As God moves among a people group to bring about conversions, missionaries must determine how best to then disciple and train indigenous leaders.
When that people group consists of oral learners or those who have a history of syncretism, the challenges to develop indigenous leaders can seem overwhelming. Dr. David Sills served as a missionary among the Highland Quichuas of Ecuador, a people with a rich cultural and spiritual history. Conquered by the Incas and the Spaniards, in bondage both to governments and false religions, they have experienced a movement of the Holy Spirit in recent generations. In Reaching and Teaching the Highland Quichuas, Dr. Sills explores the historical, cultural, and practical considerations necessary to develop a training program for biblically faithful indigenous leaders in animistic oral cultures.