Our Mission

As a part of New Tribes Mission, our goal is to preach the gospel, translate the Bible and eventually plant a church among tribes of people who do not have access to God’s Word in their own language. To achieve this goal, we, the Osborn Family, have moved to Papua New Guinea to live in a tribal village among people who are isolated by their language and culture. Our role as “church planters” will require years of language learning followed by even more years of teaching and discipleship.

 

 

The New Tribes church planting model begins with achieving a high level of proficiency in a tribal language so that Biblical truths can be communicated accurately and naturally. Once this is accomplished, the gospel is presented by teaching through the major stories and points of the entire Bible. This method of working through all of the Bible is essential to establishing an accurate view of reality from a Biblical perspective and is critical in preventing syncretism (combining Christian beliefs with tribal ones.) Once this initial teaching is completed the process of discipleship begins. New believers will be taught how to grow and mature in their faith and participate in a local church. During this time leaders will be equipped and the process of Bible translation will continue.

Our ultimate goal, some fifteen to twenty years into the process, will be to leave the tribal people with a translation of God’s Word in their own language and a self-sustaining church led by their own people. This endeavor will take great effort and years of diligence. It will be impossible alone. By God’s grace and with the support of a dedicated team we hope to see God glorified through our work and our lives.