A Nontraditional Form of Biblical Education: the Tri-M Model -- By: David Haag

Journal: Journal of Ministry and Theology
Volume: JMAT 10:2 (Fall 2006)
Article: A Nontraditional Form of Biblical Education: the Tri-M Model
Author: David Haag


A Nontraditional Form of Biblical Education: the Tri-M Model

David Haag

Founder and Director of Tri-M
A Special Ministry of Evangelical Baptist Missions

Paul’s Model: 2 Timothy 2:2

“And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also” (2 Tim 2:2).

In this verse the apostle Paul provides an inspired concept for biblical training, one that has been recognized and implemented in many ways throughout the past two centuries. It is both biblical and practical as the training flows from Paul to Timothy to faithful men and ultimately to the unknown others. In December 1989 this concept captivated my mind and became a compelling force for ministry in my life.

Understanding the Times: 1 Chronicles 12:32

“Of the children of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do …” (1 Chr 12:32).

Journalists called 1989 “The Year of the Century.” This was a bold statement as the entire decade of the 1990s had yet to unfold. However, they did not believe that the events of any remaining year could surpass those that occurred in 1989. In this year “the Communist countries of Europe underwent a stunning metamorphosis … a process of change which started slowly in countries already predisposed to reform snowballed by year’s end to engulf the hard-line regimes in East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Rumania.”1

Included among the momentous events of this year are the following. The Geneva Accords ending the Soviet involvement in

Afghanistan had been signed on April 14, 1988, and on February 15, 1989, the last of the Soviet forces were withdrawn. The Afghan Muslim insurgents appeared to have thwarted the Soviet superpower with all the eyes of the world looking on. Because of this, in May 1989 the Hungarian government correctly concluded that it could safely open its borders with Austria to permit Czechoslovakians to pass through their country and on to freedom in the West without fear of Soviet intervention or reprisal. Their action helped precipitate what would later become known as the “Velvet Revolution”2 of November 17. In China seven weeks of demonstrations culminated in thousands of Chinese intellectuals gathered on June 4 in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to protest Communist rule. Although their heroic act did not liberate the Chinese peop...

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