Partnerships for Training Pastors
MISSION STATEMENT:
Our vision is to encourage and equip less resourced Majority World pastors and church leaders through biblical teaching and the development of practical biblical resources. By partnering with global churches, mission groups, and Theological Institutions, we seek to assist national church leaders as they nurture existing pastors and develop emerging leaders to the glory of God.
OVERVIEW:
1. Equip less resourced global pastors and church leaders through biblical training and practical biblical resources in partnership with Kampala Baptist Church in Uganda and other Majority World evangelical churches around the world.
2. Partner with mission organizations and missionaries that serve less resourced pastors and are committed to developing emerging church leaders.
3. Network with global Theological Institutions to promote biblical education and spiritual growth of Majority World pastors and church leaders for gospel ministry.
4. Encourage the development of Majority and Western World church partnerships to train emerging pastoral leaders in Majority World churches. This synergy will be accomplished through seminars and consultations with local church pastors and other mission leaders.
5. Assist in cultivating a vision for identifying Majority World church leaders and pastors to provide continual pastoral training after this project ends.
Problem being solved?
How are you solving it?
By partnering with Majority World Churches and mission partners, Partnerships For Training Pastors is providing large group pastoral training events that teach the Scriptures and church leadership principles. Biblical resources are printed and provided for each training session. In addition to developing study guides for training sessions, we seek to address important cultural and theological issues facing pastors today.
Why are you qualified?
After serving in pastoral ministry for nearly forty years in US churches, I believe that God has equipped me with biblical understand and leadership principles that are beneficial for the development of less resourced pastors and church leaders throughout the world. My doctoral work at Westminster Seminary focused on developing partnerships for this global ministry and the last church in which I served focused on developing missional partnerships for global outreach. Developing these cross-cultural partnerships comes naturally and over the few years of this ministry the training has touched hundreds of pastors and church leaders.
What is the urgency?
In Africa, the growing presence of the prosperity gospel as well as Muslim influence demands a renewed commitment to pastoral training. Over the next ten years, doors may be closed for gospel teaching in many countries, so the training of pastors and emerging church leaders is crucial for the African Church. With the uncertainty of international politics and religious strife, developing these global training partnerships can only expedite the mission to meet this urgent need that God has set before us.
