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Our Beginnings |
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Roy Robertson, founder and director of TEL, sailed to Shanghai, China, in 1948 as the first missionary of The Navigators. During the next 50+ years he not only specialized in follow-up, but led student teams in evangelism and set up gospel crusades all over Asia. Seeing the need for more full-time national evangelists, Robertson established the first TEL training program in Singapore in 1970. He invited six men from five Asian countries to live in his home for a year to receive on-the-job training. He later conducted similar training programs in homes in Japan, Indonesia, India and the Philippines. TEL launched many of these men into full-time public evangelism, and they in turn have conducted similar training programs in their own countries to raise up more laborers for the harvest. |
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Our Heritage |
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Through Rev. Robertson, TEL bears the mark of three strong Christian heritages: The Navigators, Youth for Christ, and Keswick. The Navigators: Foremost is the influence of The Navigators. Roy had the privilege to be trained personally as a "Timothy" of Dawson Trotman, living in his home for two years. Roy passed on to TEL the same principles of evangelism, follow-up and discipleship Daws passed on to him. Youth for Christ: Nearly all of TEL’s missionary concepts stem from Dick Hillis, with Youth for Christ. As the first Navigator missionary to Asia, Roy was assigned by Daws to work under Dick. Sent at the time the Communists were coming to power, his task was to develop and coordinate all the follow-up for Youth for Christ’s public evangelism crusades in Shanghai. Eventually, he and his staff were handling the follow-up program for all the Youth for Christ crusades throughout Asia. Today, TEL still spearheads public evangelism thrusts through gospel teams in Asia. Keswick: The third great influence is Keswick. Roy’s first wife (taken home to glory in 1959) was Lois Raws, daughter of Addison Raws who directed America’s Keswick, a Bible Conference center. Addison Raws taught Roy the importance of leaving things in God's hands and patiently trusting Him to work all things out. From Lois, a missionary with the China Inland Mission (now OMF), Roy learned something of the beauty of Hudson Taylor’s faith principle. To this day, Roy encourages TEL’s missionaries to live by faith, waiting on God’s leading in any new endeavor. |
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