Yesterday we had the pleasure of meeting up with Rev. Samuel D. Stephens and his daughter Becky from the Indian Gospel League (IGL). They were visiting Sydney for a family wedding and took the time to come out to Parramatta to meet us. We had an enjoyable lunch hearing more about the work that the Indian Gospel League is doing in southern India. It is encouraging to hear of the number of new churches being planted. Becky shared with us the real hardship faced by new converts to Christianity as in many cases they are shunned by their family and community. It is a real testament of faith of these people that they are prepared to make these huge sacrifices to follow Christ.
With so many new churches being planted, it also highlighted the real need for more theological training for these new church leaders. The Moore College PTC course is being used and a number of Sydney Anglicans are involved with IGL in presenting this material in India.
OMF has contributed to the translation of a number of PTC course notes.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Southern Sudan Special Pastor Training Programme
The programme works with a number of Southern Sudanese Dioceses of the Anglican Church, at present 4 have been included and two more are being added this year. Carlile College takes a group of 4 basically untrained and poorly educated church leaders from a diocese to Carlile’s Nairobi Campus and gives them assistance so that they can complete the three year Higher Diploma in Theology programme over 4 years, while as well as giving them extra language and academic support, they are taught to teach and helped to translate materials into their mother tongues. Every year they return to Southern Sudan with translated materials and run 10 day workshops in a number of remote locations in their own Dioceses to teach some of what they have learned to untrained church leaders. Each group tries to teach 150 church leaders each year while they are completing their training.
OMF has been contributing funds to support several Sudanese students since 2006
OMF has been contributing funds to support several Sudanese students since 2006
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