In episode 7 of Lessons from the Field we talk with Bill Housley. Bill and Kelley Housley are missionaries in Papua New Guinea. They have been working in church planting and translating the New Testament into a minority language. We asked the question:

How would you describe the relationship between teaching God’s Word and discipleship in a pioneering church planting context? 

Simon:              Well, hello everybody. Welcome

back to the Lessons from the Field podcast. Lessons from the Field is a podcast

produced by Access Truth, and Access Truth actually has a brand new resource

that we want to tell you about. It’s called Equip Engine. And I’ve got Brad

here as you know.

Brad:                Hey Simon.

Simon:              Hey Brad. And now tell us a little

bit about what Equip Engine is.

Brad:                Well, it’s brand new. Access

Truth have developed this over a lengthy period of time.

Simon:              A couple of years, right?

Brad:                And rolled it out recently. Yep.

And at Cross View, the way that we train is through a program called the

Connect Program ministry training discipleship, cross-cultural ministry

discipleship program, and people are spread out all over the country, and the

way that they’ll learn will be through this online portal, Equip Engine.

Simon:              Yeah.

Brad:                And we’ve loaded up all their

courses under that and the students and participants in the Connect Program can

begin mentored through their learning using Equip Engine. So yeah, suits their

needs perfectly.

Simon:              Yeah. A Quip Engine is a learning

management system designed for churches, Bible schools, mission agencies, small

groups, et cetera.

Brad:                Churches, yeah.

Simon:              Small groups, big groups. It’s

pretty flexible and basically you can create your own courses with tutorials,

videos, audio files, PDFs, quizzes, interaction between the teachers or mentors

and the students and also facilitates group discussions so people can respond

to each tutorial or lesson privately. But then there’s also a public forum

available there as well. So it’s really flexible.

Brad:                Yeah.

Simon:              And yeah, it’s aimed at Christian

groups of any description. So if you’re interested in that, you can go to

equipengine.com.

Brad:                You can get some different

packages, Simon. So depending on how many users you want.

Simon:              That’s right.

Brad:                How many courses you want to

load up on there. So there’s different packages available to suit your needs.

Simon:              That’s an important point. The

Access Truth cros