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    Indigenous Missions and Kite Flying
    Indigenous Missions and Kite Flying
    Indigenous Missions and Kite Flying
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    Indigenous Missions and Kite Flying

    By Jeffrey Lange

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    This ebook contrasts two works in the Lange’s ministry and asks the question, “Why did the one succeed and the other fail?” The author analyzes the two works in the light of indigenous mission principles and draws conclusions for future endeavors for any missionary to consider. This is a must read for those looking to apply indigenous mission principles into cross-cultural ministry.

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    PublisherJeffrey Lange
    Release dateOct 28, 2011
    ISBN9781465805805
    Indigenous Missions and Kite Flying
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    Jeffrey Lange

    The Langes are Independent Baptist missionaries and have been in Thailand since January 2004. Jeffrey was saved in 1995 and his wife, Theresa, in 1994. They were both saved through the ministry of Fargo Baptist Church in Fargo, ND and married in April 2000. They have three children. God called Jeffrey to preach shortly after he was saved. He graduated from Master’s Baptist College, a ministry of Fargo Baptist Church, in May 2000. Two years later, God led them to prepare for ministry in Thailand. They arrived in Thailand in January of 2004.

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      Indigenous Missions and Kite Flying - Jeffrey Lange

      Indigenous Missions and Kite Flying

      By Jeffrey Lange

      Copyright 2011 Jeffrey Lange

      Smashwords Edition

      Discover other titles by Jeffrey Lange at Smashwords.com:

      The Story of Nam Khao Baptist Church

      How to Develop Culturally Appropriate Resources

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Table of Contents

      An Allegory

      Chapter 1. Introduction

      Chapter 2. Summary of the Hmong Work

      Chapter 3. Summary of the Nepali Work

      Chapter 4. The Members

      Chapter 5. The Man

      Chapter 6. The Missionary

      Chapter 7. The Meeting Place

      Chapter 8. The Mentality

      Chapter 9. The Mathematics

      Chapter 10. Conclusion

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      An Allegory

      It is a warm sunny day and you are walking through the park. You stop by a park bench in the shade to relax. As you look around, you see boys and girls running around playing. Then your eye is drawn to a father and a son. The son is holding something in his hand, but you are too far away to see what it is. The father bends down to explain something to his son. Then in a moment, the boy takes off in a full run into the wind. Suddenly, a few feet behind him a colorful kite rises off the ground. It then swings wildly from side to side. The boy makes several adjustments trying to keep the kite airborne like pulling on the string, altering the course of the kite to catch more air, letting out a little more line, etc. As the kite begins to catch air it leaps higher in the sky. Under your breath you whisper, Careful… careful… because you remember seeing kites take a sudden U-turn and nose dive into the ground. The boy continues to let out line little by little while making slight adjustments. Finally, he gets the kite to an altitude where it seems to stabilize, but he can’t relax yet, for there is still a danger of it crashing. He lets out more and more line. Soon the kite is so high that there is no need for the boy to do any more work. He must have grown tired or bored, because he tied the string to a stake in the ground and went to go run around with the other kids. By this point, the wind keeps the kite aloft and stabilized without help of the boy.

      This allegory will be explained later in chapter 6.

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      Chapter 1. Introduction

      The purpose of this ebook is to contrast our two mission works in Thailand in the light of biblically based indigenous mission principles. The two works are the Hmong refugees in North-Central Thailand and the Nepali migrant workers in Bangkok. My prayer and aim is to share these experiences with you hoping that those who are serious about applying indigenous principles to their ministry can learn from my experiences and therefore, be better equipped for ministry.

      Some people reading this ebook may have experienced similar situations. Based on the conclusions I draw, it may appear that I am being critical of their work and/or decisions they made. However, everything in this ebook is based on personal experience and any similarity to any situation by another pastor/missionary is purely coincidental.

      The work with the Hmong refugees has been well documented. I wrote an ebook on the work entitled, The Story of Nam Khao Baptist Church. God sheltered the Hmong Christians in a refugee camp for four years. They were well grounded in the faith and prepared to continue the gospel ministry in Laos. Several men were trained for the gospel ministry and the last report we received, over 30 works are on-going in Laos.

      It appears that they are reaching a people group in a closed communist country, something that no Western missionary is able to do. I consider this work to be a success, not because of the results, but because the way the work was started and maintained using indigenous mission principles.

      Three years into the Hmong work, the Thai government began limiting our time in the camp. God then opened another door of ministry with Burmese and Nepali migrant workers in Bangkok and in Phuket in Southern Thailand. Fresh off the success with the Hmong, I attempted this work assuming I was going to have similar success with the Nepali.

      I was training two Burmese/Nepali men for ministry. One of the two, Joseph, was leading a group of believers in Bangkok. However, this work blew up in our face shortly before returning to the U.S. for furlough in April 2010.

      After returning to the States, I began

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