It doesn't matter whether you have been around the church for twenty years or if you are a new convert, Discipleship Training works. What a thrill to see our people grow in their faith as they consistently study the Word. Our members are leading fellow employees, shut-ins, and prisoners through this material. It's changing our church and our people. Even if you have just a few who are willing, it will multiply. Their excitement draws others. If you are compelled to make disciples, let me strongly recommend Discipleship Training. Ronald A. Frizzell - Grove City Church of the Nazarene, Grove City, OH
A Message from the Director
Have you ever considered how to nurture the seed of the Gospel in a believer who knows neither how to read nor write? ...It may seem impossible!
INTRODUCING...DT For the Literacy Challenged
Through modern technology a way is possible for giving the literacy challenged the same opportunity of growing in their faith as literate people enjoy. I've given this life to the ministry of maturing disciples. In ministry with the Salvation Army in the US and with missionaries overseas, I've often heard the cry for help in nurturing believers who can neither read nor write. Growth Ministries would like to do something significant to make that possible.
With the partnership of Global Impact Mission, the Salvation Army Southern Territory and One Mission Society it is our goal to provide the first three levels of Discipleship Training: A Venture in Learning and Accountability in a delivery form that can disciple believers who can neither read nor write.
With our initial investment we can provide solar-powered instruments, similar to an MP3 player, that have the capacity of discipling over 2000 such followers of Christ (two hundred initial units which have the capacity of discipling up to 10 persons each). Thereafter, we should be able to add additional units for less than $20. each. The units will be made available initially for English-speaking believers in the U.S. and Creole-speaking believers in Haiti.
The initial cost is high...$40,000. It includes translation, travel, recording, pre-testing, manufacturing and research. Initial donations have already been received.
You have an opportunity to be a part of developing the first-ever discipling tool of this nature anywhere in the world. You've read in the Scriptures or you've heard it said, having the faith of a mustard seed...We can say to the mountain "move from here to there and it will move." (Mt. 17.20)
We are exercising mustard seed faith and invite you to join us in seeing barriers removed and the way made clear to accomplish this phenomenal task.
UPDATES
The fund raising stage for the present is completed. We are busy re-writing DT materials to effectively communicate with those who are literacy challenged.
Work has begun on the English translation working with Salvation Army Officers ministering in the state of West Virginia.
Early in November we return to Haiti to test our materials with seminary students, professors, pastors and church leaders.
Our greatest need now is prayer...especially for wisdom to create a medium of communication that will make the Word of God easy to understand, remember and apply to life situations.
The money has been raised and most of it received. We now work to arrange schedules of those working on the project to provide time to move ahead on the development stage.
For the English translation we will be working with three Salvation Army Corps in western West Virginia. Hopefully, our first strategy sessions will be held the first week of May.
Continue to pray with us that God will work in every detail to make our dream become a reality.
