In times past, Christian missions emphasized significant culture change as an essential missionary goal. Recent missiology has moved toward a respect for the culture of the target society. In contrast to this movement, religious emissaries to the Liana-Seti people of Indonesia have overtly repressed that culture so that it might be replaced with a form of officially approved Christian culture. This has resulted in a bifurcated culture and ineffective Christianity. In an effort to respect the indigenous culture while challenging it, the current authors experimented with a narrative form of communication that respectfully incorporated the origin mythology1 of the people.
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