Pastor Training International September 2019 Latest News PTI has commenced a new round of training in Mozambique and are pleased to include a very encouraging report from this conference. We also conducted Bible teaching in Kenya and Tanzania where there was a real hunger for the topics that were being taught. We really appreciate your support of this ministry. July Kenya We answered a request from the African Pastors Conference to assist with their training, as one of their trainers was unwell. Ben Dean took up the call and went from 10th to 23rd July. He was much encouraged by the special times that were spent with great people there. The conference had 220 registered delegates - preaching pastors, Bible teachers and other evangelical leaders. The teaching was focused on the delivery of wide- ranging Bible knowledge and Bible reading skills to strengthen and equip pastors and evangelists as they seek to grow in their knowledge of the scriptures. This will enable them to fulfil their ministry in bringing God’s Word to God’s people in Western Kenya.
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Pastor Training International September 2019
Latest News
PTI has commenced a new round of training in Mozambique and are pleased to include a very encouraging report from this conference. We also conducted Bible teaching in Kenya and Tanzania where there was a real hunger for the topics that were being taught. We really appreciate your support of this ministry.
JulyKenya
We answered a request from the African Pastors Conference to assist with their training, as one of their trainers was unwell. Ben Dean took up the call and went from 10th to 23rd July. He was much encouraged by the special times that were spent with great people there. The conference had 220 registered delegates - preaching pastors, Bible teachers and other evangelical leaders. The teaching was focused on the delivery of wide-ranging Bible knowledge and Bible reading skills to strengthen and equip pastors and evangelists as they seek
to grow in their knowledge of the scriptures. This will enable them to fulfil their ministry in bringing God’s Word to God’s people in Western Kenya.
July and stayed at the Missionary Guest House. As we walked the streets our first taste of Africa was to witness the brightly dressed women carrying delicately poised packages on their heads. Maputo has two million people, the vast majority being poor. They speak the tribal language Changana as well as Portuguese. It was a new experience for us and the next day we went to our first African church service. It lasted 4 hours!
We had come to give Bible training to pastors and church workers. Our contact in Maputo had arranged for the seminars to take place in a nearby seminary. The facilities were good. We began at 9:30am and finished around 4:30pm each day. On the first day we taught the big story of the Bible, the story of redemption from creation to consummation. One young man later wrote to us and said that when we taught about glory he was filled with such joy that he just wanted to depart and to be with Christ. This was precious to hear. This surely is one reason why the door opened for us to come.
We found the city of Nampula was very different with many more mosques and Muslims. We joined a conference of over 300 church leaders meeting
July Mozambique
“An open door” …”meanwhile praying for us that God would open to us a door for the word to speak the mystery of Christ” Col. 4:3
When it appears to you that the door is firmly shut, you may just be wrong. Joel Lopes and I had our flight tickets for Mozambique, but had no visas. With my visa denied and great pressure upon us we thought that the door was shut and perhaps the Lord did not want us to go this year. But at the 11th hour my visa was granted and Joel obtained his too. God had done it and we were now off to Mozambique. What did He have in store for us?
On the way to the airport Joel spoke with a backslidden taxi driver. The man wept as Joel prayed for him. Then on the plane I sat next to a girl who initially said she did not believe in God, but after a long conversation stated “I think God put you next to me today.” She asked about my relationship to God and gladly took the missionary biography I was reading by Marjory Foyle.
After a night flight we arrived in the capital city, Maputo, on Saturday 13th
to see men from many Pentecostal denominations, such a privilege to minister God’s Word. I thank God for help with the language and for Joel who taught well and tied all of our teaching together. On the last day of teaching, all the students received copies of Stuart Olyott’s “Preaching Pure and Simple” or R.C Sproul on “Holiness” (books in Portuguese). Our top student received Wayne Gruden’s “Teologia Sistemática”. He was beaming!
The highlight was to meet pastors and evangelists who were converted Muslims and to hear that the harvest is ripe in the north as Muslims are beginning to come to Christ. Pray for missionaries like Charles Woodrow who have given their lives to making the Gospel known in Mozambique. Pray for the church too as a door has opened for them to reach their Muslim neighbours. It was such a blessing to help equip the men for the work of the ministry. Praise God for the open door.
Andrew Love
in a large tent. The Bible ministry was excellent and we were asked to share about PTI. As a result over 30 signed up for our course. Dr. Charles Woodrow of Grace Missions has held the FIEL conference for church leaders for 20 consecutive years. He has trained many of the men, taking groups of them for “essential doctrine” classes. This year he had 21 students and he taught 10-12 hour days from Sunday afternoon through to Friday night. The Lord has given to him much grace. Charles advised us not to take all who signed up for our classes and he devised a test to whittle the number down to 23. He and his family were a tremendous example of Christian love and hospitality as they took us into their home to share rich fellowship with them and the visiting speakers from Brazil and Zambia. We all slept in their home and Charles and his wife rose very early. To witness such love and devotion was another reason why God had opened the way for us to go. What a blessing to be there.
In attendance was the area superintendent of several hundred Baptist churches as well as the regional coordinator of the women’s work. What surprised and gladdened me was
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Thank God for:• The many people who work behind the
scenes to make the training possible.
• How well the recent training went in Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya.
• The health and strength the Lord continues to give to Jeremy Marshall our chairman.
• The good number of people contacted during the Aber conference and for the opportunity Simon had to meet with Conrad Mbewe from Zambia.
Please pray for: • Trainers Day on the 11th September.
For an encouraging day with good attendance, good feedback and please pray for those doing the talks.
• Trustees’ meeting 17th September when the budget for 2020 will be decided. For godly wisdom in the decisions that are made.
• Gerald Tanner that he will make a good recovery from his operation on 28th August.
• Whether we should do training in Ukraine this autumn or delay it until next year.
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Upcoming Conferences 2019
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21-25 Jima, Ethiopia (Ken McIntosh, James Sercombe)28-1/11 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Ken McIntosh, James Sercombe)
TBC Andaman Islands, Jaipur and MussooriTBC South Asia
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