President's Blog

Get trained to train National Church Leaders

We’re looking for “a few good leaders”! Fellowship leaders willing to invest into the lives of fellow pastoral colleagues in countries in Central and South America, Africa, and Asia. Are you interested?

Fellowship International’s indigenous leadership development ministry is led by our LeadersFormation Coordinator, Rev. Paul Harbourne. Paul pastors Fellowship Baptist Church in Collingwood, ON and has been involved in training church leaders in Africa for many years. Paul would like to talk to other Fellowship leaders who sense God’s call to train and coach national leaders. Fellowship pastors have been trained with LeadersFormation’s leadership development tools and curriculum, and have served leaders in Honduras, El Salvador, Dominica, Philippines, Kenya, India, and other countries.

LeadersFormation has recently received a significant refresh with the use of an excellent training curriculum from our partner, Harvesters International.

I’ll let our Fellowship International department convey some of the changes and fresh vision for this storied ministry:

“In LeadersFormation's 20th year of equipping pastors around the world, God has blessed them with an exciting new partnership with Harvesters International. Both ministries aim to provide church leaders with training and support that would otherwise be unavailable to them in their remote communities, so this collaboration may just be a match made in heaven!

“While living in Honduras in 2002, Hannibal founded LeadersFor (now known as LeadersFormation) when he saw the need for leadership development in the local church. He quickly realized that this need went beyond Honduras; the majority of leaders and pastors in churches around the world did not have access to seminary or Christian coaching. Since then, LeadersFormation has set up projects in Asia, Africa, and Central America to meet this need for churches globally.

“Through the new partnership with Harvesters International, LeadersFormation hopes to expand their reach to more churches and nations. As Harvesters International establishes churches in remote parts of the world, LeadersFormation will work alongside their new church plants to equip and empower their leaders. LeadersFormation plans to continue their model of training: within three to four years, visiting pastors from Canada train the local leaders so that they have the tools and resources needed to disciple and reproduce leaders in the future.

“Since LeadersFormation joined the Fellowship International family, it’s been incredible to witness the doors that God has opened for this ministry. Director Ben Porter shares, ‘It is amazing how God continues to bless Fellowship International. This partnership with Harvesters International will be an impactful tool for years to come.” Propelled by a united God-sized vision, we hope to see many church leaders and churches flourish in this new chapter of LeadersFormation.

“LeadersFormation needs coaches for on-field training, in additional to churches that can partner in raising funds for these life-changing projects. If you or your church has a heart for equipping leaders around the world, please visit fellowship.ca/LeadersFormation.”

Are You Interested?

If this has “whet your appetite” to find out more, let me encourage you to look online at fellowship.ca/Leadersformation to read more about the LeadersFormation ministry and/or contact Paul Harbourne (pharbourne@fellowship.ca) soon and begin your journey in developing national leaders overseas.