FROM OMF INTERNATIONAL:
Teaching the Bible to Animists
Hans Bär, a missionary with OMF International, has been involved in evangelism and leadership training among the Karen people in Thailand for over twenty-five years. The Karen people have an animistic background and worldview and that affects how they understand teaching from the Bible. In a December 2018 article on OMF International’s website, entitled Teaching God’s Word to a People from an Animistic Background, Bär identifies several implications of an animistic worldview for Bible teaching. Click the button below to read the rest of the story!
Karen Pwo Northern
More information on this people group can be found at the Joshua Project website.
Joshua Project profiles typically include information on population figures, geographic location, primary languages, percentage of evangelicals among the population, the status of Bible translation, the availability of The Jesus Film and Global Recordings in the people group's primary languages, and an estimate of the number of workers required for initial church planting efforts.