Multiplying Leaders

 In Zimbabwe, few men can afford to go to seminary.   They can't afford the fees and they can't afford to not work for four years!  (We don't offer night classes and students are in class on weekdays from 7a.m. -2p.m.)   In order to train pastors and church leaders we have partnered with World Hope Bible Institute.  

We are praising God for five successful Bible Institutes which took place in September and October. September 19-23 we had an institute in Gweru at which approximately 19 were in attendance. Partners from South Africa came to facilitate the subjects for this institute.  Then On October 10-13 we had 4 simultaneous institutes in Kwekwe, Zvishivane, Mberengwe, and Mutare.   Four trained men from Kentucky came to help us in these four institutes.  (Pictured below are the men from Kentucky and in the center are Nick and Kyndra Moore, missionaries in Zimbabwe who work with our Baptist Seminary.)

 

Altogether, there were 95 in attendance for these. So a total of 114 people were trained in at least 3 different Bible Institute courses over the past two months! 

One of the neatest things about these institutes was the pairing of partner-teachers from the US with co-laborers from Zimbabwe. These co-laborers are men who completed the courses required and graduated from the Bible Institute back in November 2015. Without exception, the common response I received from the partner-teachers from the US was how well-equipped and masterful their recently trained co-laborers were in teaching/equipping the next generation of Bible Institute students. It is exciting to see what God might do through this multiplication scheme in the years ahead!