FTS IndoChina Annual Training
TRAINING PASTORS from Thailand, China, Laos & Burma
Sorry that we cannot display any clear pictures of our Pastors from Laos, Burma or China – but this is due to the severe persecution in these countries.
SHORT PROJECT HISTORY – since 2006
- FTS has been Training ± 53 Pastors from Laos, Burma, Thailand & China since 2006 – and they are still involved in our continuous FTS Training Process
- Our Pastors are being trained together with our 13 Discipleship School students
- The Training of our indigenous Pastors from Indochina costs us ± R 60 000 – US $ 5 068 – per Training Module – twice per year.
- For our Burmese Pastors – ± R 25 000 (= ± USD 3,000)
- For our Laos Pastors – ± R 20 000 (= ± USD 2 500)
- For our Thai Pastors – ± R 10 000 (= ± USD 1 200)
- For our Chinese Leaders – ± R 5 000 (= ± USD 600)
- These Training Costs include different items: E.g. transport costs, accommodation, food, renting of space, assistance to our newly Planted Churches and training material
- FTS-Trainers are responsible to raise their own Funds to conduct the Training
Next Training Date: November 2015. The training will be conducted by Dr Ryk van Velden & by Dr Johann Snyman – CEO – Free To Serve
PHYSICAL NEED
On average a Pastor from Indochina will have very little Theological Training – if any – due to the vast problem of poverty and economical factors due to the Communist System in Laos & China & the Military Regime in Burma
Most pastors are also first generation believers who came to the Lord in their adult life and missed the opportunity to attend any Bible School
EXPECTED OUTCOME
- Unskilled and untrained pastors are equipped by FTS to present the Good News to their own people in more effective and applicable ways through Service Evangelism.
- We are following the example of Paul e.g. in Acts 19 where Paul are training the indigenous leaders in Ephesus – the local indigenous Pastors have a very big advantage above foreign pastors as they know the indigenous languages, cultures, traditions, local religions and above all they have what is mostly needed in missions – the natural relationships with their own local people.
- Where pastors are equipped and trained the church starts to grow tremendously among their own indigenous people in Laos, Burma, China and Thailand.
- This is to take the Great Commission of Jesus very seriously – “Go then to all nations and make the people My disciples” (Matt 28:19)
FINANCIAL NEED
- FTS needs ± R 60 000 for these Training Modules (= ± US $ 5 068) twice a year
- We trust God for these funds before June 2015
- We also need Training funds for our ongoing Training Process – training the pastors where they live continuously throughout the whole year.
PRAYER REQUESTS
“Lord Jesus please protect Your passionate pastors from China, Burma, Laos & Thailand & their families. Please provide in every spiritual & material need which they might encounter. Anoint them freshly every morning with Your Spirit. Lord we already thank you for the ± R 60 000 (± US $ 7 500) even though it has not come in yet. Thank You Jesus!”