Generations to Come

Your partnership in the Renovate to Reach campaign is part of a legacy that reaches into eternity. In the mountains of Papua New Guinea that legacy is on display. A group of Kuman believers gather multiple times each week. They sing songs of praise, share Scripture from their translated Bible and encourage one another to stay faithful. Decades ago, missionaries came to live among them, learning their language, translating God’s Word and patiently teaching Truth. Today, a church has been planted. Those missionaries have phased out, but their work lives on: Hundreds of Kuman have been rescued from a Christless eternity. They now hold God’s Word in their own language. They have the Holy Spirit to guide them. And they’ve been encouraged to press on, fully equipped as a body of believers to continue the work.  

But the road is not easy. Many believers have died. Some young women have moved away for marriage. Other believers have fallen into sin, seeking escape in drugs, alcohol or worldly pursuits. Yet a faithful group remains, gathering to worship, sharing verses that God used to  teach them truths, singing songs of praise and even selling Bibles in their language despite threats from those who oppose them. The hunger for God’s Word among their neighbors is real — and so are the risks.  

Will Tallman, who served as a church planter among the Kuman, reflects, “The years we have invested in the Kuman have definitely come with tough challenges and sacrifice. But when we look at what God has done through our weaknesses, we are thankful! Hundreds have been rescued from hell. God’s Word will continue to bring light into darkness.”  

Thousands of miles away, another legacy reminds us of the same truth. Clark Aspinwall served with his wife in Southeast Asia Mainland for more than 30 years. Through their ministry, an unreached people group received the gospel for the first time, and today there is a thriving church among them. The Bru people now hold God’s Word in their own language — a translation that Clark lived to see dedicated, even while battling a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer.  

Clark passed into eternity on August 7. At his recent memorial service, the impact of Clark’s life was clear. His passion for the unreached was contagious, shaping not only the Bru church but also his children and grandchildren. He consistently taught God’s Word to his family, modeling faith and perseverance until the end. Though Clark has gone to meet his Savior, his legacy continues, both in the lives of the Bru believers and in the generations of his family who remain faithful to Christ.  

Legacy is what outlives us. It’s the effect of our choices — what we pass down, not only to our children but to the world and the generations who follow. Earthly legacies may be measured in property, possessions or family traditions. But the legacy that matters most is eternal: the spreading of God’s Word and the lives transformed by it.  

Their stories remind us that God calls each of us to invest in what lasts forever.  

Only God’s Word Lasts  

Generations will come and go. Our bodies will fail. Careers, possessions, even traditions all will fade. As Isaiah 40:8 reminds us:  

“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.”  

This verse is more than poetry; it is the truth of what endures. Human achievements, no matter how great, are fragile and temporary. But God’s Word is living, unchanging and eternal. It outlasts every culture, every empire, every generation. It is the only foundation on which to build a legacy that truly matters.  

Why Renovate to Reach Matters  

The need today is still urgent. Entire people groups remain unreached, destined for a Christless eternity without hope. For them to hear, more workers must be trained and sent. But training for this enormous task is not simple; it takes time, language and culture learning, and equipping for complex, cross-cultural contexts to be able to take God’s Word where it has never gone before.  

The Renovate to Reach campaign will increase Ethnos360’s training capacity, ensuring that missionary candidates continue to be equipped to plant churches among unreached people groups — churches that will bear fruit for generations to come. 

Isaiah 40:8 reminds us that everything else fades, but God’s Word endures forever. That’s why training missionaries is so critical. Without equipped workers, the Word cannot be taken to people who have never heard it.  

Renovate to Reach ensures that more men and women are equipped to carry God’s Word across cultural and linguistic barriers so that future generations, like the Kuman and Bru, will have access to the truth that never fades.  

Your gift doesn’t just support buildings. It builds legacy. It ensures that what lasts forever, God’s Word, is carried to those still waiting.  

Project Updates 

JOIN THE VISION

Your investment in the Renovate to Reach campaign is more than bricks and mortar — it is part of a legacy that will outlive us all. Each gift helps equip future missionaries who will carry God’s Word to the unreached. It is a legacy that reaches into eternity, as His Truth is passed from generation to generation.  

At the Ethnos360 Training Center, where students are being equipped with church planting methodology, exciting progress has been made. One student housing unit in a four-plex is now complete! Each new space makes it possible for more missionary candidates to enter training, multiplying the impact far beyond today. To finish this first four-plex, $13,366 is still needed — and $297,366 more will fully renovate all five four-plexes. Every completed unit represents future missionaries who will be trained and sent.  

Meanwhile, renovations continue on the Vision Center. In our last update, we shared that the new A/C unit had been purchased, and consultations with the electrical company had begun. We are thrilled to report that the IT and audio-visual room is now being relocated in preparation for the new bathrooms. This updated IT/AV room will provide the connectivity needed to run the Vision Center effectively.  

Inside the Vision Center, students and guests will experience interactive displays that reveal the painstaking work of language learning, the complexity of understanding worldview and culture, and the challenges of teaching and translating Scripture. This space will inspire and challenge visitors to pray, to give and to go. When complete, the Vision Center will help countless individuals catch a glimpse of the big picture: a thriving church for every people. Only $235,578 remains to complete this vital project. 

At the Ethnos360 Bible Institute, we rejoice that, with your gifts, the new elevator installation is underway! After years of malfunctions and temporary fixes, this upgrade will finally provide reliable access for students and staff. Looking ahead, the next major project will be replacing all of the windows in the historic building. These improvements are more than conveniences; they ensure safety and create a stable learning environment where students can spend two years gaining the biblical foundations necessary for lifelong ministry.  

Your gifts to Renovate to Reach are not just repairing buildings — they are building legacies. Every project completed means more students trained, more missionaries sent and more people who will one day hear God’s Word in their own language. 

Your Ongoing Legacy Opportunity  

That’s why this campaign matters. Because only God’s Word creates a legacy that outlives us.  

You have the opportunity to leave a legacy that outlives you.  

A legacy that means more missionaries are trained.  

A legacy that means entire people groups, like the Kuman and the Bru, receive God’s Word.  

A legacy that reaches into eternity.