THRIVE Spring Summer 2023

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WHY YOU SHOULD
PARTICIPATE IN
LEADERSFORMATION
by Lynda Schultz
WHY SHOULD YOU GET INVOLVED WITH
LEADERSFORMATION? READ ON TO HEAR
FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PARTICIPAT-
ED, EXPERIENCING BLESSING FROM THIS IM-
PORTANT MINISTRY FIRSTHAND.
John Francis (Honduras): “Watching believers getting excited about the
Bible, then watching them teach others. There's not [that is] much more
rewarding than that…[O]ne lady came to faith in Christ through the first lesson
of the first book…She got baptized and joined the church.”
Paul Harbourne (Kenya): “…[I]n one tribe the men beat their wives to
show love to them. The complete disconnect of loving and honouring
our wives as opposed to beating them forced [the men] to see the battle
between God and cultural norms…These pastors were able to articulate
the truth of God's word…in response to a cultural practice that opposed
it…They were taking home a message that could revolutionize
marriages.”
Bob MacGregor (Honduras): “The greatest blessing I have received
is to experience the global Church personally. This includes worship
style, critical issues, and camaraderie in the Gospel.”
Jon Stairs (India): “The greatest blessing that I have experienced
has been what [the students] taught me. Knowing that they are
going back to their village in India to suffer for Christ, but still
be committed to share the Gospel and to train up 10 additional
leaders motivates me and gives me courage.”
Hanni Muhtar, LeadersFormation Assessor and Consultant:
“It is a great blessing to see the pastors and church leaders
in our projects agonize on how to the live the material they
are learning and then model and transfer it to the congregations
they lead.”
THAT’S WHY YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATE,
TOO.
—Lynda Schultz is a former Fellowship International
missionary, former editor of Thrive Magazine, Bible
teacher, author, blogger, and current Fellowship
Archives Coordinator.
COULD YOUR
CHURCH BENEFIT
FROM A MISSIONS
COACH?
by Richard Flemming, Fellowship
Eastern Coordinator
Fellowship churches that seek a more
focused approach to their outreach efforts
(to “Jerusalem, Samaria, and the
ends of the Earth”) are invited to explore
Fellowship International’s free Mission
Coaching service.
Mission coaching is a process whereby a
mission coach assists a local congregation
in identifying its own mission direction. They
do this by helping the church land on a mission
focus that reflects the church’s personality.
Working with a mission team chosen by church
leadership, the mission coach leads a process
that seeks to answer three questions:
What do you want to do?
Who do you want to reach, or in what context do
you want to work?
What parameters and values would define how you
do this?
The coaching process provides the church with a context
for unhurried reflection and the intentional seeking
of God’s face in relation to the church’s Kingdom impact
in the world. The mission coach’s role is strictly limited to
facilitating the process, not giving answers or suggesting
solutions.
For more information about this opportunity, please contact
Richard Flemming at rflemming@fellowship.ca.