Many pastors in rural Africa lack basic theological training because most cannot afford the fees to be trained. Christian Mission Aid identifies these passionate church and community leaders and conducts intensive Leadership Training courses, providing them spiritual knowledge and equipping and assisting them to enhance their ministries.
During the four weeklong trainings, many essential topics are covered e.g. Bible Study Methods, Evangelism, Discipleship, Counseling, Homiletics, Prayer, Old Testament and New testament surveys, and Leadership plus many others. They leave the trainings with a renewed passion for the Word of God and feel better equipped to reach their communities for Christ and to provide discipleship, promoting spiritual growth in their congregations..
How You Can Help
There are many ways to help train and equip these pastors. You can help support the training cost. We train pastors through a four year program. We do this to ensure they are properly equipped to spread the gospel across Africa. The size and rough terrain of Africa makes it hard for pastors to reach people. The more pastors we can train the further the Gospel can be spread and more people can come to Christ.
Additional Ways to Support Our Pastors
Transportation
Bicycles
The journey to spread the Gospel can be gruelling and treacherous. Pastors often have to be away from their families for days at a time and spend their limited resources on transportation or traverse expansive rural areas on foot to evangelize and care for their congregations. Christian Mission Aid provides bicycles to these trained and dedicated pastors, easing their burden of walking in the hot sun and harsh terrain as they minister to their communities.
Motorcycles
In East Africa, the journey to spread the Gospel can be grueling and treacherous. Pastors will often be away from their wives and children for days, spending limited resources on transportation or traversing expansive rural areas on foot to care for their congregations and to evangelize. Your gift will purchase the much-needed motorbikes for pastors to reach more people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Bible Resources
Tribal Bibles
Most rural African churches suffer from a severe shortage of Bibles, especially in their own languages. Without direction from the powerful Word of God, these Christians are at a grave spiritual disadvantage. Recognizing this, Christian Mission Aid provides vernacular (tribal language) Bibles to our trained pastors and church leaders in some of the most remote least reached regions of East Africa ensuring sufficient access to the Word of God.
Audio Bibles
Many people in rural Africa are illiterate and rely on other people to read God’s word for them. Your gift will purchase audio bibles—solar-powered devices with vernacular recordings of the New Testament scriptures—that work miracles, making it possible for illiterate people to directly hear the life-changing Word of God in their own languages.