TEL-China

Our Ministry Philosophy

TEL's uniqueness centers in our philosophy of servanthood, blending and continuity.

Servanthood:  Taking a lesson from Paul, we consider ourselves Biblical servant missionaries (Romans 1:1).  While we are recruiting and training men and women to co-labor with us full-time, we do so in order to serve the existing church, particularly in terms of developing and strengthening the church's evangelistic endeavors.  We do not plant our own churches, but partner with established churches to advance the Kingdom of God.

Blending:  We seek to establish a permanent blending of missionaries and nationals who work together in spreading the gospel.  The missionary and the national labor together as one.  We emphasize evangelism and follow-up, public evangelism and individual witness.  We believe the most effective evangelistic ministry is a result of all spiritual gifts working together in unity and harmony to glorify Jesus Christ.  That is our goal.

Continuity:  We seek to ensure the continued growth and development of new believers by linking them to the local church for regular and full fellowship.  In this way they are not solely dependent on the missionary.  In addition, we seek to ensure the longevity of the ministry by establishing chains of spiritual reproduction through the training of individuals in personal evangelism, personal follow-up and one-on-one discipleship.  In this way, again, the on-going work of the Gospel is not solely dependent on the missionary.

Our Ministry Methods

Training in a home environment and "on-the-job" are key ingredients for growing evangelistic leaders.  We endeavor to have teacher and trainee live and minister together, just as Jesus did with the twelve disciples, who were "with Him" in the ministry (Mark 3:14).

Evangelistic describes our endeavors to share the gospel.  Even in China our workers are very productive in personal evangelism and follow-up, and we have an open door in some of the larger official churches to train disciples; they in turn are leading others to Christ.  In countries where the gospel can be freely preached publicly, we are training full-time evangelists and gospel teams to minister in churches and cooperative crusades.

Leadership is developed through training programs conducted by senior staff in China, India, Indonesia and the Philippines.  Some of these programs last for three months, while others last a full year.  We believe teaching is more than telling; it is guiding, coaching and training leaders in classroom lectures and as you live, work and travel together.  Our goal is to train the head, the hands and the heart--thereby training in knowledge, in service and in Christian character.

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