ስለ እኛ
እጅ ለ ፕሎው በአጥቢያ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት ውስጥ ካሉ መሪዎች ጋር ይሰራል። የቤተ ክርስቲያን መሪዎች የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እንዲያውቁ እና ቃሉን ለሌሎች እንዲያስተምሩ የተነደፉ የማስተማሪያ ቁሳቁሶችን እናዘጋጃለን። በሚቻልበት ጊዜ፣ ለቤተክርስቲያን መሪዎች -በተለይም የነገረ መለኮት ትምህርት ለማግኘት አስቸጋሪ በሆነባቸው ቦታዎች ላይ ያሉ መሪዎችን በቦታው ላይ ስልጠና እንሰጣለን። ሥራችን ለፓስተሮች እና መሪዎች መጽሐፍ ቅዱሳዊ ሥልጠና ከመስጠት ያለፈ ነው። አካላዊ ፍላጎቶች ብዙውን ጊዜ ከሥነ-መለኮታዊ ፍላጎቶች ጋር አብረው ይመጣሉ። እኛ ደግሞ ከአጥቢያ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት ጋር በመተባበር ለተቸገሩት አካላዊ እንክብካቤ እናደርጋለን።
የእምነት መግለጫ
ለፕሎው ቦርድ አባላት፣ ሰራተኞቻቸው፣ በትርጉም ላይ የተሳተፉ እና በማንኛውም የአገልግሎት ዘርፍ ከእጅ ወደ ማረሻው ለሚጓዙት በደስታ የሚከተለውን ያረጋግጣሉ፡-
- በሦስት አካላት በአብ በወልድ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ለዘላለም በሚገለጥ አንድ አምላክ እናምናለን።
- መጽሐፍ ቅዱስ በመንፈስ አነሳሽነት የተጻፈ የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ነው እናም በመጀመሪያ ቅጂዎቹ ውስጥ ፍጹም ስህተት እንደሌለው እናምናለን። በሁሉም የእምነትና የምግባር ጉዳዮች ላይ መጽሐፍ ቅዱስን እንደ የመጨረሻ ባለ ሥልጣናችን እንቀበላለን።
- የእግዚአብሔር አንድያ ልጅ ጌታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ተፀንሶ፣ ከድንግል ማርያም ተወልዶ፣ ተሰቅሎ፣ ሞቶ፣ ተቀበረ፣ ተነሥቶ፣ ወደ ሰማይ እንዳረገ፣ አሁን በእግዚአብሔር አብ ቀኝ እንደተቀመጠ እናምናለን።
- ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እውነተኛ አምላክ እና እውነተኛ ሰው እንደሆነ እናምናለን።
- የአዳም ኃጢአት ለሰው ልጆች ሁሉ ኃጢአትንና መንፈሳዊ ሞትን እንዳመጣ እናምናለን።
- ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ የእግዚአብሔር አብን ፈቃድ በአስተሳሰብ፣ በቃል እና በድርጊት ፍፁም በሆነ መልኩ ሲፈፅም ነውር የለሽ ሕይወት እንደኖረ እናምናለን።
- ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ደሙን አፍስሶ ሰዎችን ወደ እግዚአብሔር ለመመለስ ፍጹም መስዋዕት እንደሆነ እናምናለን።
- በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ፍጹም ሕይወት የተገዛውን የዘላለም ሕይወት ስጦታ የምንቀበልበት ብቸኛው መንገድ ኢየሱስ ጌታ እንደ ሆነ በአፍህ በመታመን እግዚአብሔር ከሙታን እንዳስነሣው በልብህ ማመን ነው።
- የክርስትና ጥምቀት በጌታ በኢየሱስ የተቋቋመ ሥርዓት ነው ብለን እናምናለን። ጥምቀት አማኝ ወደ አጥቢያ ቤተ ክርስቲያን መግባቱን ያመለክታል።
- የጌታ እራት በጌታ በኢየሱስ የተመሰረተ ስርአት ነው ብለን እናምናለን። የጌታ እራት አማኙ በክርስቶስ ሞት እና ትንሳኤ የተመሰረተውን አዲሱን ቃል ኪዳን ቀጣይ መታሰቢያ፣ መቀበል እና መሳተፍን ያመለክታል።
- ክርስቲያኖች በተቻለ መጠን በአንድ አጥቢያ ቤተክርስቲያን ውስጥ መቀላቀል እና በደስታ መሳተፍ አለባቸው ብለን እናምናለን። አማኞች ቅዱሳት መጻሕፍትን በመታዘዝ በአጥቢያ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ላሉት መሪዎቻቸው መገዛት አለባቸው።
- ክርስቲያኖች በቅድስና ሕይወት እንዲመሩ፣ በአስተሳሰብና በሥራ ንጽህናን እንዲያሳዩ እንደተጠሩ እናምናለን።
- ክርስቲያኖች የኢየሱስን ሕይወት ለአሕዛብ ሁሉ እንዲያገለግሉ የተጠሩት በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ኃይል እንደሆነ እናምናለን።
- በሙታን ትንሳኤ፣ በአማኙ ዘላለማዊ ደስታ እና በጠፋው ዘላለማዊ ቅጣት እናምናለን።
- በጌታችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በቅርቡ መምጣት እናምናለን።
ከላይ ከተጠቀሰው የእምነት መግለጫ በተጨማሪ እጅ ለ ፕሎው ቦርድ አባላት እና ሰራተኞች የሚከተሉትን ሶስት መግለጫዎች ያረጋግጣሉ፡-
የቺካጎ መግለጫ ስለ አለመቻቻል፣ የ ስለ መጽሐፍ ቅዱሳዊ ወንድነት እና ሴትነት የዳንቨር መግለጫ, እና የናሽቪል መግለጫ፡ ስለ መጽሐፍ ቅዱሳዊ ጾታዊነት ጥምረት.
የእኛ ተልዕኮ
የእኛ ተልእኮ የእግዚአብሔርን እውነት ለቤተ ክርስቲያን መሪዎች በቀላሉ ለመረዳት በሚያስቸግር መንገድ ማስተማር እና የተቸገሩትን አካላዊ እንክብካቤ ማድረግ ነው።
የእኛ ቡድን
እነዚህን ቁሳቁሶች በመጻፍ፣ በመግለፅ፣ በመተርጎም እና በማምረት ብዙ የተለያዩ ሰዎች ይሳተፋሉ። ሁሉም የኛ ቡድን አባላት የአጥቢያ ቤተ ክርስቲያንን አስፈላጊነት ያረጋግጣሉ እና እራሳቸው የአጥቢያ ቤተ ክርስቲያን አካል ናቸው። ከብዙ ቤተ እምነቶች ጋር እንሰራለን። ቡድናችን ከአንድ የክርስቲያን ቤተ እምነት ጋር አልተገናኘም። በሃንድ ቱ ፕሎው የሚሰሩ ሰዎች በሙሉ የእምነት መግለጫችንን በደስታ አረጋግጠዋል።
ቶም ኬልቢ
My name is Tom Kelby. I serve as president of Hands to the Plow Ministries. I am married to Sarah, my favorite person in the world. That’s saying a lot, because we have three great children and five amazing grandchildren. We live in the United States in northwest Wisconsin’s beautiful lake country. Our hobbies all seem to have something to do with things you’d imagine doing at a lake in the Northwoods. We love camping, campfires, water activities, cross country skiing, four- wheeling, hunting, and fishing (okay, those last two I might like a bit more than Sarah does).
We started Hands to the Plow in 1997. At that time, I worked as a copywriter in advertising. This is when I first met Mark Yaeger (Hands to the Plow’s creative director). Mark and I began developing materials for teaching and evangelism. We’re still doing this together today! One of my favorite things is when Mark and I are talking about how to present something in a clearer way and he says, “I have an idea!” You will see many of those ideas in our materials.
I eventually transitioned from advertising to pastoral ministry. For eight years, I pastored Cornerstone Christian Church in Spooner, Wisconsin, the church Sarah and I still joyfully attend. Now, I have the privilege of leading Table Fellowship, a small group of churches (Cornerstone is one of those churches). We love our church family and the churches we work with.
I met Jason DeRouchie (Hands to the Plow’s global trainer and content developer) in Hebrew class—he was my professor at University of Northwestern in St. Paul, Minnesota. Jason and I developed a great friendship. Our families grew close and vacationed together. Soon, Jason and I began hosting retreats for pastors and leaders in northwest Wisconsin. Jason also supervised my PhD dissertation at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. I could not imagine a better doctoral father!
Mark Maloney (Hands to the Plow’s ministry manager) and I worked together in prison ministry for many years. Mark’s deep love of the Lord combined with a mind geared toward making complicated things happen makes him the perfect one to organize and lead our trips and to oversee much of our work with translations. We always knew, based on Mark’s engineering background and experience keeping a suburb in Mpls, MN running, that Mark had gifts and experience the rest of us needed! Once he retired, we asked him to join us as ministry manager.
It is our joy to work alongside pastors and leaders for the sake of Christ’s church. It is our prayer that the materials we produce will help you in your understanding of and obedience to our Savior.
ጄሰን DeRouchie
Hi! My name is Jason DeRouchie, and I serve as Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, as global trainer and content developer at Hands to the Plow Ministries, and, most recently, as one of the pastors at Sovereign Joy Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri.
My passion is to exalt Christ through whole-Bible theology and to help train the next generation of church leaders here and abroad how to faithfully interpret and appropriate their Hebrew Old Testaments as Christian Scripture. My heart longs for the nations to know Christ, and I seek to mobilize men and women to study, practice, and teach God’s word faithfully both here and abroad.
I treasure my wife Teresa, to whom I have been married since 1994. The Lord has blessed us with a table full of children, three of whom came from Ethiopia, a land that I love. We also have two sons-in-law and three grandkids! As a family, we delight in academic and church ministry and are delighted to be a part of both Midwestern Seminary and Hands to the Plow Ministries.
Our previous years of service and local church involvement have helped us cherish the gospel and love the nations. I now have so many from other cultures whose names and stories I know and whom I love and long to see celebrating Christ in eternity.
As a family, we enjoy camping, hiking, canoeing, and moose-watching, and our favorite place to get away is the north shore of Lake Superior. Whenever possible, I love to return to Ethiopia to help the church train its leaders, care for the poor, and evangelize the lost, including the unreached. Along with leading teaching and service teams through Hands to the Plow, I also help develop resources for training those in under-developed areas.
Before coming to Kansas City, I served as Associate Professor and then Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Bethlehem College & Seminary (2009–2019), and prior to that I was Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at University of Northwestern––St. Paul (2005–2009). From 2005–2019 we were active members of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN, where I served as an adult Sunday School teacher and teaching elder. In the past, I also served as an associate pastor of Oak Park Baptist Church in Jeffersonville, IN (2001 2005), and as an instructor of biblical Hebrew and Greek at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Gordon College (1997–2000). Whether operating as teacher, mentor, or writer, I seek to lead in worship of our glorious God and to mobilize men and women for greater service for the sake of Christ. I hope that the time you spend on this site will move you to exalt our risen and reigning Savior.
ማርክ ያገር
Hello, my name is Mark Yaeger and I serve as Creative Director for Hands to the Plow Ministries. I am married to my best friend, Kelley. And, aside from the incomparable gift of salvation, Kelley is the best thing in my life. Kelley and I have two sons, Luke and Jack and, by way of marriage to Luke, we now have a beautiful daughter named Taomi. Praise God - they are all walking with the Lord and growing in their faith. Kelley and I live in Minnesota, Unites States. Our youngest son lives in Arizona, United States and our oldest son and daughter-in-law live in England, UK.
በማስታወቂያ ኢንዱስትሪ ውስጥ መሥራት የጀመርኩት በ1989 ከኮሌጅ እንደወጣሁ ነው - አሁንም በዚህ ዘርፍ እሰራለሁ። መጀመሪያ ላይ በአንዳንድ የፍሪላንስ የግብይት ፕሮጀክቶች ላይ ከቶም ኬልቢ ጋር ተገናኘሁ። ጓደኝነታችን እና ወንድማማችነታችን ያደገው ከዚያን ጊዜ ጀምሮ ነበር። ብዙም ሳይቆይ እግዚአብሔር ሁለታችንም በአንድ የአገልግሎት ፕሮጀክት ላይ እንድንተባበር በሮችን ከፈተልን፣ ይህ ደግሞ Hands to the Plow Ministries ከጀመረበት ጊዜ ጋር ተመሳሳይ ነው። ለክብሩ ያገለገሉ ዕቃዎችን ለማዳበር እግዚአብሄር የሰጠኝን ተሰጥኦ እና የክህሎት ስብስቦችን እንድጠቀም እንዲፈቀድልኝ ላለፉት በርካታ አመታት ተባርኬአለሁ እና ዝቅ አድርጌያለሁ።
ከእጅ ወደ ፕሎው ካለኝ ግዴታዎች ጋር፣ በሚኒያፖሊስ፣ ሚኒሶታ የሚገኘው የግብይት ኤጀንሲ DKY አጋር እና የፈጠራ መሪ ነኝ። 3 ኢየሱስን የሚወዱ የንግድ አጋሮች በማግኘቴ እጅግ በጣም ተባርኬአለሁ - ሁሉም የወንጌልን መልእክት ለማራዘም እና የተቸገሩትን ለመርዳት የክርስቲያን አገልግሎቶችን ለማገልገል ልባዊ ልባቸው ያላቸው። በDKY እና በኤችቲቲፒ መካከል ያለው አጋርነት አስደናቂ ነው - እና እግዚአብሔር ቢፈቅድ ኢየሱስ እስኪመለስ ድረስ በቦታው ይኖራል።
Mark Maloney
Hi, my name is Mark Maloney, and I’m the Ministry Manager for Hands to the Plow. My wife Debbie and I have four grown children and two grandchildren. We live in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, USA. We are avid gardeners, fruit growers, and beekeepers. We also enjoy fishing (year around!), kayaking, biking, and generally enjoying God’s glorious creation in our area.
I didn’t grow up in the church and lived a significant portion of my life in open rebellion with God. Through God’s amazing grace, my life was radically changed when I came to Christ in 2007. With my life mercifully “under new management,” I found myself intensely drawn to his Word and having great joy in sharing the Gospel. By 2009 I was participating in and eventually leading weekly Bible Studies for inmates at a medium-security correctional facility in Minnesota. This is where I learned about teaching materials and met leaders from Hands to the Plow Ministries. I officially came onboard five years ago and have since been helping to steer the Ministry.
Debbie and I together responded to God’s call for Kingdom work by jumping into global missions through our home church several years ago, and that has now grown to include overseas pastor and church leader training with Hands to the Plow Ministries. Discerning that God had a plan for the next stage of my life, I fully retired from my public service career in 2023 to be increasingly available for Kingdom building. Over the past ten years, we have developed international short-term missions and teaching experience in Haiti, Poland, Jordan, and Ethiopia. My role is to build and train short-term mission teams, handle logistics, and manage relationships with our international partners. Also, over the past two years, I have been led to gain a better understanding of the mechanics of language translation to get Hands to the Plow teaching materials and other resources into non-English speaking cultures. Thank you, Jesus, for this blessing and awesome privilege to “Go and make disciples of all nations”!
ይሳተፉ
እባክህ እዚህ የተገኙትን ነገሮች አስስ፣ ተጠቀም እና አትም። እንዲሁም ይህ ለአካባቢዎ ስልጠና መጠየቅን፣ የማስተማር ሴሚናርን ማስተናገድን፣ የትርጉም ቁሳቁሶችን ወይም መስጠትን የሚያካትት እንደሆነ በሌሎች መንገዶች እንዲሳተፉ እንጋብዝዎታለን።
ሀብቶቻችንን ያስሱ
የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ቤተ ክርስቲያን በምድር ላይ ተበታትኖ ብዙ ቋንቋዎችን ትናገራለች። በዚህ ድረ-ገጽ ላይ ያሉት ቁሳቁሶች ከክፍያ ነጻ ይገኛሉ. እባኮትን አውርዱና ለቤተክርስቲያን እርዳታ ተጠቀሙባቸው።
አስተናጋጅ ኤ ቡድን
በአካባቢያችሁ ያሉት ፓስተሮች እና መሪዎች ከጥልቅ የመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ሥልጠና ተጠቃሚ ይሆናሉ? መርዳት ትችላላችሁ። የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ቤተ ክርስቲያን በምድር ላይ ተበታትኖ ብዙ ቋንቋዎችን ትናገራለች።
ዛሬ ይለግሱ
የእርስዎ ስጦታዎች ቁሳቁሶችን እንድንጽፍ፣ እንድንሰራ፣ እንድንተረጉም እና እንድናተም ያስችሉናል። እንዲሁም በተለያዩ የአለም ክፍሎች ላሉ መሪዎች የማስተማር ሴሚናሮችን እንድናዘጋጅ ያስችሉናል።
የደብዳቤ ዝርዝራችንን ይቀላቀሉ
መረጃ ይኑርዎት
ቤተ ክርስቲያንን ለመርዳት በተገኙ አዳዲስ ምንጮች ላይ በየጊዜው መረጃ እንልካለን። ይህ በአዳዲስ ትርጉሞች ላይ መረጃን ያካትታል። እንዲሁም ቁሳቁሶች እንዴት ጥቅም ላይ እንደሚውሉ ማሻሻያዎችን እንልካለን።
