The Church faces two daunting challenges - rapid growth and stiff opposition. Both demand rooted, well trained, unified leaders.
We offer educational and technical expertise to ministries closing "...the largest leadership training gap in church history." We provide Bible resources that unify the Body of Christ in a disintegrating world.
Haiti Updates: MAF Aiding Relief Effort
Submitted by jmanley on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 09:56Click "Read more", below, and scroll down for earlier news and pictures of MAF's part in the Haiti earthquake relief and recovery effort. We will update this page as more reports come in.
11:29 (MST), Tuesday, 2 March 2010
John Woodberry, MAF Disaster Response Manager:
First of all it has been a pleasure serving with you. I leave tomorrow on a break and Tim Vennell will fill in for me in my absence.
Simple Technology Has Long Reach
Submitted by jmanley on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 16:26Mike Holman, Manager of our Digital Resource Team, received this message from ministry partner, Michael M., in Zambia, Africa. It reveals how far simple technology's impact reaches when accurately applied.
Mike,
Thank you very much. I received what you sent to me ...
These things are helping our pastors very well. Our digital library has 320 regular ministers who do use the teachings. We have burnt 410 CD's to give to pastors.
Please do pray for me.
I do have four planned activities to get into new places to establish digital facilities.
In March I will go to the Eastern part of Zambia to meet 150 pastors for three days. We shall be talking about how to use MP3's and CD's. They believe that these materials are important for them.
In May I will go to the western part of Zambia for three days to meet 90 pastors. We shall spend time talking about digital library and also I will take moments to burn them CD's and DVD's. I hope to start a library here and so we are also looking for an external disc like you provided to me. One pastor has agreed to donate a laptop computer. We pray that we can also install 4 desk top computers...
In July I have an invitation to go to the Northern side of Zambia to meet 230 pastors and we shall expose them to the digital library. They will be using computers from a church. So we pray that we shall leave them with enough teachings on videos and audio CD's. The distance is far and I will travel with 4 other pastors.
Story & Oral Strategies Workshop 16-20 Feb, Boise
Submitted by jmanley on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 13:24
80% of the world cannot or does not learn from reading
They prefer to learn by STORY
This workshop will train you to:
- Discover Bible truths
- Tell fascinating, accurate Bible stories
- Lead interactive, inductive Bible studies
- These skills will help you to:
- Reach media-literate North American culture
- Maximize your impact with those from other nations
- Explore the dynamic of oral strategies
- Lead others (even non-literates) to discover Bible truths they can share
Location: 5707 Castle Drive, Boise ID
Castle Hills Church of the Nazarene
Register at: http://www.maflt.org/feedback/wksp10feb or
e-mail Debbie@catchlife.net for further information
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Practitioner Workshop $30
· Learn to tell Bible stories and teach discussion style
· Become a Simply the Story (STS) Practitioner
· Materials, snack, Sat lunch
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Feb 18-20
Thu 5:30 - 9:30pm
Fri 5:30 - 9:30pm
Sat 8:00am - 5:30pm
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Leadership Workshop $90
· Learn to tell Bible stories and teach discussion style (Includes Practitioner Workshop)
· Become a Simply the Story (STS) Instructor
· Practice oral strategies targeted to your learners/leaders
· Materials, snacks, Tue, Wed, Sat lunch, Thu, Fri dinner
Limited space available
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Feb 16-20
Tue 8:00am - 5:30pm
Wed 8:00am - 5:30pm
Thu 1:00pm - 9:30pm
Fri 1:00pm - 9:30pm
Sat 8:00am - 5:30pm
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15 Years That Changed The World
Submitted by brhoads on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 11:22“The last 15 years have changed our world for ever,” claims Tony Whittaker, co-ordinator of Internet Evangelism Day. “Digital media are transforming the way we communicate, behave and even think. If Facebook was a country, it would have the fourth largest population in the world.”
Internet Evangelism Day is a strategic resource to help the worldwide church understand these issues and use the Web to share the good news. It is both a year-round online guide and an annual focus day - to be held this year on Sunday 25 April.
Churches are encouraged to use Internet Evangelism Day resources to create a presentation for their members on or near that Sunday (or at any other time they choose). The IE Day site offers free downloads: PowerPoint, video clips, handouts, drama scripts, music and posters. These enable any church (or homegroup, college, or conference) to build a customized program, lasting from five minutes to fifty.
2010’s focus day will be the sixth to be used by churches around the world since the initiative’s launch in 2005. Over this period, digital media have developed dramatically, with the advent of YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, and the growing use of mobile phones to access online services.
The outreach opportunities have multiplied too. There are now more mobile phone users in Africa than any other continent.
