SAFFRON BRIDGES – Student Sponsorship
We have a number of students in Southeast Asia who need support. They are poorly resourced and need assistance. Our support covers their tuition and, in some cases, their accommodation costs as well. Photo of one of the students seeking sponsorship in Myanmar.
SAFFRON BRIDGES – Faculty Study Grants
One element we want to develop with our Saffron Bridges strategy is upskilling particular faculty members in the countries of Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Mongolia (this last one is not in the geography but is in the same Buddhist milieu). By Christian leaders focusing on Buddhist culture, they will be able […]
SAFFRON BRIDGES
Along with our partner organisations and the key colleges in the region, we are forming a new strategy which will focus on the Buddhist nations of Southeast Asia. It is one region which has been poor historically, in terms of church planting and the take up of faith in Jesus. We are working with several […]
FACULTY STUDY GRANTS
Local Leaders offers a wide range of faculty study grants. These are requested by the college principal and are part of a longer faculty development plan. We don’t support full-time study in the West, but have a range of local options or online and modular programs that we support at various Bible colleges and universities.
TEACHING THE TEACHERS TO TEACH
It seems obvious that good teachers are needed to make the biggest difference in the lives of their students. When you look at the typical career paths of most faculty members, they began as successful church leaders, then added on capability to do their studies, and even publish their research. Unless they were school teachers […]
INDIA STRATEGY
The situation in contemporary India is now more complex, particularly due to the changes in local laws regarding receiving overseas support. Hence, we have had to stop supporting many of the Bible colleges with which we previously partnered. The recent appointment of Dr Prabhu Singh as our South Asia Director has opened up new opportunities […]
BEYOND LOGS – GOOD AI
Local Leader’s headline strategy for the past four years has been Local Online: A Global Strategy. With hundreds of Bible colleges equipped, 3,000 faculty trained in online education, and around 17,000 extra students now studying God’s word to engage as Christian leaders, it has made a real impact globally. But what comes next? While as […]
PEDAGOGY TRAINING IN FRANCOPHONE AFRICA
The French-speaking church of Africa is typified by two things. It is one of the most under-resourced in the world, even though in many places it is very open to Christian ministry. Secondly, in many countries of West and Central Africa it is on the pointy end of conflict with radical Muslims. Our strategy is […]
AFRICA MILE DEEP: URBAN MISSION TRAINING
We have four one-week training conferences in Urban Mission planned in different countries by the end of 2025. Each one will have about 30 faculty members from 10-15 Bible colleges attending. Costs are for their accommodation and Dr Nancy Njagi’s involvement (Local Leaders’ Africa Director). In the past, these have been very successful for introducing […]
Tax-Deductible Building Projects
Our new College Building Fund provides another option for our supporters to receive tax deductions when they strategically invest in Bible colleges in the Majority World. We tend to have just one or two projects running at any time for this fund. Our current project is to assist with building the first floor of the […]