Arrival on the field plunges the new missionary into a host of different experiences. They face a new location, new customs, new people, new language, new weather, new shopping, new …
Field orientation includes adjustments to the new country and to the practices and policies of NTM in that country. As well as learning the national culture and language, missionaries get to know other potential team members with the view to forming a team to move into a tribal location.
Once a team is formed, surveys are conducted with experienced missionaries to find a suitable location to begin the task of planting an indigenous New Testament church among a tribal people group.
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