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Your
bridge….. between cultures. |
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International
Evangelism Institute |
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Partners
in Urban Evangelism: Nurturing, Training, Equipping |
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The purpose of such an institute would be to: 1. Train hand-picked leaders in the
region for urban ministry. 2. Renew the leadership that can truly
influence the modern church. 3. Answer the
petition of current preachers to establish a means for their minds and hearts
to be refreshed, so they can better fulfill their calling. The institute will host approximately 15
Spanish-speaking students for a period of twelve to twenty-four months. These young people will encourage existing
congregations, be involved in a new church plant and go on two missionary
trips outside of Costa Rica. They will
be taught by experienced Latin and North American missionaries and preachers,
as well as Bible college professors from the U.S. Their mornings will be spent in the
classroom and their afternoons and evenings in evangelistic activities. We hope to underwrite this year of education for
these young people. Most of them will
be foreigners and therefore unable to legally work for pay in Costa
Rica. However, we anticipate they will
be working over 20 hours a week in church planting activities that are
related to their education. They will
have one free day a week and one week long break at mid-term. We will provide them with room, board and a
small stipend to buy personal items.
We would like to see their home churches provide this $30 per month
remuneration. This evangelism
institute is not a permanent institution.
Upon
graduating a group of young people, we will determine when and where the next
institute will be held. Our desire is
to have churches partner with us for the duration of each group, i.e.
churches that wish to partner with us in preparing leaders will make a one to
three year commitment, at which time a mutual evaluation will determine if
and when we continue our partnership. OUR TARGET START IS
JANUARY 2007. |