Grassroots Churchplanters' Training Week

Objective of Introduction:

1. Organizational: To familiarize each worker with the goals, methodology, measurement of outcomes and personnel in the course
2. Motivational: To motivate with the history of God's works, and vision for what God can do among the urban poor.

I. Personal Introduction -

        Viv Grigg  (or trainer to insert their background)

Following Jesus in the Underside of Megalopolises (Power Point)

What is the Encarnacao Alliance? (Power Point)

 

Review the Grassroots Churchplanters' Workbook pt 1  and pt 2

II. Your Personal Introduction

Fill in the Registration form and give to the training coordinator

III. Objectives

Detailed Objectives for the whole course

Objectives of the Training Consultation

1. Intellectual: This course will provide a context for theological reflection and integration.

You will interact with a holistic kingdom theology that will help you with Biblical responses to developing movements of disciples in the midst of poverty. These will be based on reflections from Theology, Urban Studies and Practical Ministry.

        a. For those in the West - This course will enable a paradigm shift from middle class Western Evangelical Theology to Biblical Theologies that enable appropriate behaviour in poverty settings including a

i. Theoretical preparation of people for the slums of the Third World
ii. The readings will give a familiarity with the breadth and nature of literature on urban poor theological issues
iii. Theological integration of urban poor theologies
iv. An understanding of practical progressions of developing movements of disciples in the slums.

b. For pastors with experience in the slums - enable integration of their existing experiences and theologies into a comprehensive theology and practice of creating movements of disciples in the slums for the subsequent decades of ministry.

c. For young workers in the slums - Provide a theoretical framework in theology, urban studies and mission practice for effective development of movements of disciples in the slums over the subsequent decade.

2. Pastoral

a. Provide a peer-group context for healing of emotions of damaged workers as experiences are examined in a wider framework
b. Create an understanding of pastoral support structures needed for ministry among the urban poor.

3. Strategic

a. Place local slum ministry in the context of a global strategic perspective
b. Clarify theologies that underlie strategic decision-making at the grassroots

4. Practice of Ministry

This will result in practical outcomes as theology is a study of an active God of history.

IV. Group Involvement

a. This is a primarily a story-based consultation - both stories on video and written and participants own stories
b. Some sessions are teaching then interaction
c. Some sessions begin with group discussions then move to integration

V. Reading Strategy

The course utilises Companion to the Poor and Cry of the Urban Poor as texts

View the readings enclosed on this disk

After reading the storytelling assignment we will assign times for presentations to the class of areas of expertise each one has.

© Viv Grigg & Urban Leadership Foundation and other materials © by various contributors & Urban Leadership Foundation,  for The Encarnacao Training Commission.  Last modified: July 2010