Monday, January 21, 2013

Pastor’s Seminar & Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth

CHEMTA...I have attached some pictures of one of our newest works, 
the LBC Chemta which is located on Mt. Elgon in a forest on the Ugandan border. This work is located in an area that is so steep
 that it is not accessible by motorcycle or four wheel drive truck.
 
Sunday School
Pastor Pete Preaching
Offering
Praying For The Sick
Pastor Robin and Family
We held our first Pastor’s seminar of 2013 this week in Eldoret.
 This seminar was unique in many ways:
Number one; this is the first time we have brought the Pastors to the city where I live. This allowed my back to continue to heal and also gives us more teaching time.  
Secondly, this seminar was designed for Pastor’s only.  
We generally have quarterly seminars and invite the Pastors along with the other young preachers within the church and have also had other seminars where we invited Pastors, Preachers and key leaders from within the Church.
However, after working and observing many of these Pastors for years I felt I had learned enough about the challenges they face and their culture to not only teach them God’s word but also to help them with some of the practicalities of their ministry.   
The days were long and weary and as the Bible teaches there is much weariness in studying God’s word but very rewarding and profitable. 
                                         Teaching
Pastor Japeth Study
Pastor Peter and Missionary
Pastor Daniel
Pastor Shadrach
Chow Time.....
For some of the men, such as those from Lake Victoria and Mt. Elgon, it was the first time to come to the “big city”.   
There was even some jocularity as the Pastors poked at Pastor David from Kipsogon, Mt. Elgon as this trip afforded him the first opportunity in his life to eat fish.
What a reminder of how isolated some of our works really are.
The subjects included our usual doctrinal review as well as other subjects such as: Homiletics, Apologetics, Stewardship & Missions.   
Three of the classes which included more practical application were sermon preparation, cultural ministry challenges and case studies of Churches and ministries which failed. Generally speaking, as Terry and I have rotated among the 13 churches we are currently working with for Sunday worship service, I am asked to teach Sunday school and the Pastor usually brings the message.
So needless to say, I have listened and learned enough to be in a position to help them with sermon preparation which turned out to be one of the more popular classes.  
Much of this class covered the benefits of expository preaching.
The case study class on failed African ministries was also very beneficial to these young Pastors and Churches and was an attempt to learn from the mistakes of others so as not to repeat them in our ministry.
We also did minor studies on what the Bible teaches about Alcohol and Adultery.
It is our hearts desire that these men of God will continue to mature in their ability to Pastor and to rightly divide the word of truth.
Please continue to pray for these young works and for these Men of God as they lead their sheep.                  
                                    PASTORS AT SEMINAR
 Again as you have seen above, I have posted some pictures of one of our newest works, the LBC Chemta which is located on Mt. Elgon in a forest on the Ugandan border.
This work is located in an area that is so steep that it is not accessible by motorcycle or four wheel drive truck.    
                                            Pastor's House
We continue to be humbled by what God is doing by His grace in the lives of so many. Thank you for your continued prayers and support.

Bro. Chuck & Sis. Terry Fernandez
Kenya

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