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DEFINITION OF THE FOUR ROLES

ogy, to understand the implications month training program. Radius is
of each methodology, and to know not the ?silver bullet?, but if you?e
r
CHURCH PLANTING IN UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS how those methodologies line up looking to church plant among the
with your sending church. unreached people groups of this
Pioneer church planting amongst people groups who do not world today, it can be a significant
have access to the gospel, and have no viable and reproducing The final component to look for in help to you and your home church.
church in their own language. This task involves moving into the missionary training is the character
component. As so Good pre-field training
context of the people group, learning their language and culture, often is stated, ?Char- is a must in this day
and working to translate Scripture into their heart language so acter is King.? Good and age, whether it is
that the new church has means of growing, and spreading the pre- field training will Radius training or not.
good news to others. press into the charac- Every competent pro-
ter of the potential fessional gets training
missionary candidate. prior to engaging in
MAJORITY LANGUAGE WORK That won? happen in their desired field.
t
2 months, it will take Pilots go through
Church planting, mobilizing, and training believers within a
longer. years of testing, doc-
majority language context that already has a healthy church tors through countless
and/or Scripture in their language. This can involve moving into There are a handful of training rotations, and
the context of the majority people group, and learning that specialty schools and teachers through
language and culture so as to come alongside the local believers send agency pre-field hours and hours of
in that area. training programs that practicum. Missionar-
cover many good ies are no different.
components. Radius The Marines like to say, ?The more
International is the only one that is you sweat in peacetime, the less
CROSS-CULTURAL HUMANITARIAN WORK not tied to one particular agency, you bleed in wartime.? Make no
teaches the key classes (list above),
Humanitarian services that include disaster relief, flight services, covers all current and historic mistake, missionaries are in a war.
human trafficking intervention, poverty alleviation, health, water, methodologies, and evaluates the To be competent for the task,
education, etc. This work seeks to emphasize the justice and character of each one over the ten serious pre-field training is vital.
mercy of God in even the common grace elements of life, so as
to alleviate physical needs of people that require special
attention.
RESOURCES

SENDING/SUPPORTING 1. You Play how you Practice
Financially, emotionally, relationally, and/or prayerfully https://www.radiusinternational.org/you-play-
participating in seeing the Great Commission fulfilled, but from a how-you-practice/
home base (stateside or otherwise). This role is essential as the 2. https://radical.net
means by which church planters are able to move overseas and
3. A Foreigner with a Foreign Message
see others come to faith through their heart language. Believers
at home can help educate, mobilize, and encourage their local https://www.radiusinternational.org/a-
church bodies to see God's heart for the nations. foreigner-with-a-foreign-message/