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The world of missions has changed radically in a generation. Whereas the American Church used to carry the lion’s share of the load, the rest of the world has swept past us with a great swoosh of the Spirit’s wind. In India alone, thousands of national missionaries ar…
By Seth Barnes
By Seth Barnes

The world of missions has
changed radically in a generation.
Whereas the American
Church used to carry the
lion’s share of the load, the rest of the world has swept past us with a great
swoosh of the Spirit’s wind.

In India alone,
thousands of national missionaries are reaching one billion of their countrymen
with the hope that Jesus offered.

So what role does that leave for
the American Church?
One of the most obvious ways we can come alongside nationals overseas is
with an Ephesians 4:12 ministry of equipping them for works of service, and
especially leadership training. EQUIP is
a good example of a ministry that does this.

I personally write a lot on the subject of leadership (for a list of my blogs on leadership, go here). And I’m continually looking for free leadership
resources for nationals (in countries where they can’t get them). For example, here is a free set of
commentaries and a spiritual gift test.

The best free leadership resource I’ve
seen so far is available at this link. Or click on any of the following articles. A missionary who trains leaders in the bush in Botswana uses them and told me about them. Many are by George Patterson, a leadership guru.

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Autocratic Leaders

[Leadership]

Deal wisely with
leaders accustomed to high level authority

Balanced Ministry Triangle

[Pastoral Work]

Diagram
of relationships in the Trinity, applied to disciple making

Balanced Church Life

[Pastoral Work]

Harmonize the
ministries of a church or Christian organization

Bible Models

[Character Development]

Tell stories
to help people to follow good biblical examples

Bible Models with Role-Plays, and Guidelines

[Pastoral Work]

Develop healthy
flocks by teaching with role-plays.

Bible Stories

[Bible]

O. T. stories introducing
basic spiritual truths, listed with related New Testament stories:

For all Bible stories and
applications, download

Appendix from

Shepherd’s Storybook www.Paul-Timothy.net.

Bible Readings

[Family and Small Groups]

Entire
Bible, stories for children, discussion questions

Cautions for Field Administrators

[Missions]

Avoid
common errors of green or careless field supervisors.

Cell formation

[Organization]

Good and bad routes
to take to form small groups
(a diagram, MSWord document)

Cells and House Churches, Get Started

[Pastoral Work]

Brief
summary of what to do.

Cells, Reach your City with Cells (Home Groups)

[Small Groups]

Extensively
researched. Thorough treatment.

Cellular Church Body, Analysis of Development

[Organization]

Form small churches within a larger congregation.

Child of Peace

[Evangelism]

Work with a person of
peace like Levi, Cornelius or Lydia
to enter communities

Children, Caring for during Worship

[Worship]

Prepare
children to work with adults during worship

Children Participate Seriously in Church Life


[Organization]

Children disciple younger ones and serve with adults.

Church Multiplication–

Can we Take it too Far?

[Church Planting]

Avoid
misconceptions, false idealism

Church Multiplication Guide Explained

[Church Planting and Leadership Training]

Flocks
that reproduce

Church Reproduction, Spontaneous

[Missions]

Case
study: George Patterson, Honduras

(pdf file).

Church Planter’s Checklist

[Church Planting]

Brief
list of vital church planting tasks, to remind one what to do

Church Planting Myths

[Church Planting]

Slay
‘sacred cows’ that paralyze the work by exposing myths

Communicate the Gospel to Muslims

[Missions]

A
non-argumentive approach to sharing Christ wih Muslim friends

Community, Christian, Developing

[Pastoral Work]

Activities
to build healthy church bodies and cells

Congregational Progress Chart

[Mentoring]

Checklist
of vital ministries, to train shepherds

Congregations Serving Each Other

[Church Body Life]

Edifying
interaction between cells & churches

Coordinating New Church Work in a Large Region

[Mission, Church Planting
and Leadership]

Mobilize new leaders

Development and Relief

[Mercy Ministry]

Jesus’
command to love our neighbor in practical way

Discipleship and Intimacy with God

[Discipling]

Workshop
outline, Neil Gamble, renewal

Discipling
that balances Relationships, the Word and Ministry:

See Balanced Ministry
Triangle
(diagram)

Education, Christian

[Education]

Rethinking
traditional religious education, its problems and solutions

Education,
Theological, oriented to obedience:

see Obedience Oriented Education.

Empowering Shepherds

[Mentoring]

How mentors make
new leaders’ ministry more effective

Evangelism, working with a ‘Son of Peace’

[Missions]

Guidelines
to penetrate a new community

Fifteen Facts
of Life and Death,

see Life and Death

Formal Course,

See Mentoring for Ministry

Freedoms that Churches Should Enjoy

[Leadership]


Free believers & flocks from paralyzing traditions

‘GlobaLocal’ Church

[Missions]

‘Double vision’
focus on both local and distant outreach

Healing in Jesus’ Name

[Mercy Ministry]

A
testimony by a medical doctor, Klydi Vampa, M.D.

Idols of any Kind Grieve God

[Devotional]

God’s love
compared to a mother’s broken heart

Jesus’ Major Commands

[Discipling]

Bible studies,
to make disciples who obey our Lord’s commands

Jesus’ Commands, Short List

[Discipling]

A brief
list summing up all that Jesus commanded

Jesus’ Life and the Good News

[Evangelism]

A brief
summary, based on the Apostles’ testimony

Koran.

[Mission]

What the Koran teaches about Jesus (a ‘bridge’ to build relationships
with Muslims)

Leaders Empowered

[Leadership]

How mentors can make
new leaders more effective

Leadership
Training by mentoring:

see Mentoring…

Man of Peace:

See
‘Child of Peace’

Mentoring, Applications (different purposes)

[Leadership]

Strengthen flocks, families & organization.

Mentoring
Compared to Classroom

Brief Analysis�Complete Analysis

[Leadership Training]

Orient
mentors.

Mentoring, Assertive and Purposeful

[Mentoring]

Instruction
tied to action aimed at

results

Mentor for Ministry

[Mentoring]

Formal course for seminary credit or
certificate: 7 modules, content & aims

Mentoring, General Guidelines

[Mentoring]

Aids for
training new Christian leaders

Mentoring

Information Chart

[Mentoring]

Gather
information from trainees (MS Word� Doc)

MentorNet Messages

[Mentoring]

Brief articles on a
variety of issues and problems that mentors face (Page)

Mentoring New Leaders–

Who Should Do it? [Training Leaders]

Enlist trainers
among new leaders

Menu-based Training

[Mentoring]

Listen,
then select studies that fit needs of each trainee’s flock

Ministries Check List

[Leadership]

A chart of
church activities that the New Testament requires

Ministerios
Importantes

[Pastoral]

Los
ministeriios que Dios requiere que una iglesia haga

Mission Theory and Practice Integrated

[Mission Training]

Add action to mission courses

Muslim Work

[Missions]

Communicating the Good News
to Muslims

New Shepherd’s Identified

[Leadership]

Guidelines
for identifying pastoral workers

Obedience Oriented Education

[Pastoral Training]

Theological
Education

and Evangelism by Extension (

TEEE)

‘One Another’ Commands

[Pastoral]

Help believers
and congregations to serve one another in love

Priorities Chart

[Mentoring]

Help mentors to know
trainees’ strength and needy areas of focus

Religions, Non-Christian, Dealing with

[Missions]

Serving
in pagan societies―what to do and to avoid

Renewal–Repair Rusty Organizational Structures


[Leadership]

Freedom from restrictive rules

River of Grace [Pastoral Work]

Resist power-hungry controllers and
legalistic rules.
A short story.

Role-plays (an
extensive list, arranged topically):

See Demonstrations.

Routes that churches take�good and bad�to grow

(Leadership]

Small groups, diagram (MS Word�)

Self-support Issues

[Stewardship]

Mobilizing many
volunteer workers. See also Voluntary Workers.

Sending
Church: See ‘Globalocal
Church’

Sin, original. Eve Tells Cain & Abel How Life Was before the
Fall

[Devotional]

Eve laments the great loss

Small Groups, Starting

[Leadership]

Guidelines.
Start cells that edify believers & reproduce new cells

Small Groups,
good & bad routes that churches take to form cells (diagram):

See Cell
Formation.

Spiritual Gifts – Biblical Models

[Pastoral]

Discern
gifting: compare one’s interests with persons in the Bible

Spontaneous Reproduction of Churches

[Missions, church
planting]

Case study and guidelines. George Patterson (pdf)

Stories & Skits

[Education]

Use stories, skits
and role-plays to teach God’s Word more effectively

Suffering, for Twelve Years

[Devotional]

The
woman’s thoughts, who was healed of a hemorrhage.

Teaching Integrated with other Disciplines

[Education]

Integrate
truth and task; defragmenting theology

Team Formation


See

Missionary Team Formation.

Train Leaders Like Jesus and His Apostles Did

[Education]

Supplement lectures with mentoring.

Trouble Shooting Chart

[Church Planting]

Helps for
common problems

Writing Studies to Train Leaders

[Education]

Guidelines
to write simple textbooks that result in action

Vision:

See

Globalocal Church

.

Workers Mobilized, Activating Invisible Resources

[Missions]

Mobilize more workers for missions

Comments (26)

  • Dear sir,
    Greetings in jesus name.
    Although many gospel work had been done, but we see the lack of proper leadership in the church in india and around. This is due to the lack of the equipping. As the Word says ” MY people perish due to the lack of the knowledge”. This i true to our context, we are not able to think of fruitfulness. people are carrying out the ministry as tradition and as one thinks. We have the burden to equip leaders and raise more leaders that will reproduce. Please help us to do so.
    In His name
    sonam
    India

  • Seth,
    Wowwhat a list!! I’ll also add that my congregation offers a great series entitled “Leadership Training School”. The classes include individual and corporate mission (identifying personal giftings, makeup, calling), hermaneutics, old and new testament surveys, practicalities of leadership (relationships, integrity, time management, vision and goal-setting, etc), signs and wonders (Holy Spirit), self-confrontation, and more… There are podcast oral lessons, materials and assignments associated with each class.

    The classes cost a nominal fee (to cover instructional time, grading and the like), but I would be willing to sponsor the first few nationals, and could talk to our elders about scholarships for an ongoing arrangement.

    You can check it out at http://www.graftedin.com/lts.html :-). Blessings to you!
    In His Grip,
    Diana

  • Greetings in the name of Jesus,

    Cool Site,

    God bless you all,

    In Christ’s love,
    Tahir Imran
    Director
    Rhema Pentecostal Mission,
    Pakistan

  • Rev. Ulysses G. Marshall,Jr

    Please send me your church organization/administrative chart for my review and guide
    Thanks and God bless.
    Rev. Marshall,Jr

  • Dear Rev. Marshall,
    I Rev. Barnabas from India , having ” South India Christian Mission Trust”
    I am doing leadership ministries and so, far i did not get a proper lessons for leadership thought, but, when red ur teaching which is very excelent and helpful to this age leaders.
    i am very much intrusted to know more about leadership training details .
    i appreciate greatly if you help me to know more .
    May god bless you
    love in Jesus
    Barnabas

  • Apostle Daniel A.M.Ghansah

    Dear Director,
    Greetings seeing your website,i will love having more informations about churchplanting.Hoping to hear from you soon

  • Global Harvest mission Inc.

    5 PWD Eva -Road, GRA.

    Enugu, Nigeria.

    Phone:+2348063626922
    Sir,

    APPLICATION FOR EVANGELISM GRANTS AND MINISTRY MATERIALS.
    Greetings in the machless name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    I am Evangelist Maxwell Reuben, the founder of GLOBAL HARVEST MISSION INC. a newly and Holy Spirit revealed evangelical and healing ministry situated in Enugu, Nigeria.
    We are currently planting a new church here in Enugu and also starting out evangelism outreaches that is aimed at penetrating all the cities and the remotest part of the country.
    Our VISION and MISSION are as follows:
    (1) OUR MISSION:
    (B) TO HARVEST THE WORLD FOR CHRIST.
    (C) TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL HEAL THE SICK AND EVANGELIZE THE WORLD FOR CHRIST.
    (D) TO FEED CLOTH, AND CARE FOR THE POOR, WIDOWS AND DESTITUTES.

    In view of the enormous responsility the Holy Spirit has reposed on us
    via our mission enunciated above, we are soliciting for your
    assistance in Funds,church planting resources, evangelism materials and equipments (Bibles, Tracts, Magazines,film projectors.ETC.to enable us discharge, effectively our ministerial responsibilities.
    We have great confidence in our spirit that our request will elicit
    your gracious response.

    We look forward to hearing from you.

    God Bless.

    Pastor Maxwell Uche Reuben
    (PRESIDENT)
    GLOBAL HARVEST MISSION
    ENUGU, NIGERIA.

  • Greetings in the name of our Lord i have come to know abot free traning .so pl send information thank u.

  • Iam in need of Pastoral Training materials,may know what is required of me.
    Pastor Moses Wasige.
    Po box 2020,Jinja.
    Uganda.

  • Praise the Lord I’m Pastor from Pakistan and working in Saudi Arab from 15 years I’m living with my family God as Bless me with three girls and one boy.we are faceing hard time here but the grace of our Lord is with us. Need your Prayer. your Minsitry is wonderful may me helpful for us who needs bible courses God bless you’ll Amen.

  • Thanks for the resources they are very useful for a growing ministry and helps us in leading from the Word of God.

    Bless you,
    Mokete

  • Manolito Bernardo

    Dearest brother Seth,thank a million times for your unselfish
    help to the body of christ!

    I downloaded all your leadership literatures to be used in my church!But the problem is that my internet connection is always failing,its very hard to connect to your site.

    I pray that someday I could be a help to your ministry!

    God bless,
    Manolito Bernardo
    Pastor

  • pastor bakak hillary

    Site for the blessed
    AM IN UGANDA ALSO TRAINING PASTORS IN THE LEADERSHIP MINISTRY SO CONTINUE WITH THAT WORK AS GOD BLESS YOU

  • pastor bakak hillary

    Site for the blessed
    AM IN UGANDA ALSO TRAINING PASTORS IN THE LEADERSHIP MINISTRY SO CONTINUE WITH THAT WORK AS GOD BLESS YOU

  • Dear sir,i am ushindi from dr congo.
    thank you for the ressource.
    In fact,i would like to begin a free leadership program and a certificate after this program.
    i am actually a job seeker,recently graduated.i am achristian and an intercessor in my church.

  • RABSON KONDWANI CHILEWA

    Dear Pastor

    Greetings from Malawi Africa in Jesus name
    My name is Rabson Chilewa, pastor of Nogwe Church based in
    Mulanje district in the southern part of malawi,Africa.
    We also operate an outreach and orphans care ministry.

    We have neither sponsor nor partnership. And we wish to join hands and be
    partnered with and under your church.

    Being alone and without any partner,the church is facing
    challenges spiritually and physically and often hinder church growth
    directly or indirectly. Through this letter,we are appealing to you to
    partner with us. Our prayer and wish is helping people thrive and
    flourish in their lives, body soul & spirit with a focus on the
    spiritual.

    EQUIPPING LEADERS FROM VARIOUS CHURCHES
    Besides being a pastor of a local church,am also a coordinator for a
    local malawian pastors network .
    We seek you to join us hands and be equipping church leaders in various topics.

    INVITATION TO VISIT US HERE IN MALAWI/AFRICA
    By the same copy of this email,we are therefore,inviting you to visit
    us or to send delegates to come here next year,if God provides for
    such trip.The trip will help to build relationship between us,and also
    you will minister and we will learn much from God,through you.

    May you kindly please, stand with us,and partner with us in everything.
    Welcome

    Rev Rabson Chilewa
    +265991137071 phone and whatsapp

  • Rev. Chittranjan Pols

    Sir,

    We are winning souls in Central India, we are a registered Trust.

    We have knocked so many doors but it seems that donor agencies have become so technocal that our simple, humble and honest minstry has no place for them……

    I think donors should rework on their whole stratagy to avoid the misuse of huge ammount by BIG MIssions.

    If there are some individuals or churches who really want to help HONEST and HUMBLE ministry kindly contact.

    Regards,

    C.Polson

    +91 9035421532

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