Leadership Training

The goal for a new church plant is to become a healthy spiritual force, reaching its community and beyond. This requires a commitment to training disciples and leaders. This includes systematic training at the local level.

To assist this process we have, at various intervals, established over 300 DVD formatted Bible schools in various countries. The material stays with the local church leaders. Once a Bible school has graduated a class, a new school can begin, as need presents itself. These schools are vital to the spiritual development and life of the local church.

 

We are grateful to International School of Ministry, which has provided us with about 170 hours of dynamic teaching. In addition to this we have developed some of our own. The program offers a potential associates degree if all requirements are met. This has proven to be the most effective tool to train and raise leaders within the local church.

The primary area of emphasis for church planting and development has been in Ukraine and Israel. Nevertheless, we have had the privilege of using the Bible schools for spiritual training in: Russia, Moldova, Romania, Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, China, and Turkey.
 

Additionally, we sponsor periodic conferences to minister to the pastors and their wives. The conferences are generally hosted at a retreat center where the pastors and wives can relax and be treated a little bit extra special. In addition to teaching, we bless them with material and financial gifts. Many of the pastors’ minister in very difficult circumstances in Ukraine and Israel.

We also helped establish the Missionary Training Center in Kiev with Pastor Valeriy Reshetinsky. The center focuses on equipping emerging church leaders with the tools to plant new churches.

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In Ukraine, during the war, we have provided 2,000 Ukrainian language study Bibles called the Fire Bible. This is helping pastors teach Bible doctrine in their native Ukrainian language which is essential to them.