Training of new pastors in Africa has always been a challenge. Traditional Western methods of going to Bible College for several years are not always very practical. Often when someone does feel called, and can somehow find the funds needed to go to seminary or Bible school, they almost never return to their village.

Training must be provided on the job and teaching must take place close to home. Our Church Planters and the Coordinators provide training at the hub churches. This takes away the problems of travel, accommodation and high expenses.

HIM, in partnership with Timothy Training Institute provides pastoral training at the hub church. This enables the new trainee pastor to do 'on-the-job' training. He can live at home and serve his people while he completes his studies.

The course takes three years and covers 30 modules. Each is practical, culturally relevant and soundly Biblical. The hub leader acts as tutor/ mentor. The distance from the hub to the new church is no more than bicycling distance. Students come to the hub for 3-5 days at a time and then go back home to apply what they have learnt for 4-5 weeks.

Each student is required to plant a new church every six months.

See the Curriculum

* Training of Local Men
* Within Bicycling Distance
* No Leaving Their Village
* On-the-Job Training
* Mentoring by Hub Leader
* Practical Evangelism
..Training
* Practical Church-Planting
..Training

Curriculum

Bridging Course