My heart is burning because Jesus is inside and because you, my brothers and
sisters, are with us in prayer and spirit. Thank you. And I love you. Please
continue to be with us in prayer and pray that we can glorify Him.
Feedback from the Pastoral Theological Training Teachers’ Conference:
About forty teachers from training centres of different districts gathered
in this seminar. It took place at a city near the mine named Welkom, about
1200 km away from Cape Town. Teachers gathered from all over; some had come
from a region as close as 100km away, while others had travelled 1200 km on
a bus. Seeing those passionately learning over the three days of training,
those who were committed to serve for the benefit of those untrained
pastors, and those shouting, praying out to the Lord, we could see the works
of God¹s hands, his determination, and his achievements. Lord, have mercy on
those pastors who couldn’t be trained due to racial discrimination, those
who are not confident of what they preach, those who were frustrated at how
little they knew of the bibles. They are pastors who are pasturing your
church, the Lord’s pastors who are spreading the gospel of salvation – Have
mercy. In South Africa, about 95% of the pastors have never gone to a
pastoral training school. They have an average education of up to first year
in secondary school. They have passion, and commitment, but because they
weren’t taught, many have misunderstood the Word or preach based on their
tradition more than on the Word. Amongst those are pastors who preach that
you can communicate with God through the ancestors’ ghosts; pastors who
cannot differentiate the Old and the New Testament; pastors who don’t know
whether Moses or Apostle Paul came first. Lord, have mercy over these
people.
It has been already 13 years since we built the district pastoral training
lecture centers to train them. Currently, there are lecture centres in about
40 regions, where we have altogether produced about 500 graduates. Yet,
countless many pastors need to be trained. Lord, allow lecture centers in
every town.. in every city and every town, grant teachers who would teach
the pastors. God has planted in me a heart to open up training centers in 11
different regions through this conference. Lord, use these servants of
yours.
Please pray:
1. For the 11 regions where we wish to build pastoral training centres:
Soweto, Maseru, Stillfontein, Durban, Barclay East, Cala, Butterworth,
Mtata, Mpumalanga, Cradock, Clarkstop
2. For there to be pastoral training lecture centers built in every city
and region of South Africa, so that the churches, the body of Christ, can
function as the salt and the light.
3. There have been 100 graduates from Queens Town training sessions over the
last 8 years. Now, we hope to see these graduates change the community and
bring the Lord’s kingdom closer. In July, we’ll be holding a seminar as a
first step for these graduates. Lord, may you mould them into pastors who
share the pain of the community, pastors who serve the unbelievers with the
Lord’s heart, pastors who have visions for the Lord’s kingdom, and pastors
who love the Word and seek passionately to know more about the Lord.
For the Kingdom,
Missionary Young Ohm
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