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CPx Training

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July 5-23

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Learn hands-on skills to plant a church. Sounds out of your league? It's not.

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June 15 - 24

Bike through Germany with us. Pray with locals. Watch God move!!

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Evangelism Training

Want to SHARE YOUR FAITH and feel NORMAL?

July 6-7: $50

CHE Training

Community Health Evangelism Training

Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2012

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Paid Internship in Asia

Academic Year

2012-2013

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Church Planting Training

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Church Planting Training

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All Nations Family

All Nations trains and sends missionaries to share the story of Jesus with people groups all over the world who have never heard his name before. Many of these groups are located in remote places or creative access countries, but not all.

We have discovered God already working there, writing stories and signposts pointing to Jesus into their culture, traditions, and legends. Our missionaries seek to highlight these signs. Then, we train local leaders to plant their own churches, that they may take over the work entirely and make it their own in every way.

These simple churches have a tendency to rapidly self-multiply, creating a full-fledged church planting movement among some of the poorest and most neglected peoples of the earth.

What We Are About

What We're About
Passionately, we are about igniting church planting movements. That's right: movements. We go to people groups that have never heard of Jesus, share stories about Him, help local leaders plant their own churches, and then watch it become a whole movement of its own. Locally lead. Locally funded. And globally multiplying.Two out of every three missionaries on earth today are from non-Western countries. The Majority World has thousands of people groups who have never heard anything about Jesus at all. All Nations is reaching out to them, sharing Jesus and training local leaders to form self-multiplying churches that send out their own missionaries to surrounding cultures. It's church in its simplest, most contagious form.Founded in 2000 in Kansas City by a group of experienced cross-cultural church planters with a thirst for more, All Nations now has missionary training hubs in Kansas City and South Africa, and projects on six continents. We are working in Guatemala, the US, France, Romania, Germany, Mozambique, South Africa, Ivory Coast, India, Thailand, Taiwan, Zambia, the UK, and a whole slew of creative access countries not listed here.We focus on the neediest, most neglected and forgotten peoples of the earth. We see the church as the foundation of other transformational developments like small businesses, education, orphan care, etc. Therefore, many of our missionaries and their local partners integrate various kinds of training and aid work into church planting activities.Our goal is to make more than 15,000 new followers of Jesus in the next 5 years through the exponential growth of simple churches in the neediest places of the world.Want to join us?

Vision Mission

Core Values

Love God - Worship Experience and enjoy the Father's love Spend time daily in prayer and the Word Live lives pleasing to the FatherLove the World - Mission Share the gospel those who don't know Jesus Go and make disciples Serve and empower the poorLove Each Other - Community Discipling relationships Accountability and transparency Love and care for each other

Vision & Mission

Our Vision is to see Jesus worshiped by all the peoples of the earth.Our Mission is to make disciples and train leaders to ignite church planting movements among the neglected peoples of the earth.

What We Believe

Lausanne Covenant

The Lausanne Covenant and its story consitute a major uniting and confessional achievement in the history of the Church. Most major evangelical missions agencies have adopted the covenant, and since its creation in 1974, many other gatherings and conferences have sprung up in its wake. Lausanne has thus become a movement of its own, a uniting torch among those with a passion for the lost in this world. We encourage you to read about the Lausanne Covenant on their website.

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Statement of Faith

All Nations had adopted a standard statement of faith to guide our beliefs, our worship, and our practices.All Nations is interdenominational and works collaboratively with many churches and other missions agencies. Our statement of faith reflects our enthusiasm and care for a denominationally and culturally diverse Body of Christ, serving and worshiping Him throughout the earth.

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Why CP

Why Church Planting?

God's Plan A for the re-creation of the world, for the healing of our lives, for the transformation of our cultures, is the Church. He honors it with the name, "The Body of Christ," and with good reason. The Church--in its many different forms--functions as the basic network through which God does much of His kingdom work in the world.At the core of the Church, you find "two or more gathered in the name of Jesus." We serve a Triune God who is eternally bound up in a three-in-one relationship. Being made in His image, we too crave relationship as the most basic expression of what it means to be human. Relationship formed around worshiping the name of Jesus--that's the Church!We believe that church planting is the most effective means of putting legs to the prayer, "Thy Kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven." By sharing Jesus and planting a church, we ignite a network for sharing Jesus with many more people than our missionaires could ever reach alone.And, we create a social foundation, a leadership, a group, that can tackle every other kind of problem with the strength of unity and community. The Church has a biblical calling to care for the orphan, the widow, and the poor, and to seek the transformation of the surrounding culture and society. Together, a group of Christians can accomplish much for the glory of God!Finally, church planting is the most direct way to fulfill the Great Commission. We are about making disciples who mentor each other into making more disciples! Church planting movements sweep through whole people groups under local leadership, and are the fastest and most effective way of making active, outreaching disciples.

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Simple ChurchSmall, easily reproducible churches that are not dependent on formal education, buildings, and salaried leaders.Church Planting MovementsStarting movements of reproducing churches not single churches.Church Planting CoachesCross-cultural church planters serve as coaches and facilitators to indigenous leaders and churches.Church Planting eXperience (CPx)Church planters participate in a hands-on training and discipleship course led by experienced workers before they are sent out.Holistic MissionIntegrating church planting with meeting the felt needs of those being reached.Local Church Orientation and PartnershipThe sending church and All Nations work as partners in equipping, sending, and caring for those sent out.Neglected PeoplesThe least evangelized and poorest people groups of the world.Oral StrategiesKey elements for rapid church growth are the right oral strategies. Oral learners will hear and communicate the gospel without being highly literate.Multi-cultural TeamsChurch planters are sent from a variety of nations to work together in church planting endeavors.Leader DevelopmentOn-going development of emerging leaders through personal discipleship and mentoring, and non-formal equipping opportunities.

Unreached Peoples

Unreached People Groups
All Nations are committed to identifying and engaging 30 - 50 unengaged, unreached people groups and to uniting with the church worldwide to finish the task of the Great Commission. The center of our vision in making this commitment is not the human need (overwhelming as it is) but the glory of God: we labor to see Jesus worshiped by all the peoples of the earth.Current estimates are that there are about 3,700 unengaged, unreached people groups remaining in the world, and of that number, there are 632 people groups of more than 50,000 each. We believe that if we all, as a worldwide community of the followers of Jesus, work together to raise up about 7,400 workers dedicated to this task, that it is very possible to accomplish this task by 2030.Flowing from this commitment, we are in the process of identifying the next set of people groups that God has most well-situated us to reach. Join us in this task by praying for the unreached peoples of the world, that God would send workers into His harvest field!

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Train and Serve

Train & Serve
Have a heart for missions? Come and serve with All Nations! We work with individuals coming from extremely diverse backgrounds and experiences. We do not require any particular denomination or education; all that is needed is a heart to share Jesus cross-culturally.We offer long-term training and placement anywhere in the world. Church Planting eXperience (CPx), our intensive training, is considered the portal for launching with All Nations long-term. CPx graduates are also eligible to spend a year interning as a church planter while teaching English in Asia (with salary, benefits, airfare, etc.).Through Global Storm, our partnership with the Hard Places Community, we offer short-term opportunities for individuals and groups, customized to fit your heart and the needs of the people.On a local level, we also offer a variety of workshops and trainings. For example, we speak regularly on the Perspectives circuit, which is offered all over the country by the US Center for World Mission. We also offer Community Health Evangelism (CHE), workshops with George Patterson and Floyd McClung, training in communicating effectively with tribal groups, etc.Come and dialogue with us about your passion, gifts, and vision! Many of our field workers chose to serve with us because their calling did not fit the typical mold. If we cannot place you in an ideal fit, we will help get you connected with an organization that can.

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2012 Training Calendar

Workshops

Workshops

Workshops
All Nations offers a variety of workshops in Kansas City, or on the road at your request! Some of our most popular workshops are described below. Click on their names for more information and details.Evangelism Training will be offered this winter to train you on how to share your faith in a way that really encourages the gospel to spread quickly and effectively. Many people want to tell others about their faith, but don't know how to do so in a natural, comfortable, and empowering way. This training will teach you how to do just that!Community Health Evangelism focuses on training and equipping locals to address humanitarian aid problems afflicting their communities. CHE will equip you to work in economically difficult places for the self-determination and empowerment for all peoples.Perspectives is a course offered nationally, in large cities and small towns, by the U.S. Center for World Mission. All Nations staff regularly lead classes through Perspectives, the renowned introductory course on missions today. Open to the public, it can also be taken for college or graduate credit.Also, Floyd McClung and George Patterson each teach a workshop on the principles of church planting. Sound heavy? It's really about seeing Jesus use ordinary people to multiply disciples!

Evangelism Training

Evangelism Training
Evangelism Training will be offered during winter CPx to CPx students. Non-CPx students are welcome to come just for the Evangelism Training.Many people want to share their faith, but feel totally nervous and freaked out by the idea of actually doing so. The reason is, they haven't been trained! Come and join us for a couple of days, and learn how to reach out to others naturally, and with a goal to not just see a few friends won to Christ, but a whole movement started.Dates: July 6 -7.Cost: $50.Register by contacting us.

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Perspectives

Perspectives Course
Offered by the U.S. Center for World Mission, Perspectives is the most widely available, authoritative course on missions offered in the States. It can be taken just for fun and learning, or for college or even graduate level credit. Nationally, around 80,000 people have completed Perspectives.For each course, the U.S. Center gathers together missionaries and mission experts from a wide variety of organizations and cultural specialties. Several All Nations staff members regularly teach at Perspectives alongside colleagues from many other organizations, in addition to contributing material to the course's centerpiece textbook.We are proud to recommend Perspectives to anyone with a heart and passion for the Great Commission! Check out their website for more information about attending Perspectives in your area.

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George Patterson

George Patterson
Interactive Church Planting Training!Learn how to plant churches that plant churches and are led by the locals from day one. George Patterson's church planting principles can work in cultures all over the world whether they are near or far from your own. Details:Our 2012 George Patterson training is $150 (no housing provided) will take place July 9 - 13 at 13008 Grandview Road, Grandview, MO. The workshop runs from 8:30am - 12:30pm each day. (Students taking CPx at that time will have George's workshop included in their curriculum.)More info: Contact us. About Dr. Patterson:George Patterson teaches in the Division of Intercultural Studies at Western Seminary. Dr. Ralph Winter describes George as "one of the two or three world experts in the growth of the church" and calls his missionary career "legendary."The Pattersons worked for 20 years in Honduras combining pastoral training with church planting. There were 100 churches in Honduras when the Pattersons left the field. This is as a result of the Biblical discipleship and church reproduction principles Dr. Patterson implemented.What's more, because of this explosive growth, missionaries all over Latin America and around the world began using this method. Dr. Patterson co-authored the Church Multiplication Guide and has served as a trainer and consultant to workers in over 50 countries. He has mentored many other church planters, such as Neil Cole.

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Floyd McClung

Floyd McClung
Transforming Communities with Disciple-Making!Big words, simple concept! Learn to be effective in joining Jesus' work in the day-to-day world around you. Floyd will teach simple, easily reproducible methods for transforming communities and planting churches. He will challenge our traditional definitions of discipleship and insist that real disciples make disciples. He will pass on methods of simple, easily reproducible church planting that has already proven itself on multiple continents and in multiple locations. Whether you are in your own culture or go to another, you will be able to quickly apply the principles Floyd teaches here to transform communities.Details:Our 2012 training with Floyd McClung will take place Oct. 1 - 5 from 8:30am - 12:30pm. Tuition is $150 (no housing provided). The location is our training house at 13008 Grandview Road, Grandview, MO. Students taking CPx during that time will have Floyd's workshop included in their curriculum.More info: Contact us.About Floyd McClungFloyd McClung has been a missional leader and church planter in Afghanistan, Amsterdam, America, and Africa. He is the author of numerous books, including the Father Heart of God. His books have sold over 1 million copies and been translated into 30 languages. Floyd and his wife Sally live in Capetown, South Africa. Floyd is the founder of All Nations Family and leads the All Nations Family hub in Capetown.

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Community Health Evangelism

Community Health Evangelism
CHE seamlessly integrates evangelism and discipleship with disease prevention and community-based development. The work is holistic, seeking to meet the whole need of individuals and communities through complete obedience to everything that Jesus commanded.CHE is a true best practices model for integrating evangelism and discipleship with community based development. The first programs were done in Africa in the 1980s. CHE was then taken to other parts of the world where it proved adaptable to a wide-range of situations.Today CHE is being used around the world by churches, denominations, mission agencies, non-government organizations, and national and local governments to lift whole communities out of cycles of poverty and disease. You can read more about it here.DetailsOct. 29 - Nov. 2, 2012 for a tuition price of $17513008 Grandview Road, Grandview, MO.

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Training Calendar

2012 Training Dates
Indian Prayer Trek: March 22 - April 12Bike Across Germany: June 15 - 24CPx (Summer): July 5 - 23 (includes Evangelism and George Patterson)Evangelism: July 5 - 6George Patterson: 9 - 13CPx (Fall): Oct. 1 - 20 (includes Floyd McClung)Floyd McClung: Oct. 1 - 5Community Health Evangelism (CHE): Oct. 29 -Nov. 2Please contact us for more information or to sign up for any of our 2012 trainings.

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CPx

Overview

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CPx Overview

CPx Overview

What It's About - What You'll Learn & Do - Why CPx?

What Its About Church Planting eXperience is designed to teach you the heart of simple church planting. There are thousands of denominations, methods, and programs out there seeking to make Jesus' name known throughout the earth. They each have their differences, but almost all share the same common core. CPx teaches that core.CPx does not require any particular background or credential. Jesus chose common fishermen as his first followers. Then, he taught them to be leaders, and even before his death he started sending them out on missions to tell others about him. In CPx, you will learn practical ways to make disciples, the kind of disciples who become leaders themselves and make other disciples. Whole movements of church planting--churches sharing Jesus and rapidly multiplying--are igniting throughout the world. Entire people groups are coming to know the name of Jesus and following him for the first time. They are movements started by cultural outsiders that are quickly taken over by local leadership, local energy, local worship, and local flavor.If you have a heart for missions, CPx is a great place to start.

What Youll Learn and Do CPx has traditionally been a three-month classroom plus three-month field experience course. This year, we're doing it a bit differently. We've condensed the classroom time down to a three week intensive: CPx Concentrate. We're offering it four times a year, and the next training is July 5 - 23.Though not required, graduates of CPx Concentrate are encouraged to couple it with a one-year coached internship in a field setting customized to their heart, their needs, and their calling. Our coaches are all experienced cross-cultural church planters who have gone to the field, done it themselves, and can relate to the struggles and joys of first-time field workers.Should you decide to take a leap and come to our Kansas City training, the cost is $1500 per person. Scholarships are available, and housing is provided for free. Students meet Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm for teaching, worship, discussion, and growth. Saturdays usually include an outreach or immersion activity, and you'll have Sundays off.The training is holistic, practical, and personal. We aim to train the head, heart, and hands in four competencies:1. Ability to abide in Christ2. Ability to adapt to, honor, and appreciate other cultures3. Ability to build deep relationships with others, no matter their culture or socio-economic status4. Ability to plant churches

Why CPx There are a lot of organizations that provide training, and there are also a lot of missions boards that are willing to send out workers who meet their various requirements.All Nations does both--in fact the whole process. We stick with a person from the first moment they think about missions, through their training and their first field experiences, all the way through their long-term placement and eventual project completion. We don't just commit to train you; we commit to caring for you through every season of your life as a missionary. CPx is the first step in beginning a great relationship!

Student Testimonies

Student Testimonies

Student Reviews - Ministry Endorsements

Student Reviews We are humbled and grateful for the overwhelmingly positive response from our students. Many of them have done short-term missions in the past and yet find their expectations far exceeded during their time with us. One student headed to Asia wrote:"We came in to training saying we were just going to live in Asia as Christians. We are leaving calling ourselves missionaries! My expectations and hopes have increased a lot. I am expecting to see God do great things and change many lives. We expected one or maybe two years in Asia. Now we have no idea how long we will be overseas!"In response to the question, "What were expectations of training?" another student wrote:"I knew that CPx was a little language training, a little culture training, and a little ministry training. I was also told it would change my life and it would be amazing. And it has been an amazing life changer!"When asked what was most or least helpful about training, another person replied:"The simplicity of sharing Jesus stories was such a new and dynamic paradigm for me personally. I am so encouraged by the truth that Jesus can use anyone to advance His kingdom. I loved the concept of D-Group and the simple process we were given to lead this type of group. The thought of being a missionary seems less intimidating. Also, the language and culture classes were incredibly helpful!"Another person said, "I think I loved it because a lot of what you taught was stuff I had wanted to be true for a long time, and here I found out that other people think that stuff too and it actually works!"

Ministry Endorsements "The word 'experience' is more than a word in a title. You will experience vital dynamics of church life, discipling and multiplication by interacting with instructors, staff and fellow trainees. You will receive ogoing mentoring as long as you need it to see churches multiply in the new testament way."-- George PattersonAuthor of The Church Multiplication Guide"The CP Experience (School of Church Planting) is all about preparing people to do exactly that: learning how to tell people about Jesus from different cultures and nations. If you are interested in missions, church planting, and giving your life for something worth living and dying for, we urge you to find out more!"-- Floyd McClung , Jr.Formerly of YWAM, now Director of All Nations South Africa

Application

Application
The application process is simple!1. Contact us! Hey, what can we say? We're relational and would like to get a chance to talk to you before you apply. This way we can make friends and start to get to know each other. We won't reject your application if you skip this step, but we would like to get to know you better first. 2. Read the Student Handbook and the CPx FAQ (if you haven't already) so you know what you're getting yourself into!3. Download and complete the CPx Application. We prefer if you use the fillable Word document version, as it's easier to read typed than handwritten. Otherwise, use the PDF version. Either way, you must print it and sign it, and mail it to the address below.4. Download the Pastor's Reference and the Employer's/Teacher's Reference and distribute them accordingly. These can also be filled out in Word or can be printed from the PDF version and filled out by hand. Regardless, it must be printed, signed, and mailed to us.Send all completed forms to:All Nations - CPxP.O. Box 55Grandview, MO 64030Having trouble or got a question? Contact us at: 816-216-1353 or e-mail parlund_allnations.us.

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FAQs

FAQs
Who?You are someone who wants a practical, hands-on program about how to start Christ-centered communities around the world. You have basic Biblical knowledge and are mature in your walk with Christ.We are experienced church planters from four continents who want to share our knowledge with you through interactive discussions, classroom times, special experiences in which you learn what it feels like to be an outsider or a refugee, mentoring and facilitating outreach.What?Church Planting Experience is a practical training in which you will learn how to be a long-term cross-cultural, holistic church planter. You will learn how to share Jesus with people from many different cultures and languages. You will learn to respect local cultures and customs while elevating local leaders to positions of leadership in house churches. You will learn how to be a life-long learner who listens to the guiding and leading of the Holy Spirit in your life.When?CPx is offered four times a year. The next CPx is July 5 - 23, 2012, and will include George Patterson and Evangelism training as a free bonus. The fall CPx will be Oct. 1 - 20, 2012. Graduates interested in longer term service with All Nations are encouraged to begin a customized one-year internship after CPx is completed.Where?Kansas City, Missouri. Graduates have then gone on to locations in India, Thailand, Mozambique, Taiwan, Cambodia, Zambia, and France among others.How much does it cost?$1500 per person, or $500/week. Couples receive a discount and pay only $2500 for both people. Participants are encouraged to do fund-raising to meet the cost of the tuition, and scholarships are available. To help lower overall costs, we provide housing for all students during the training. This helps keeps costs down and helps students to be in mentoring relationships with other members of the All Nations family. What about my children?Kids who are not in school are allowed to come to the program with Mom and Dad. After all, house churches take place in families with kids around! There are places for the babies to rest and sleep when they get tired and a yard for them to play in. Mom and Dad should work out their own child-care between them. As much as possible, husbands and wives are encouraged to attend the program together.Am I too young or too old?There are no age requirements to attend CPx. As long as you are mature in the Lord and able to handle the rigors of travel, that's good enough for us!Do I have to have a college degree to attend CPx?No. There are no previous educational requirements to attend CPx. Participants are expected to demonstrate basic Biblical knowledge, but no degrees are required.What if I've already attended seminary? Is CPx too easy?No. Many students come to us after earning advanced seminary degrees. The program has some very minor overlap with seminary programs but is mostly practical and hands-on, offering a different approach than most seminary courses.How do I sign up?Download the application here on our web site, fill it out, and mail it in.Where do I go to pay tuition?Click here to pay by PayPal.What do I do if I still have questions?Write, call, or e-mail. We'll get back to you. We love talking to students, so give us a call.

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Intern in Asia

Intern in Asia
Have a heart for missions? Got a Bachelor's degree? Native English speaker? Still under age 60? Then interning with us in Asia might be just the fit for you!New interns come for three weeks of training in the summer and then leave for Asia in the fall. They spend the academic year teaching English at an American-style university and have several weeks off at Christmas. Interns plug into an experienced church planting team at the university and are invited to share their faith with students and other locals they meet.The internship in Asia comes with full salary, medical insurance, airfare, apartment, meals, and other benefits. Requirements: B.A. in any subject, less than 60 years of age, native English speaker, heart for sharing Jesus!Contact us for more info!

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Read & Learn
Excited about what God is doing through All Nations? Want to learn more about church planting, about unreached people groups, about what is happening at our Kansas City base?Check out Our Stories for amazing adventures from the field. We love sharing what God is doing!Next, our Prayer Diary has unreached groups All Nations is targeting, asking God to send us workers to share Jesus with them for the first time. Pray through it: do you want to reach one of these groups?Lastly, want to come to one of our Current Events? Just contact us for more info!Going to an unreached group? Here's help developing a game plane, couresty of Finishing the Task.

Finishing the Task Resources

Trip Resources
Have a heart for a particular unreached people group? Not sure where to begin?Finishing the Task has put together two great resources for use by anyone with a heart for sharing Jesus with unreached people groups. Feel free to make use of them in your ministry! will help you put together a practical plan for identifying and eventually church planting among an unreached people group. will guide you in specific detail as you gather information about the group that you would like to reach with the message of Christ.Another helpful resource in researching unreached people groups is Joshua Project.

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Legend of the Buffalo Skin

Finding God's Ancient Work in a Seemingly Non-Christian Culture!

When we think about foreign lands where the name of Jesus has never yet been spoken, it is hard to understand where God has been working there all this time. What our missionaries on the field often find is that God has been patiently laying the foundation of His heart into their culture, their stories, their hearts for centuries.

Consider this story of the Buffalo Skin, written by one our field workers, who heard and recorded it on behalf of the Akeu people:

The Akeu people have been handing down the "Buffalo Skin" legend for 800 years. It is told like this: God called all the people groups before Him. He gave each people group His Word in a different way. To the

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Akeu, God chose a high priest to give His Word written on a Buffalo skin. (Buffaloes are a highly esteemed animal to the Akeu.) On his way home, it began to rain and the rain made the buffalo skin wet. Also, it began to smell. The high priest was afraid the writing would disappear and the smell of the buffalo skin made him hungry. So he roasted the buffalo skin and ate it. He ate the Word of God. Therefore, the Akeu say they carry the Word of God in their stomachs.

Here is an example of God working even in the midst of a very difficult people group! God did give His Word to every people, even if just

through creation as it says in Romans 1. So God's fingerprint is indeed embedded somewhere in this legend, and in other parts of the Akeu culture. How to help the Akeu see that Jesus is the Buffalo skin? Jesus is the Word of God? One of the most effective ways is to connect their culture - what they already are familiar with - to the Bible. In other words, redeem the parts of culture

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to Jesus. Sitting in the chair of an Akeu, John 1:1 would read: "In the beginning was the Word, Jesus, and the Word was God. So Jesus is the Word of God written on the buffalo skin." The Akeu, an oral/illiterate people group, have carried in their stomachs God's Word ever since the high priest ate the buffalo skin in their legend.

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Current Events

Enjoy bike riding? Enjoy prayer? Then this is the perfect trip for you! We're sending a small team to Germany on a strategic bike ride. We are partnering with local, on the ground the church planters who will guide and translate for the team. Basically, we'll bike through different towns, praying for the sick, and learning about church planting in the evenings. Expect to bike about 50k a day, though we'll have a vehicle if needed.You do NOT have to speak ANY German to participate in this trip! (Though of course a few words in German is always helpful.)When: June 15-24Where: Herrnhut to Hamburg, GermanyCost: $3000 (including airfare and bikes, but bring your own helmut and water bottle)Want more information? Contact us!

All Nations hosts monthly potlucks, usually at our All Nations training house: 13008 Grandview Rd, Grandview, MO 64030. Our next potluck will be held in February, due to special projects and trips in January.By the way, our potlucks are pretty awesome! We usually invite missionaries to share stories from the field, and our regular attendees include some incredible cooks! Feel free to join us anytime. All are welcome.

Hike through Northern India and pray with locals! This small group is open to anyone with a heart for prayer and unreached people groups. Cost is $620 plus airfare, and the dates are somewhat flexible. Contact us for more info.

Partner and Connect

Train: participate in our next workshop or training!Serve: go abroad short- or long-term with us!Pray: join us for prayer in person or by mail through our monthly prayer-and-praise postcard!Learn: sign-up to receive our news and stories from the field!Celebrate: come to our monthly potlucks!Give: donate to the work of All Nations!Contact us: for more information about participating in any of these ways with All Nations!

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You may make a tax deductible donation to All Nations in several ways, as outlined below. Please indicate if you would like to preference your support for a particular All Nations ministry or worker.Please mail all donations and forms to:All Nations Family, Inc c/o Walsh Washburn 5360 College Boulevard Ste. 100Overland Park, KS 66211

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In the spirit of Christian fellowship, we will be opening our houses up for guests to stay. We do not charge any rent or fees to stay with us. There is a suggested donation.Three houses are available. The Training House will have two efficiency apartments and one regular apartment, along with a living room, a kitchen, three full bathrooms, and classroom space on the first floor. It can be reserved in whole or in part. The Guest House can also be reserved. has two bedrooms, and a kitchen, a living room, and one bathroom.The Office can be reserved in the evenings or weekends, and has space for small groups or Bible studies.Contact us for more info on reserving our space!