Training Pastors from the Slum

Discussion by Efren Roxas,
Servants, Manila, formerly of Lilok
How to train heads of families to become elders and pastors
Case study: Profile of an urban poor worker

We needed to develop training for a typical slum church leader who needs training

• 35 years old
• full time baker
• receives a minimum wage
• Has 5 kids
• An elementary graduate
• 10 years old Christian
• 3 years a church worker
• A slum dweller

This requires a different kind of training.  How do you train someone who is marginally literate?

• only on Saturdays as they are working during the week
• role plays, dramas
• case studies
• looking for paradigm shifts
  • e.g. from fragmented to integrated thinking
  • e.g understanding work as a gift from God

Content of Lilok's Grassroots Training

• Holism
• Adult education
• Transformation
• Issues of family
• Work
• Church
• Community Development
• Conflict Management
• Livelihood

Style of Training

• Classroom
• Mentoring
• Community Experience

Cost

• P50 per module or P1400 per course of 34 Saturdays.