From Mis­si­on to Church

Do you have any idea of what God‘s feet look like? They over­co­me the most rug­ged moun­tain ran­ges and den­se jungles, cross ra­ging ri­vers or sun-ba­ked plains of high ku­nai grass and they bring the Good News of Je­sus Christ to the peo­p­le in the re­mo­test cor­ners of the land. In the con­text of church work, this ana­lo­gy re­fers to evan1gelists working in the Lu­ther­an Church and is a true sto­ry from Pa­pua New Gui­nea. This book is a gem, a tre­asu­re that em­beds the sto­ry of the­se cou­ra­ge­ous men and wo­men and their fa­mi­lies in the an­nals of the church. The so­lid com­pi­la­ti­on of his­to­ri­cal facts, con­text, and in­ter­con­nec­ted histo­ry makes this book a source of in­for­ma­ti­on about the emer­gence of a church from the ear­ly days of mis­si­ons. It also does not omit co­lo­ni­al histo­ry, which is as much a part of the church‘s histo­ry as the pre­sent, de­ca­des af­ter the de­cla­ra­ti­on of in­de­pen­dence on Sep­tem­ber 16, 1975. The Na­tio­nal Evan­ge­list Trai­ning Cen­ter in Amron/Madang is the nar­ra­ti­ve cen­ter of this book. This is made pos­si­ble by the tes­ti­mo­nies of many peo­p­le who have pre­ser­ved and main­tai­ned their know­ledge and at­tach­ment to this edu­ca­tio­nal in­sti­tu­ti­on to this day. Thus, a look into the fu­ture will also be ven­tu­red. As you read this book, be fa­sci­na­ted by what God is do­ing as He walks this earth to­day, using people‘s feet