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Here are some pictures of  our DISCIPLE making seminar held in our home with our extended family and some ministry co-workders. These all work with Swarna and me in the HBM India ministry.

At this particular gathering I asked my wife Swarna to teach on the subject of Disciple Making. She did a marvelous job. We also spent much time praying for the ministries of…

The Impact of Indigenous Missions

I know this is anecdotal, but the testimonies coming from our co-workers of changed lives continue to roll in. This change is by the grace of God through the preaching and teaching of the Word of God. Our Triune God is all glorious!

Let me share with you this edited testimony. (It is edited so that you will understand the limited English and protect our brothers and sisters who are persecuted for…

Set Free to Share the Gospel

As in so many parts of the world women are kept “in their place” and not allowed outside of certain traditional and customary boundaries. This is true within the Church as well. There is no doubt that the role of men and women are different but when it comes to the Gospel and sharing the Word of God with your connections the roles are the same. As believers we are all called and commissioned to…

The End of Time – Thy Kingdom Come

The study of the End-Times is relevant to our lives today because of the WORLDWIDE changes happening at a very quick pace all around us. With worldwide instant communication available we are all very aware of these rapid developments. This can cause fear and anxiety. The people of God should not be anxious, but instead expectant! We expect the LORD Jesus Christ to come again and complete what He…

India has a population of 1.3 BILLION souls and growing (85% Hindu, 12% Muslim, maybe 2% Christian). Zambia has grown from 12 million to 20 million in just a few short years. Hope Builders Ministries is now working in one southern district of D. R. Congo with a population greater than Zambia! The Continent of Africa will be over 2 Billion by 2050, doubling in population.

The urgency for the Gospel has never been greater. Every generation is a new opportunity and a new challenge for bringing people to Christ and then maturity in Christ. “God has no grandchildren.”

THE greatest impact for the Gospel in any given place in the world is through the native population of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. Whether here in the USA or any country in the world, the native believers are the key to winning souls to Christ and discipling them to be like the Lord Jesus, displaying His righteousness to the multitudes who need to hear and see the Gospel of Lord Jesus Christ.

In Zambia, Islam continues to grow rapidly and is penetrating new communities. It is not unusual to be wakened by their call to prayer early in the morning. Pastors must be equipped with the sound teaching of the Word of God, so as to not be compromised by the temptation to convert to Islam in order to receive free hospital care and education and other physical benefits while losing their soul. Only the TRUTH of the Gospel will keep souls free.

Materialism is the idol imported from the West. Sincere western Christians help to build this idol trying to “fix” every physical problem with more and more money and stuff. Western missionaries who, for the most part, do not (and can not) live like the natives they have come to serve, unwittingly give and leave a false impression of the Gospel and of God. Then there is the “prosperity” gospel, also imported from the West, which continues to poison multiple millions with its lie of temporal health, wealth and power “in the name of Jesus.” And the perception of wealthy, healthy western missionaries help to reinforce this terrible lie.

To rapidly win communities for Christ Indigenous Christians are the key. By their lives lived out in proper context, in their own culture and language, many are able to see the GOD of the Bible, The Lord Jesus Christ, and hear the message of truth that will save them eternally from the penalty of sin and presently from the power of sin. The “unreached” are reached by their own believing neighbors.  This is the MISSION of Hope Builders Ministries to equip, encourage and empower native Christians to reach their communities and cultures for Christ and make disciples who make other disciples.

It is the reality of missions that native believers effectively win far more of their neighbors to Christ than foreign missionaries do in a lifetime of diligent and sincere effort.

Hope Builders also comes alongside the believers, working through the local church and pastors, to help them with strategic needs like Bibles and training materials, bicycles and motorcycles, clean water wells for their communities and dignity projects – helping the indigenous church care for the poor and needy in their churches.

The Salvation of souls is the PRIMARY goal of missions  and we must be about the Lord Jesus’ Mission to seek and to save the lost. If this is the primary goal then that is where we must put the emphasis, the Message of the Good News from the lips of those who have received it.

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Baptized in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit

The radical Rabbi Saul was on the road to Damascus to beat and jail Christians when he came face to face with the Lord Jesus. “Why are you persecuting Me?” was the Lord’s question. I can imagine that Saul was quite troubled in his soul about all that he was witnessing from these bold believers whom he was persecuting. Remember he heard the…

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  Recently Hope Builders Ministries Zambia received a large shipment of #jeremiahstudybibles from HBM USA. Praise the Lord for each partner willing to give a gift of a study Bible to indigenous pastors in Zambia! Now there are 780 new Study Bibles for pastors in training with HBMZambia. “Bibles for Disciples” is an ongoing project by HBMin.org to provide bible tools to pastors in training. You…

‪#‎IndigenousMissions‬ is cost effective and culturally effective. This is why Hope Builders Ministries is “Rapidly Winning Communities to CHRIST through Indigenous Disciple Making.” Partner with Missions! YOU, right where you live, can become an effective, active and important part of Indigenous Missions.

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Inductive Bible Study Methods ABCs of Bible Study

The 36 pastors were organized into 3 Hubs according to their areas and then into 1 on 3 training groups. This is the heart of Hope Builders Ministries’ work with indigenous believers around the world. We are not there to “westernize” the believers, only to equip, encourage and empower them in the Word of God. This is why HBM can do so much more working with Indigenous Missionaries instead of sending western missionaries who do not understand the culture and language for many many years and cost many thousands upon thousands of dollars for training and maintenance.

For the cost of ONE western missionary (over $100,000 annually) HBM can provide the basic needs of the already trained indigenous missionary with the tools and equipment needed to reach many many thousands of his fellow pastors who are untrained providing them with training in the Word of God. These pastors are then better equipped to “make disciples” of their congregations who become bold and effective witnesses of the love of Christ to their people.

Just as the church in China experienced explosive growth AFTER the western missionaries were forced to leave, so too India will grow spiritually and numerically as we partner with Indigenous Missions.

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Do Not Be Offended By Me.

I heard a challenging message on the life of John the Baptizer and specifically when he was in prison and about to be martyred. The main verse that captured my thoughts is from Matthew 11:6 in this drama of John’s life. He has lived his life far differently than any other man in total dedication to God. He is the one of Malachi’s prophecy to proclaim the coming of the promised Messiah and make…

Inductive Bible Study Methods

May 2016 Pastors Conference in Zambia Teaching Inductive Bible Study Methods Training the indigenous pastors is the heart and mission of Hope Builders Ministries Zambia. Jeff Hawkins (Hope Builders Ministries USA) organized a Bible Study Methods seminar for May 22-28. 48 first and second level leaders from HBMZ gathered in Musenga…

READY OR NOT Jesus Is Coming Again

He will Judge the Nations and Rule with a rod of iron. Looking around our world we can not help but wonder if the time of the end is at hand. Violence worldwide is increased. Islamic terrorism, genocide of Christians around the world, poverty and disease spreading. Families are more fragile than ever. Governments are ever corrupting. People all over the world are becoming more and more dependent…

Jesus is our Passover Praise the LORD! His shed Blood paid the price of our sin and by it we have the forgiveness of sins. Praise the LORD! His dying in the flesh He has freed us from the power of sin in our bodies. Praise the LORD! By His resurrection our spirit is born again and made a NEW Creations by the regeneration of the Holy Spirit! Praise the LORD! Now by His Resurrection Life we…