New Tribes Mission

History

The Missionary Training Center began preparing its first class in Fall 2006, but its origins date to the founding of New Tribes Mission in 1942. From the very beginning, NTM has recognized the need to properly prepare missionaries for their ministries. A training program began in 1943, and in 1945 the mission opened its first training camp for missionaries. This eventually became a one-year missions course, and was taught at several locations across the USA. In 1955, language and linguistics became an additional one-year course of study, following the missions course, and in 1967 the Language and Linguistic Institute relocated to a new home on the Lake of the Ozarks near Camdenton, Missouri. This property became the ideal place to consolidate, streamline and update NTM's missionary training program as a single two-year course. Today the campus is the home of the Missionary Training Center.

Specialties

Get the Training You Need to Become a Missionary. Right now, more than 100 people groups across the globe are asking New Tribes Mission to send people to share the Gospel with them. Many have been waiting for years. Is that a need you want to help meet? The Missionary Training Center course will prepare you. You will learn the intricacies of cultural adaptation and language acquisition, plus highly specialized ministry skills for working among remote, tribal peoples. You'll also learn the specialized skills and application of technologies for living in difficult surroundings. Finally, you'll be equipped to serve in career ministry as a cross-cultural church planter or in a role supporting church planting. Your instructors are experienced missionaries, who are passionate about teaching you field-proven methods that are constantly updated to remain effective and relevant.