New International Version And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. New Living Translation You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses.
Now teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able to pass them on to others. English Standard Version and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. Berean Study Bible And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
Berean Literal Bible And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be competent to teach others also.
King James Bible And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. New King James Version And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. New American Standard Bible The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful people who will be able to teach others also.
NASB The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. NASB And the things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, these entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
Amplified Bible The things [the doctrine, the precepts, the admonitions, the sum of my ministry] which you have heard me teach in the presence of many witnesses, entrust [as a treasure] to reliable and faithful men who will also be capable and qualified to teach others. Christian Standard Bible What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. By: Collin Hansen , Jeff Robinson. Stock No: WW Wishlist Wishlist.
Advanced Search Links. Product Close-up. Add To Cart. Paperback Book. Related Products. John Piper. John Foxe. You need to go and tell my relatives over the mountains about this so they can be saved too! You have heard the story. You go and teach them.
Eventually they compromised. Daryl had recorded the chronological teaching onto cassette tapes. Ron and Daryl had taken the mandate to heart to make disciples of the believers.
There were about 20 men trained to be Bible teachers, taking on the responsibility of teaching the lessons to their own people. To prepare these men for leadership, Ron and Daryl began to include them in discussing issues that had poked their way into the church. Ron and Daryl encouraged the men to use their God-given gifts and abilities to lead the church, using the Word that they had available for guidance. Just as Paul was not the only discipler to the churches in the New Testament, so the Banwaon were blessed with more than one gifted discipler.
In , the Lashuays left for medical reasons and in , Bill and Karmen Purcell joined the team. By the team consisted of the Phillips, the Purcells and the Castelijns.
Who, then, was going to lead the Banwaon church? Who would choose the leaders? Since the qualifications for leaders had been taught and modeled and since the church was maturing and observing men and women functioning as leaders, the leadership for the church was chosen by both the church body and the missionaries. Even so, those chosen were hesitant to take on these positions of leadership. In December of , the Banwaon church officially recognized 12 men and one woman from two separate churches and appointed them as elders and deacons and one deaconess.
Training is ongoing. They have weekly meetings, have personal discipleship time with the missionaries and work with the issues that arise in the church. They are learning how to disciple others. Discipleship has been at the forefront of the Banwaon church plant.
The missionaries modeled it for the new believers. As mentioned, men were trained as Bible teachers early in the process. Then those men began the discipleship process all over. The teachers would always go in pairs: one older, more mature teacher would take a younger, less experienced one under his wing and help him progress from short Bible readings during the teaching to teaching the entire lesson.
As a result of this mentoring, all the leaders and many of the lay people can open the Word and teach truth to the church with confidence. The older, more mature women are shouldering the responsibility of discipling the younger women. Yes, this is just what the Scriptures instruct the church to do. Are the Banwaon elders content to stay in their villages and rest on their laurels?
No, indeed. Not only the leaders, but also the church as a whole, have hearts ready to reach out to others. Many times, they reach out through family ties, even to distant relatives. More recently the church has sent two men as missionaries to the very edge of their people group, to the border of the neighboring group. There is usually an overlapping area where intermarriage and mixing of the two groups are more common.
One of the present elders, whose name is Rogelio, is actually from another people group. After living among the Banwaon and marrying a Banwaon girl, he became a believer. Later, he went to his own people group on the other side of the mountain to share the gospel, resulting in some believing the Truth.
This took place before he was ordained as an elder! The newest group of elders are talking seriously about taking the next step — taking the gospel to the villages of the Banwaon people where it has never been presented. This is the heart of the Banwaon church.
Taking a look back at the definition of a thriving church, is it fair to say the Banwaon church is thriving? Most assuredly it is. Is it perfect?
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