Good Works NOW has been committed with its founding parent, Nations Training Institute, to establish leadership training schools for pastors in developing countries. The need of the church in this hour globally is solid, biblically balanced, practical, and culturally sensitive training.
The Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) has at its core teaching. Teaching is establishing a truth foundation that will help these emerging leaders to build strong and healthy churches.
David Shibley, founder and president of Global Advance, recently said in an article that of the estimated two million Christian leaders in the developing nations, only five percent have access to biblical training of any kind.
The School of Leadership Development is a four year school which is comprised of one hundred core lessons that helps the emerging leader understand his new found faith in Christ while equipping him or her to help their congregations grow spiritually.
The lessons which are written by a team of seasoned pastors and teachers are edited for cultural sensitivity and are then translated into the indigenous language where a school is started. After the manuscripts are translated, the lessons are then interpreted into the language of the local pastors. Below is an example of the lessons taught in two of the modules.
Year One- Module Two: The Christian Family
God’s Purpose for the Family
The Purpose of Marriage
Guidelines for Husbands
Guidelines for Wives
Raising Healthy Children
Year Two- Module Five: Spiritual Leadership
How God Sees a Leader
Qualified to be God’s Leader
Leading by Serving
The Place of Honor in Leadership
Team Leadership
Dangers Leaders Face
The Endurance of a Leader
The school is brought to a group of church leaders IN THEIR REGION without the need of them traveling to a city. They meet for one to two days four times a year to cover the material in the modules of training. The facilitator then presents the material by CD and gives the printed manuscripts to the participants. Coming together throughout the year enables the leaders to be encouraged and keeps them accountable in regards to their training.
Presently, GWN has functioning schools in the following countries.
Nepal
Kenya
Honduras
Schools are ready to be launched in the following countries as funds are available.
Ivory Coast
Philippines
Mexico
Thailand
India
Below is a video of one school being conducted in a village in Nepal. It also highlights a medical clinic provided for the village and pastors as well.
School of Leadership Development Leaders
Ron has been involved in international training since 1994. He has spoken at training conferences around the world and has printed materials in East Africa, Southeast Asia, India, and Central America. He has planted and led churches in British Columbia, Canada, California, and Texas. He founded Nations Training Institute in 2001 which is the training arm of Good Works NOW.
Dr. Andrew Rankin writes and teaches extensively for church leaders in developing nations. He desires to equip leaders in developing nations with materials that are biblical, theologically balanced, practical, culturally sensitive, and easy to understand. Andrew has a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served as pastor of Freedom Church in Owasso , Oklahoma ( USA ) since 1996. Andrew is married to Laurie; together they have three sons.
David and Janene are now administrating all of Schools of Leadership Training in East Africa. While living in Nairobi, Kenya for a year, David was able to set up the administrative infrastructure for the schools to expand into many parts of Kenya as well as Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi.
David and Janene are the parents of 5 children and have 4 grandchildren. Their youngest daughter, Jullianne, serves along side of them. They have been developing a growing burden for the African Continent since their trip to Botswana in 2005. Their ministry is named MALACHI (www.malachi-ministries.org) and they work alongside the Clarence Matheny Leadership Training Institute (www.cmlti.com). David and Janene presently reside in Dandridge, Tennessee.
Dr. Ron Larson’s passion is to restore the brilliance of God’s design to church leaders, and help them build New Covenant ministries of grace, faith, and the power of the Holy Spirit. Ron has planted churches, taught in Seminary and Bible schools, and trained church leaders around the world. He has Master of Divinity (M.Div.) and Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary and currently serves as the lead pastor at the River (River of Life Church) in Kansas City, Missouri (USA). Ron is also the author of “Seeing Jesus: Restoring His Brilliance” published by Destiny Image Publishing. He and his wife Kathy have three sons.
