Gospel to the Piarao village, and when  
  >> NTM missionaries started to evangelize in the Maco village, they  
  >> brought believers from the Piarao tribe to help teach the Maco tribe.
  >>
  >> Typically, Zelenak explained, we go in and we do it (evangelize) for  
  >> a period after our missionaries have learned the language and culture  
  >> well so that when they present the message they have a good idea how  
  >> it will be understood and interpreted and they teach accordingly.
  >>
  >> What we try to do is work ourselves out of a job, she continued, so  
  >> initially a missionary is doing the teaching, but after a while the  
  >> native leaders are doing the teaching, and as the Bible is translated  
  >> into their language they can be reading and studying on their own as  
  >> they grow in their understanding.
  >>
  >> The team of missionaries working with the Maco tribe Davey and Marie  
  >> Jank, Joe and Jackie Bruce, Bruce and Cindy Higham, Phyllis Gordon,  
  >> and Elivia Ulacio press toward the goal of seeing the Maco form a  
  >> self-run church. They hope that the Macos will soon be able to assume  
  >> the position of the missionaries and spread the Gospel to other  
  >> native tribes.
  >>
  >> Our long term goal for the Macos is to see them with a  
  >> well-established church where they are the leaders and they are  
  >> reaching out to others, taking the gospel to others first, groups  
  >> within their tribal groups and then to others beyond their tribal  
  >> groups.
  >>
  >> Zelenak concluded her interview with the Christian Post voicing NTMs  
  >> vision, goal, and mission when sharing the Gospel to the unreached  
  >> tribal people of the world.
  >>
  >> There are so many people in the world today, it is not that they  
  >> rejected Christianity, she said. They just dont know it exist.
  >>
  >> I see our responsibility making that choice to other people, we are  
  >> not out to make people believe something but just let people know  
  >> what is available.
  >>
  >> Currently, NTM missionaries are officially planting tribal churches  
  >> in more than 18 "Explore" countries and also involved in vital  
  >> support roles including training and administration, supply buying  
  >> and Bible translation. They also serve in nine other sending  
  >> countries including Australia, Canada, Germany, South Korea,  
  >> Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United  
  >> States.
  >>
  >>
  >> michelle at christianpost.com
  >>
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