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In addition to the above statement of faith, Hands to the Plow’s board members and staff members affirm the following three statements:<\/p>\n
Ibsa Chikaagoo Dogoggora Dhabuu Ilaalchisee<\/a>, icha Danver’s Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood<\/a>, fi kan Ibsa Naashville: Tumsa Saalqunnamtii Macaafa Qulqulluu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t Our mission is to carefully teach God’s truths to church leaders in easily understandable ways and to provide physical care for those in need.\u00a0<\/p>\t\n\t Meeshaalee kana barreessuu, fakkii kaasuu, hiikuu fi oomishuuf namoonni adda addaa hedduun hirmaatu. Miseensonni garee keenyaa hundi barbaachisummaa waldaa naannoo sanaa kan mirkaneessan yoo ta\u2019u, ofii isaaniis qaama waldaa naannoo sanaa ti. Waldoota amantii hedduu waliin hojjenna. Gareen keenya waldaa kiristaanaa tokko waliin hidhata hin qabu. Namoonni Harka Qottoo waliin hojjetan hundinuu ibsa amantii keenya gammachuudhaan mirkaneessu.<\/p>\t\n\t\t\t\t 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.<\/p>\t\n\t\t\t\t Hi! My name is Jason DeRouchie, and I serve as Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and as global trainer and content developer at Hands to the Plow Ministries. I am also an active member at The Master’s Community Church in Kansas City, Kansas. \u00a0My 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.\u00a0I 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. 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. \u00a0Our 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. \u00a0As 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.\u00a0Before 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.<\/p>\t\n\t\t\t\t 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.I started working in the advertising industry back in 1989 when I came out of college – and I still work in this field to this day. Early on I met and worked with Tom Kelby on some freelance marketing projects. Our friendship and brotherhood grew from that point. Soon after God opened doors for the two of us to collaborate on a ministry project, which also coincided with the beginning of Hands to the Plow Ministries. I’ve been blessed and humbled over the many years to be allowed to apply my God-given talents and skill sets to help develop materials that have been used for His glory.Along with my duties for Hands to the Plow, I am a partner and creative lead at DKY, a marketing agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am extremely blessed to have 3 Jesus-loving business partners – all with a heart to serve Christian ministries to further the gospel message and to assist the needy. The partnership between DKY and HTTP is amazing – and, God willing, will be in place until Jesus returns.<\/p>\t\n\t Mee meeshaalee asitti argaman qoradhaa, itti fayyadamaa, maxxansaa. Akkasumas, kun naannoo keessaniif leenjii gaafachuu, seminaara barsiisuu qopheessuu, meeshaalee hiikuu ykn kennuu kan dabalatu yoo ta\u2019e, karaa biraatiin hirmaachuu akka qorattan isin afeerra.<\/p>\t\n\t\t\t\t Waldaan Iyyesuus Kiristoos lafa irra faca'ee afaan hedduu dubbatti. Meeshaaleen marsariitii kana irratti argaman bilisaan ni argamu. 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\n\t\n\t\t\t\tTom Kelby jedhamuun beekama\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\n\t\t\t\tMaark Yaager jedhamtu\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tHIRMADHAA\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\n\t\t\t\tQabeenya Keenya Qoradhu\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\n\t\t\t\tHar'a Arjooma\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t