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 […]
SAIACS Faculty Study Grants, India
We identified some years ago that one of the key ways to improve the educational outcomes for Bible college students was to invest in the advancement of faculty members. Each year we have about 40 faculty members worldwide whom we support to get masters and doctoral degrees. Currently, South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies […]
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. Currently we are looking for funds for building works at Christian Leaders Training […]
AFRICA MILE DEEP: RESOURCE MOBILISATION
As part of our Africa Mile Deep Strategy, we regularly facilitate courses on Resource Mobilisation. Run by our Africa Director, Dr Nancy Njagi, the courses inspire Bible college leaders to take a fresh look at the resources under their control that could be unlocked and developed for greater financial stability. After taking part in these […]
Faculty Study Grants in Buddhist Countries
Local Leaders’ Board recently determined that we would expand our work amongst the countries of Buddhist South East Asia. This is a very under-resourced area with particularly low penetration by Christian mission. By improving the capacity of faculty in the Bible colleges of the region we hope to help strengthen the missional capacity of the […]
PEDAGOGY TRAINING IN AFRICA
Many theological teachers have had little or no training in how to actually teach! We’ve been running very successful training courses for whole faculty groups which can be a one-off course or an ongoing learning experience over two years. It makes a big difference to the learning outcomes of the students. Our staff members, Drs […]
UBTC Mongolia – Expanding Online into Rural Regions
Union Bible Theological College is planning to expand their reach into the rural areas of Mongolia by offering training courses online. This will be of great benefit to ministers in non-urban communities who cannot afford the time or money to travel into Ulaanbaatar city, but want good theological training. Local Leaders will be supporting this […]
PASIFIKA STRATEGY, BIBLE SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT
A key part of the Pasifika Strategy is to use the strength of the ‘hub’ college, Christian Leaders Training College, to assist smaller Bible schools to improve their work. Our Director, Dr George Mombi is working to lift six such schools up to be able to teach at diploma level this year. It will be […]
ABTS LEBANON – TRANSLATION PROJECT
Theological commentaries in Arabic are scarce and there are very few scholars able to write new commentaries. Until more scholars are raised up, a coalition of colleges in the Middle East (including Arab Baptist Theological Seminary) are working together to translate key commentaries. The commentary for John’s Gospel is by the late Australian scholar, Leon […]
