Church Planting by Tim Coop

I wanted to take this month to bring you up to speed on what we are doing in the area of church planting. We are moving forward with the idea of building and equipping new leaders.

The church planting movement in Trujillo will focus on starting hundreds of house churches called “Puentes” in Spanish, or “Bridges.” Feeling the need to train and equip the leaders of these churches has led us to see the need for ongoing leadership training. One of my responsibilities in Trujillo will be to oversee Bridge Builder Training - a certificate training program that would meet five hours, once a month, on Saturday for ten months each year, beginning in March. A graduate from this program would receive a certificate and a small library of valuable resource books. The courses would be taught by PNHI board members John Hendee, Tim Coop, Don Lawrence, and Roger Storms.

Here is a list of the courses that will be offered:

• The Inner Formation of the Servant Leader
• How To Make Sense Out of the Bible
• Leadership Lessons From Jesus
• Experiencing The Holy Spirit, The Wind in Our Sails
• Lessons From the Vine: Growth and Discipline
• Understanding the End Times
• How To Defend Your Faith
• Developing a Healthy Marriage
• Building Relationships That Change the World
• Managing Your Five Stewardship Assets

The first Bridge Builder Training will be held March 6th at the PNHI office. We are anticipating dozens of leaders taking advantage of this equipping opportunity. I will be blogging along the way about how this approach is working.

The entire board and all those involved in Project New Hope International thank you for your support throughout 2009. Each of us celebrates with you the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Merry Christmas to all!

God Bless!

Tim Coop