"Scripture teaches us to go out and meet people's felt needs, to open the door to the Gospel. And then someone goes to train, then they train them to be trainers, and then they start teaching other people." —Steve Saint, founder of ITEC https://www.itecusa....
Discipleship
"Poverty alleviation definitely is spiritual warfare, for Satan and his legions absolutely love poverty. After all, they want to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10). They have a vested interest in keeping that homeless man in the gutter, in ensuring that inner-city youths remain unemployed,...
"We all become what we worship. Not only that, we shape the world into that same image. Therefore, worship of the one true God is central to effective poverty alleviation, to helping people and communities to become whole." —Brian Fikkert
from the book "Becoming Whole, Why The Opposite...
"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all." —David Livingstone
“We have observed that there is more to Bible translation than just the process of translating. We need to be involved in evangelism and discipleship and teaching the Bible. It’s an amazing, long, intense process." —Dave Hare
PRIORITY OF DISCIPLESHIP
All-Nations Translation Philosophy, Part 5 of 5
The Word of God is not only a script, but is ultimately a Person. The Church’s primary task is not to translate the Scriptures, but to make disciples of Jesus.
Our purpose in the host culture...
"Let no one cause to depart from the standard that is laid through the letter of the Scripture which is revealed by the blood of Christ and of many witnesses of Jesus." —Michael Sattler
"No one can truly know Christ unless he follow Him in his life." —Hans Denck