Equipping and Mobilising

“A church full of life and love, working for the good of the community in which God has placed it, is the proper end of mission. Transformational development that does not work towards such a church is neither sustainable nor Christian.” Bryant Myers

Our aim is to equip and mobilize the church so that it truly becomes an agent of transformational development in the community in which it is placed. To this end we offer the following training:

Equipping and Mobilising Local Churches

• Introduction to development and transformation for local churches and church leaders

• The role of the church with regard to children and orphans

• Child abuse awareness and prevention

• Human needs

• Prioritising needs

• Planning, visioning, moving out of “stuckness”

• Other workshops or assistance can be arranged on request. Contact us and see if we can help you.

Training Course in Christian Social Transformation

The Training Course in Christian Social Transformation equips people to engage in community transformation according to Biblical community development principles.

The last course for 2009 ended on October 16, with 20 participants. Once again it was a most uplifting course, with facilitators learning as much as participants. Below are comments from two of the participants: 

"Thanks so much for an amazing time on the Transformation course. You have inspired and impacted me! I even look at my Development Studies textbooks with new eyes. The world can be very negative about the state of poverty, but we have a Hope that can conquer it all. Thanks for the very practical tools and insights."

"I found the Transformation week to be truly transforming. There are now so many different and new ways in which I am seeing people and situations. My faith in Jesus as the only True Transformer has been strengthened. Thanks you to the incredible team who led us with patience, clarity of instruction, great exercises, workshops, and humour."

The course has been running since 2005 and is done twice a year. It consists of a week of training followed by ten weeks in community, and ending with another week-long training session. During the ten weeks, participants implement their learning in their church or workplace and complete an assignment.

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Module 1: 15-19 February 2010

Module 2: 10-14 May

Contact us for an application form.

FACILITATORS' TRAINING

We are planning to run a facilitator's training course for anyone who has completed the full course and wishes to run it themselves. As part of the course you will receive a Facilitator's Toolkit containing the manuals and all the material that we use. Watch this space for details! 

For more details and enquiries, contact Colleen or Mkhuseli at 021-7611168 or colleen@warehouse.org.za