Walk Thru the Bible

Last week week we had a trial run on a partnership with "Walk Thru the Bible." It is an organization that uses creative teaching methods to guide people through the story of the Bible. Their overview of both testaments is second to none, and they have many other courses as well.

Our goal was to see if our Zambian pastors-in-training would connect with the WTB methods and teachers, and so we set up a week of training and invited some of Navice's "graduates" to join in as well. WTB has an African outreach and they had trained instructors who spoke our pastors' native language, called Bemba.

Here is what Mark Meyer wrote after he talked with Navice about the WTB training (in a letter to the head of WTB S. Africa director)...

Last week Frazier Katanga and Daiman Mainsa encouraged our 35 pastors with your OT overview (presented in Bemba). It was a fabulous success! Our leader for the Serenje effort, Pastor Navice Kalunga, spoke with me this morning and had the most enthusiastic praise for their effort. Pastor Kalunga used phrases like ‘inspired”, “we have new minds” and (my favorite) “Nobody knew we could have such an inspired week! A week like no other!”.

Congratulations to you and your team and a big “Praise the Lord” for the quality of material and the excellent teachers you have working with the churches. I cannot tell you how blessed I feel to know that we have a good experience that they are eager to repeat and they are anxious to pursue other courses from WTB.

God is leading the way! As our team of men work to complete the building at the Hope Center, we are seeing things come together for the training of these pastors who are vital to the success of God's work there. Sharing the pastoral training with WTB will be a joy and is one more step toward seeing the work continue and strengthen in Serenje!