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 t...
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
