Free leadership training resources
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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[Leadership]
Deal wisely with
leaders accustomed to high level authority
[Pastoral Work]
Diagram
of relationships in the Trinity, applied to disciple making
[Pastoral Work]
Harmonize the
ministries of a church or Christian organization
[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]
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.
[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.
[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.
[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 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 Planting]
Brief
list of vital church planting tasks, to remind one what to do
[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
[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
[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]
Rethinking
traditional religious education, its problems and solutions
Education,
Theological, oriented to obedience:
see Obedience Oriented Education.
[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
[Missions]
‘Double vision’
focus on both local and distant outreach
[Mercy Ministry]
A
testimony by a medical doctor, Klydi Vampa, M.D.
[Devotional]
God’s love
compared to a mother’s broken heart
[Discipling]
Bible studies,
to make disciples who obey our Lord’s commands
[Discipling]
A brief
list summing up all that Jesus commanded
[Evangelism]
A brief
summary, based on the Apostles’ testimony
[Mission]
What the Koran teaches about Jesus (a ‘bridge’ to build relationships
with Muslims)
[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
[Mentoring]
Formal course for seminary credit or
certificate: 7 modules, content & aims
[Mentoring]
Aids for
training new Christian leaders
[Mentoring]
Gather
information from trainees (MS Word� Doc)
[Mentoring]
Brief articles on a
variety of issues and problems that mentors face (Page)
Who Should Do it? [Training Leaders]
Enlist trainers
among new leaders
[Mentoring]
Listen,
then select studies that fit needs of each trainee’s flock
[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
[Missions]
Communicating the Good News
to Muslims
[Leadership]
Guidelines
for identifying pastoral workers
[Pastoral Training]
Theological
Education
and Evangelism by Extension (
TEEE)
[Pastoral]
Help believers
and congregations to serve one another in love
[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�)
[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
[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)
[Education]
Use stories, skits
and role-plays to teach God’s Word more effectively
[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.
[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
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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
I am really blessed with the helpful materials both for my teaching and learning as well.
Thanks and God bless
Sabir Ali
http://www.sabirali.blogspot.com
Please send me your church organization/administrative chart for my review and guide
Thanks and God bless.
Rev. Marshall,Jr
Rev. Marshall,
You can find out almost anything you want at our ministry web site: http://www.adventures.org
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
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.
Profound leadership training is very very vital in church planting and church growth.
Greetings in the name of our Lord i have come to know abot free traning .so pl send information thank u.
bllsed
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
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
love thsi
I need it!
Site for the blessed
AM IN UGANDA ALSO TRAINING PASTORS IN THE LEADERSHIP MINISTRY SO CONTINUE WITH THAT WORK AS GOD BLESS YOU
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.
i like to be receiving free christian leadership training courses.thanks
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
For leadership training, I recommend that you get in touch with https://www.eswatinirising.com/ – visit them and learn.
For money to help poor people with needs: https://www.donorsee.com/
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
Hello there
i am very happy to visit and look the wisdom stuff, thanku
david
India