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can do that. This leaves us with another option.

We must reach the individuals of India tactically.

The Tactical Situation
(A view of missions from an individual perspective)
Reaching India tactically means reaching
individuals one at a time. An effective
missionary disciples the people he reaches,
and part of that discipleship is teaching these
folks how to win souls. However, if I do not
have a church for them to become a member
of, my soul-winning efforts are somewhat
shortsighted and incomplete. And how shall
they preach, except they be sent? (That is, except
they are divinely commissioned and sent forth
by God) as it is written, How beautiful are the
feet of them that preach the gospel of peace,
and bring glad tidings of good things (Romans
10:15)! Therefore, for a church to be started,
and hopefully under the leadership of a
national pastor, one must have preachers—not
foreign preachers but native preachers.

A missionary can use Paul’s tried-and-true
method as shown in 2 Timothy 2:2: 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. If
done well and done faithfully, one can reap
great fruit. I have used and continue to use this
method with great success.

There is another method being reported on
by SEA missionaries in this series of BIMI
World articles. That is the establishment
of doctrinally sound Bible institutes, Bible
colleges, and seminaries.

18 There are some issues in establishing Bible
training institutions:
1. Obtaining permission to open a school
2. Getting qualified students—prospective
students having other reasons for wanting
to receive a Bible education than being
called of God to be a preacher
3. Acquiring funding, initial and residual—
schools unable to pay for themselves and
tuition not covering the costs
4. Finding qualified teachers—a person who
can teach in the heart language or has the
ability to teach through an interpreter
5. Having access to training materials—
culturally applicable and Biblically sound
in their heart language
6. Having resources to sustain during lean
years 7. Training the trainers’ schools (seminaries)
needed 8. Teaching village preachers as well as city
preachers 9. Recognizing that cults and other ministries
may try to capitalize on your successes
(usually better equipped and better funded)
10. Training wives for sustainable income
producing jobs—key in helping a national
pastor succeed
As you read through the other articles about
various training efforts of nationals, please
keep the strategic and the tactical information
in your mind. There are great needs in all of
SEA. Now is not the time to stop our efforts.

Please continue to pray and support missionary
efforts in SEA in training others as Paul did in
2 Timothy 2:2. W