At the core of our vision for International Outreach is a strong desire to serve and bless church leaders in the Global South. Almost every week we receive stories from our partners who are serving in these parts of the world. It’s such a challenge to pick which ones to pass on to you!
Training Leaders International is a new ministry emerging from our local network here in the Twin Cities. Darren Carlson has just returned from a recent trip to Africa and shares this quick report with us.
Training Leaders International is a ministry that mentors and sends graduate students and pastors to teach cross culturally. These trips are not just about teaching solid theological content. They’re also about molding the teacher into an effective cross-cultural communicator.
One of the benefits of sending out teams is taking resources from Desiring God and placing them into the hands of key leaders around the world. This month we were able to give out the Arabic translation of The Passion of Jesus Christ [a. k. a. Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die] to leaders in southern France. Another 150 books were delivered to Gaba Bible Institute in Kampala, Uganda.
In the pictures below, I had the privilege of delivering 30 copies of Let the Nations be Glad to Church Army Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. These leaders are in turn also distributing these books to key leaders in Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan and Tanzania.
This is such a great example of our goal to get solid theological resources into the hands of indigenous pastors and teachers through missions networks. Please pray with us that God will use the truth in these books to bring great fruitfulness in the lives our brothers and sisters in Africa.
