Valencia, Venezuela
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Valencia, Venezuela
PHILIPPINES MLM Phase 1 rapidly erupted among Philippine church leaders. One woman took the training from the Manila conference and adapted it into cell group materials. This format was less threatening to propose to church pastors due to their lack of formal Bible school training. Church by church began to adopt the Million Leaders Mandate teaching from Roselyn’s zealous presentations. Roselyn commented, “I have learned one thing- seasoned pastors have kept their leadership and wisdom because of their openness to new ideas and their humility to be trained by others.” By her training alone, Roselyn took MLM training to hundreds of church pastors and church leaders all over the Philippines. CHINA Jackie Su shares what the leadership curriculum is accomplishing in China, as he and his wife train other leaders, including the employees of Kent Ridge Consulting. Kent Ridge Consulting (KRC) is a Chinese-owned Singaporebased consulting company serving multi-billion Yuan Chinese enterprises, mainly in the Tobacco and Airport Industries. Two of the three partners are graduates of the National University of Singapore MBA program. They are yet to be believers. Up to February, they had a total of 30 employees, and recently they have just recruited about 20 more people from all over China. Three of their employees are members of our church. One in particular is the Sales Manager (Ms. QC) who introduced us to one of the partners (Mr. Lao). Ms. QC was saved less than a year ago and when Mr. Lao saw many changes in her for the better and heard her testimony, he realized that what his employees need at this time is character building. Most of his employees are excellent and talented; however, if they were to develop further, having good values is essential. On Feb 9, my wife and I conducted a 3-hour training based on the “21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader” material, mainly on the topics of Charisma, Character, and Relationship. The whole company including the three partners attended. Even though most of the attendees were consultants themselves and some were trainers, they were attentive throughout the training. After the training, their feedback was positive and encouraging. Mr. Lao said, “Our employees all read a lot and have been through quite a lot of trainings, it is hard to get them a training that they feel add values to them. Your training this morning has made an impact.” He concluded, “We thank our Father for the opportunity of being trained by EQUIP and being able to use the Biblical values and principles to make a difference in this nation. We thank you for your commitment to help us grow and become leaders that will change the world for the glory of our Lord.” KARACHI, PAKISTAN TTT 6 Propelling from MLM graduation in Karachi, Pakistan, the leadership movement among this culture has been described as “an outbreak of EQUIP epidemic!” North Point Community Church, an EQUIP church partner, sent Associate Trainers to train in Karachi over the past few years. They recently informed us a mere handful of these certified trainers are taking MLM to over 2,000 others among the Sindh Province of Pakistan. LAHORE, PAKISTAN TTT 1 “I am a Bible student here and I attended your Leadership Conference of two days held in Lahore, Pakistan. I wanted to let you know that it was just awesome. It was the greatest conference I ever attended. I really enjoyed it there and more importantly I received great knowledge and great blessings!! I just wanted to appreciate your team and your founder Dr. JOHN C MAXWELL. It is great work what you are doing and I pray for your team that God blesses them more and more and leads them and uses them for his glory. Amen! I am sending you a picture I took with one of the teachers who taught in that conference. It is of me with Mr. Ken. Once again blessings for your team and remember me in your prayers.” -Salas John CENTRAL ASIA Geoff is a former Air Force pilot who served three tours of duty in Viet Nam and flew over 230 bombing raids over Viet Nam and Cambodia. Geoff now lives in Singapore and serves as an EQUIP Associate Trainer under the umbrella of Equipping Leaders for Asia. The top leader of the underground church movement in Viet Nam said to Geoff, “You came to our country almost 40 years ago with M-16 to defend our political freedom, but now you come with John 3:16 to help us effectively spread spiritual freedom to every person in our nation.” He added, “The Viet Cong used bullets to conquer the South, but we are using Bibles to win the entire nation to our Lord Jesus. The EQUIP training gives us the skills and the strategy to complete the task.” GRADUATION and EXPANSION Photo: Jinja and Soroti, Uganda Graduation with AT Lance Reid Last fall, EQUIP graduated the leaders from the original 20 sites in Africa. The African leaders received MLM with deep gratitude and we keep hearing stories from Phase 1 in Africa. MLM continues to spread virtually throughout Africa through conferences put on by national leaders. We recently heard of Pieter de Villiers, a mayor in Namibia who graduated from MLM Phase 1 as a Certified Trainer. His organization, “Every Home for Christ,” is taking MLM to six cities in Angola on his own! He trains from 90 to 195 leaders from numerous denominations at each site -- all of the sites have completed Notebook 1 and one site has completed Notebook 2. Pieter and his team print and copy the notebooks themselves and bind them by hand in order to train and resource the Angolan leaders. SOUTH AFRICA Photo: Pastor Joshua Mtanyelwa Joshua has graduated from MLM Phase 1 and became a national trainer of MLM in East London, South Africa. He has a heart to raise money to help the children in the slums of East London. He shared about the impact it has had on his leadership: “MLM has been a great tool to me as the Pastor of a growing church. It has helped me to grow in my leadership and to grow other people. Before MLM came I was a lid more than a leader which affected the growth of the church. MLM has given me a right to lead again.” NIGERIA Photo (below): Ijebu-Ode conference Olu is originally from the area of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria. He now is returning to his homeland to equip Nigerian leaders. At the conference this spring, he shared that there were 115 leaders who were trained, and most reported to train an average of 35 leaders each. Leaders are continuing to be trained in Africa, even after the original 20 sites have graduated from MLM. KENYA Photo: Onesmus Weru, Country Coordinator Onesmus is the Christian Leadership Institute Director for ICM in Africa. Onesmus shared the impact that MLM had on his own personal leadership journey, which impacted his leadership of MLM throughout all of Kenya. Onesmus said, “MLM has greatly impacted my attitude. I no longer get worried or scared as problems come. I now see them not as problems, but as opportunities for a greater commitment.” He shared, “Through MLM, I have identified my inner circle--people who work with me, help me, and keep me accountable. These people have greatly enhanced my communication, integrity, and people skills.” Onesmus is passionate about MLM and continues to train leaders in Kenya, even after the end of Phase 1 in Africa. Onesmus shared about a pastor who said, “EQUIP material has saved my marriage. These leadership principles have become a light on my conscience as a father, leader, and a husband.” Onesmus also told us about another pastor he interviewed recently. He said EQUIP has done his church wonders. The church has grown from 110 people to over 600 people in the last 3 years. They have opened up 3 new churches and the pastor has developed 6 other pastors in this 3 year period. The pastor attributes much of this growth to EQUIP training and he said, “Give God the glory!” Rev. Ayiro (pictured to the right) is senior pastor of Kingdom Center in Nairobi, Kenya. He said that MLM came at the right time for him personally and for his leadership when he was just starting Kingdom Center. He shared that MLM impacted him to the level that now as a minister he ministers with confidence. Because of his passion for training leaders and the MLM curriculum, Rev. Ayiro equipped 40-50 leaders on a monthly basis in the MLM material. He shared that people were “getting it;” every month they received something new that prepared them to equip those they were leading. He shared his excitement over leaders being trained, many who have never before been trained in leadership. He said that through MLM he has seen leaders grow to maturity by growing in their leadership capacity. Kemerovo, Siberia Victor Lukashkov, home group leader, Church of The Risen Christ March, 2007 – TTT # 5 From the very first conference I received a revelation of the importance of this work and that I need to be very careful how I use this material, how important it is for me to take it to other people. I started with the small group of 1-2 people. Then I trained other groups of 3-4 people. Every time I trained the same course to these different groups I learned something new for myself. I finally had a group of 35 people; half of them were not Christians. Today 3 of them accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Four of these people have become very successful in business. The fact that I had to teach these courses several times to different groups undoubtedly helped me to understand this material better. My mind was transformed; my vision of servant-hood was renewed. I just fell in love with this material. I continue to train my group of leaders and also I teach these lessons in my home small group. Every summer I go to Moscow where I meet with pastors from other former Soviet Union republics and I gladly share with them my knowledge and my experience. Andrey, my co-leader at my home small group who has been with me from the very beginning became a trainer himself. I do the trainings in Kemerovo and in Leninsk-Kuznetskiy, and Andrey does the seminars in the town of Berezovskiy. Between the two of us we train leaders in churches of three different towns. All our trainings have great success. Thank you, Pastor John Maxwell for enabling us to be a part of this great movement and to spread the gospel in Siberia! I especially thank those who organized these seminars in Krasnoyarsk. Our teachers – Pastor Karl and John – are the best!!! They are tremendous teachers and a wonderful team! Pastor Watson & Erica Kluttz M.F.I. Nurnberg, Germany March 2007 -- TTT # 4 Dear Nadya, I am participating in the MLM program in Nuremb erg, Germany. Since we started the training, our church has gone through a complete reorganization in the last four years. MLM came at just the right time for us to be able to apply the teaching that we have received in virtually every area, from casting vision to mentorin g new leaders. We have grown to a leadership of 21 people and have a unity in vision and purpose that we have never experienced before. In addition to teaching MLM, I am presently using a teaching from John Maxwell, “Raising up Lay Leaders with a Heart for God” which is being taught only to my 19 top church leaders. The whole atmosphere of our church has completely changed in the last 18 months and we have gotten so much better in “Equippin g the Believers for the Work of the Ministry.” The church is growing continually, and 80% of our members are involved in some type of ministry. I just want to say that I have gone through many other conferences and have listened to approximately 300 ministry related tapes in the last ten years, but the MLM has given us a tool to be able to apply all the knowledge that we´ve had in the past. We will be eternally grateful for MLM and are planning to use this as a foundation al teaching for our leaders, as well as the foundations for leadership teaching in our bible school. Not long ago, we met the Polish pastor at a pastors’ meeting in Thessalonika. After we met him, he sent some newsletters and one of his newsletters touched our hearts because of his work with homeless and poor people. We asked if we could help and have taken a helps transport to him at Christmas. During our visit there at Christmas, we told him about MLM and how we feel that it has helped us. He already knew about John Maxwell`s leadership teaching and asked us if we would be interested in coming back and teaching some of this to his leaders. We have just returned from Poland where we did the training for his church. There were a lot of questions and answers. We will be going back to continue the teaching. His people said it was the best leadership meeting they have ever had. We feel honored that God has chosen us to be able to work with this church. I hope that this will encourage you. If I could stand before your staff and people that made this training possible, I could only praise everyone for the hard work and the vision that God has given you and for the kindness I am experiencing. With love in Christ, Pastor Watson and Erika Kluttz EQUIP launched MLM in Latin America in January 2006 in partnership with Lidere. Currently, there are 19 sites in 12 countries in Latin America. Most sites are in TTT 3 this spring. We have received excellent reports from TTT 3 that the training is just getting better and better and making a difference in leaders’ lives. VALENCIA, VENEZUELA National Coordinator Alejandro Mendoza described Train the Trainers 3: “The atmosphere of the TTT 3 event was great! . . . Many Certified Trainer’s claimed…’this is getting better every time’.” Pastor Arnaldo Arenas, from Christian Life Church in Valencia, said, “There is no doubt that something great is happening in our city. God is touching the leadership through this project. I had never seen before so many pastors and leaders from different denominations stepping over their differences, all together willing to be trained.” IQUITOS, PERU Photo: AT Eric Brown, Pastor Pedro Tapayuri and his wife Teresa, AT Lloyd Craycroft, National Coordinator Oscar Zamora Pastor Pedro Tapayuri and his wife Teresa are Certified Trainers in northern, Peru. They are missionaries who have served the native communities in Peru for 28 years. They speak 5 native languages. They have to travel 15 days by boat to get to the Iquitos conference! That’s commitment! Those who know them say, “Their fruits are visible. They have raised men and women as they are, and some of them will go to the conference. They are a blessing, and UML project will be a valuable instrument to enrich their work and Evangelism in the Peruvian jungle.” GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA Photo: Alex Lopez (left) and his father Pastor Jorge Lopez (right) praying over the signed covenants. Guatemalan National Coordinator Alex Lopez shared that some denominations were at first hesitant to get involved in MLM and did not attend the conferences. Some of the Certified Trainers from Alex’s church decided to take the training to these leaders. Now one of these Certified Trainers is training 500 leaders and another is training 200 leaders from these once-reluctant denominations. A by-product of MLM is that the Lord is using it to bring unity to the body of Christ. SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR Elizabeth Amaya Tabernáculo Bíblico Bautista Amigos de Israel “. . .through the MLM project I’ve been able to understand the true work of a leader. This has been very helpful for restructuring my ministry, my life and my family as well. I want to thank-you for giving El Salvador the chance to have this sort of training at a professional level.” SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA Pastor William Luna Disciples of Christ Church, Siquirres City “We are working with 175 leaders. This has been a constant work, and we feel very motivated. Every leader has taken the challenge with perseverance because the material is excellent. This training is relevant to our time and leadership, and responds to the Latin-American church needs”. SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA Larry and Patty Morehead Operation Restoration Larry and Patty Morehead are on staff with “Operation Restoration,” a ministry that shares the love and truth of Christ to children and teens living on the streets of Bolivia. They help rescue these children and teens who are caught in petty theft for survival, drugs, prostitution, and sexual abuse. The Director of Operation Restoration, Roger Hulford, attends the MLM conferences in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He is training a group of leaders, including Larry and Patty, through the MLM curriculum. Patty shared that the lesson on mentoring greatly impacted her. She said, “It was very impacting because we counsel a lot of people--in the church and on the streets. I was challenged that . . . it’s not just about saying something spiritual, but giving of your time and of yourself.” When asked, “What would you want to say to those that are giving to this project?” she commented: “The first thing to say is “Thank you very much” because you have been able to really rescue and bring out the real leadership of Jesus and to put it in such a practical way so that many people in my country could learn. Thank you very much for being committed to preparing leaders. I think that if you continue with the leadership program there is the possibility to reach a lot of people in different areas of society for Christ. Leaders in Bolivia can impact people in the farthest areas of the earth and thank you for helping us to take that step.” Each and every day we hear story after story of how relationships are being built between the Associate Trainers and the National leaders on the ground. Each Associate Trainer brings back the stories of the people’s hearts and desire for leadership training. We have over 125 Associate Trainers currently training around the world. Iquitos, Peru Lloyd Claycroft (Associate Trainer) and Enoc (Certified Trainer) EQUIP offered to Lloyd two sites in Peru, although he never felt a calling to a particular country he knows that he was chosen by God to develop a friendship with his new friend, Enoc. Enoc has a unique story in his travels to and from the conference in Iquitos. Iquitos is in north Peru in the jungle area. Enoc is the fruit of an American missionary couple who worked up the river. They knew him as a boy and grew him up to be the pastor he is now. Enoc travels sun up to sun down in a dug out canoe for 3 straight days while spending the night in a passing village. One of the biggest dangers while traveling on the river is being caught in a large whirlpool. After traveling for 3 days in his canoe, he then travels on a riverboat for 5 days where he finally arrives for the MLM conference in Iquitos. It’s this personal sacrifice that hit the heart of Lloyd and shows Enoc’s commitment to leadership training and his heart for the Great Commission. Meeting Enoc changed Lloyd’s view on the word sacrifice. Traveling for 16 days for 1 conference is a true sacrifice. Enoc is training over 100 people in the MLM Curriculum. Lloyd and Enoc now have a relationship that will last long after MLM training. Warsaw, Poland Mark Harrell “These ministers are starting to bond more than ever before and the flow of teaching improves each time. I went back to Wroclaw after the training with several of the ministers and my wife and I held a marriage seminar. Then on Sunday, two of the pastors who participate in the Million Leader Mandate, canceled their services at their churches, rented a larger room at a hotel and held a joint service that I ministered at. All this is fruit from the conferences.” Valencia, Venezuela Glenn Smith and Phil Munsey (Associate Trainers) “Let’s not think even for a moment that this is about us, because all that we do is about God Himself. This is bigger than one organization or man, it is about His Presence. I am honored for being able to serve you. I am only your servant.” – Pastor Glenn Smith “I am convinced that God Himself is bringing revival to Venezuela. This is the most exciting thing that has happened to me in my whole life and I want to keep on being part. There are millions ready for being saved in this country and all those who are involved in UML Project are the strength who will reach them.” – Pastor Phil Munsey EQUIP has developed over 26 strategic partnerships, with each one delivering the EQUIP Million Leader Mandate Leadership material through their own stream of influence – better and more effectively then we could. Let me highlight three of these partnerships: Founded by Mike Griffin: Mike came to Malaysia from America over thirty years ago as a Peace Corps volunteer. While serving in Asia, he gave his heart to Christ. He also met a lovely Malaysian Chinese lady named Joyce. They married and today they have two beautiful daughters, Jade and Jasmine. Mike started a business in Indonesia and later in India. He developed exceptional skills as a trainer in the corporate arena. As Mike grew in the Lord, he came to realize that he needed to devote more of his time and financial resources to the work of the Lord. Mike searched for a way to use his skills as a trainer in a cause that would advance the fulfillment of the Great Commission. In January 2003 he was in Mumbai, India on a business trip when he learned that John Maxwell would be in the city launching the Million Leaders Mandate project in India. Because he loved John Maxwell’s books, he decided to attend. When Mike arrived at the conference site, he met Dr. Doug Carter in the hallway. Doug is convinced that it was no accident that they greeted each other that day. Mike and Doug began a conversation about EQUIP and the vision and strategy to develop a million effective Christian leaders around the world. Mike knew immediately that he had found the mission in which he would use his skills and invest his financial resources. Without asking for anything from EQUIP except permission to use the curriculum, Mike volunteered to take the MLM training to as many nations in Asia as possible. Within a few months he had founded a non-profit ministry, based in Singapore, known as Equipping Leaders for Asia. EQUIP personnel helped him train a team of forty Asian associate trainers who would travel throughout Asia and teach the MLM curriculum. Today they are systematically training Christian leaders in China, Northeast India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Mongolia, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Borneo, Kazakhstan, North Korea and Singapore. Mike is generously and joyfully investing thousands of dollars to train thousands of key leaders in SE Asia. Michael Hinckfoot Compassion certified trainers will train all field office Leadership Development Program Specialists and selected LDP students from each country as “first generation” certified trainers. Annually, LDP Specialists and selected student leaders will be trained on two curriculum books over a three year period. Trained field staff and student leaders will then train LDP students as the second generation. The training will be conducted at every university location. Students will be trained on two curriculum books every year. Finally, all trained LDP students will be challenged to apply and demonstrate what they have learned from the training by teaching other faithful young men and women in their churches, universities and communities where applicable. Field Offices with Leadership Development Programs are to ensure quality Leadership Training for LDP Students in their respective countries. • Compassion LDP is currently working in fifteen developing countries. • Currently we have 1300 LDP students registered in our program. Joyce Meyer Ministries and EQUIP are officially partnering in India, Rwanda, and Cambodia. Joyce Meyer has an incredible passion for countries that have been oppressed and experienced severe pain, so she has a great heart for these nations. Scott Norling will be heading up MLM India, opening dynamic opportunities to cover this country with Christian leadership. Twice a year for 3 years India’s top leaders will gather in Hyderabad to be trained with EQUIP’s Volume 2 material, beginning in May 2007. From the Hyderabad training, these leaders will take this material to personally train at 25 additional sites around the country. Stemming from the India project, Norling designated one of his key leaders to compose an MLM team in Cambodia. Jesse McCaul, who has lived in Cambodia for over ten years, was recently selected to serve as the Cambodian National Coordinator. Cambodia’s MLM conferences will begin in the capital city Phnom Penh starting July 2007. This specific site is a beautiful example of partnerships- EQUIP curriculum will be taught by ELA Associate Trainers, all funded by Joyce Meyer Ministries. Michael and Pennie Shepherd are heading up the initiative in Rwanda and recently returned in March from meeting with key leaders to lay the groundwork for MLM in Rwanda. They are tentatively planning to launch the first site in the Fall 2007. We are certainly blessed by the partnership of Joyce Meyer Ministries. With our hearts and minds focused on the same agenda, we will collectively carry out the Great Commission as one. Volume 2, Notebook 1 (2007) Notebook - Today Matters Resource - None Extra - Commitment form for each to train 10. Volume 2, Notebook 2 (2007) Notebook - Winning With People Resource - 25 Ways to Win with People Volume 2, Notebook 3 (2008) Notebook - The 360 Degree Leader Resource - The Difference Maker Volume 2, Notebook 4 (2008) Notebook - Thinking For a Change Resource - TBD Volume 2, Notebook 5 (2009) Notebook - Failing Forward Resource - Failing Forward Volume 2, Notebook 6 (2009) Notebook -Talent is Never Enough Resource - Talent is Never Enough Extra Graduation Gift - 360 Degree Leader (signed edition) or a new book that is coming out. INDIA EQUIP is training at three official sites with the new leadership curriculum in India- Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad. Hyderabad is a partnership site with Joyce Meyer Ministries, where 25 additional sites will emerge from this single training site. The training will begin in May 2007. We will continue our partnership with Pastor David Mohan in Chennai and Dr. A.F. Pinto in Mumbai, expecting deep leadership development at both locations, with an expected launch date in November 2007. INDONESIA EQUIP is continuing the partnership with Pastor Niko of Gereja Bethel Church in Jakarta, Indonesia. We expect 2,000 leaders at this training location; our trainers will teach from our new notebooks beginning December 2007. PHILIPPINES EQUIP is continuing to train in the Philippines with our partner and friend, Dr. David Sobrepena in 3 sites - Manila, Cagayan de Oro and Cebu City. At each site 2,000 leaders will be trained with the new leadership curriculum. These conferences will begin February 2008. LATIN AMERICA STAGE 2 LAUNCH EQUIP continues to partner with Lidere, led by John Vereecken, in Latin America. We are planning to launch 20 additional sites in 7 countries with the first site to be launched in Fall 2007 and the rest of the sites in 2008 and 2009. This launch will double the number of sites we have in Latin America. Argentina – Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Neuquen, Resistencia (2008) Brazil – Goiania (2007) Sao Paolo, Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza (2008) Curitiba, Belem, Cuiaba, Porto Alegre (2009) Chile – Santiago (2008) Colombia – Cali (2008) Mexico – Guadalajara, Merida, Mexico City (2008) Nicaragua (2008) Puerto Rico (2008) LATIN AMERICA LAUNCH TRIP EQUIP is planning a Launch Trip February 26-March 7, 2008 to launch the Million Leaders Mandate in five Latin American countries. Dr. John C. Maxwell, Marcos Witt, the EQUIP and Lidere teams, and friends and donors of EQUIP will be taking this journey for 11 days to raise excitement and participation in MLM. Tentatively, we will be visiting: Cali, Colombia; Brasilia, Brazil; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Cordoba, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; and Mexico City, Mexico. Earlier this year Winnie and I had the wonderful privilege of living and serving for two months in the Asia-Pacific region. We were abundantly blessed as we endeavored to provide encouragement and mentoring for our ministry partners in China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Viet Nam and Borneo (East Malaysia). Over and over and over we saw first hand how powerfully EQUIP is making a difference in the lives of the difference makers. The top leader of the underground church networks in Viet Nam said, “We have vision and passion to reach our entire nation, but it seemed an impossible task until the EQUIP training and workbooks gave us the skills and strategy necessary to see the dream become a reality.” One underground leader in China said, “We have suffered under tyrants and lived in the fires of persecution. God has kept us faithful. The EQUIP training and resources are equipping us to reach the huge cities of China for Christ and to become a mission force to reach all of Asia with the Gospel.” A leading pastor in Cambodia declared, “Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge brutally slaughtered an entire generation of leadership in our nation. We are starting over as a nation and as a church. Leadership training is our most urgent need. The EQUIP training is the solution to this need!” Our time in Asia was a forceful reminder of the impact of EQUIP around the world. We are making a difference in the lives of the difference makers.