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March 2019
Pastor Training Update
The Bannick Family : Rwanda, Africa
Dear Family and Friends,
Pastor Training has started out great this year with Pastor Robby and Pastor Kyle from Arizona. Robby was Chad's college roommate which made it extra special.
Chad, Pastor Kyle, and Pastor Robby overlooking Lake Burera
Here is a message Pastor Robby shared:
"We have been training a group of pastors who are in a three year program to help train pastors in the villages of rural Rwanda. Each day we teach for 6 hours on Christian worldview, Bible Study Methods, Apologetics, and Islamic beliefs. One of the best parts of the training is the thoughtful questions that the pastors are asking us! We have had great dialogue and we are growing together as friends. One man stood up during a session on Islam and began to cry. He asked if we could pray for him because his son had recently converted to Islam. This man was weeping and wailing loudly. We gathered around him and laid hands on him. I asked if three of the Rwandan pastors could pray for him and then I would close. As the Rwandans prayed, they were shaking him, hugging him, crying out to God in loud shouts to help his son leave Islam and return to Jesus. As we prayed this man continued wailing and crying out to the Lord. It was one of the most intense times of prayer I have ever
witnessed. These pastors are from many different denominations, but they come together and bear one another’s burdens, just as Paul commanded in Galatians 6:2."
Please pray with us for these pastors, their families, and congregations!
This specific group of pastors and leaders will be graduating from the 2 year (it took 3 years to complete this time!) Bible Certificate Program this coming May. We have two more training sessions to make the certificate complete. One starts tomorrow (Wednesday, March 20th) with GTN's Bob Edmondson; teaching Biblical Preaching and Teaching, and then one in May just before the graduation. We would love your help to financially support these two trainings. We're looking to raise $500 for each for a total of $1000. Please click on the link below to give if you feel led.
Donate for Pastor Training (March and May): $1000 (https://globaltrainingnetwork.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04b40ec0ddbab4d88ad9b8e08&id=22c6b8de85&e=faabd7d0ee)
What is next??
Please pray with us as we look into opportunities to add more training locations. Right now we are looking at starting another training with a new group in Nyanza, adding one in Kigali, and adding one north of us in Giseyni (on the Congo border). There is much need and we are excited to see where the Lord leads! Thank you so much to all the GTN trainers that are committed to serving the Lord in Rwanda with us!
In Christ,
Chad, Kortney, Olive, Heidi, and Elin
Check:
NEW ADDRESS
Global Training Network
PO Box 6507
Peoria, AZ 85385
*Please address to Global Training Network and put #455 in the memo
By Phone:
623-217-3867
Communicate
Blog:
thebannicks.com (https://globaltrainingnetwork.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04b40ec0ddbab4d88ad9b8e08&id=7be39532a6&e=faabd7d0ee)
Skype:
chaddigity
kortneybannick
Mailing Address:
Bannick
BP 1361
Kigali, Rwanda
*Remember your donation is tax-deductible
Would you like to support our ministry? Click HERE
March 2019
Pastor Training Update
The Bannick Family : Rwanda, Africa
Dear Family and Friends,
Pastor Training has started out great this year with Pastor Robby and Pastor Kyle from Arizona. Robby was Chad's college roommate which made it extra special.
Chad, Pastor Kyle, and Pastor Robby overlooking Lake Burera
Here is a message Pastor Robby shared:
"We have been training a group of pastors who are in a three year program to help train pastors in the villages of rural Rwanda. Each day we teach for 6 hours on Christian worldview, Bible Study Methods, Apologetics, and Islamic beliefs. One of the best parts of the training is the thoughtful questions that the pastors are asking us! We have had great dialogue and we are growing together as friends. One man stood up during a session on Islam and began to cry. He asked if we could pray for him because his son had recently converted to Islam. This man was weeping and wailing loudly. We gathered around him and laid hands on him. I asked if three of the Rwandan pastors could pray for him and then I would close. As the Rwandans prayed, they were shaking him, hugging him, crying out to God in loud shouts to help his son leave Islam and return to Jesus. As we prayed this man continued wailing and crying out to the Lord. It was one of the most intense times of prayer I have ever
witnessed. These pastors are from many different denominations, but they come together and bear one another’s burdens, just as Paul commanded in Galatians 6:2."
Please pray with us for these pastors, their families, and congregations!
This specific group of pastors and leaders will be graduating from the 2 year (it took 3 years to complete this time!) Bible Certificate Program this coming May. We have two more training sessions to make the certificate complete. One starts tomorrow (Wednesday, March 20th) with GTN's Bob Edmondson; teaching Biblical Preaching and Teaching, and then one in May just before the graduation. We would love your help to financially support these two trainings. We're looking to raise $500 for each for a total of $1000. Please click on the link below to give if you feel led.
Donate for Pastor Training (March and May): $1000 (https://globaltrainingnetwork.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04b40ec0ddbab4d88ad9b8e08&id=22c6b8de85&e=faabd7d0ee)
What is next??
Please pray with us as we look into opportunities to add more training locations. Right now we are looking at starting another training with a new group in Nyanza, adding one in Kigali, and adding one north of us in Giseyni (on the Congo border). There is much need and we are excited to see where the Lord leads! Thank you so much to all the GTN trainers that are committed to serving the Lord in Rwanda with us!
In Christ,
Chad, Kortney, Olive, Heidi, and Elin
Check:
NEW ADDRESS
Global Training Network
PO Box 6507
Peoria, AZ 85385
*Please address to Global Training Network and put #455 in the memo
By Phone:
623-217-3867
Communicate
Blog:
thebannicks.com (https://globaltrainingnetwork.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=04b40ec0ddbab4d88ad9b8e08&id=7be39532a6&e=faabd7d0ee)
Skype:
chaddigity
kortneybannick
Mailing Address:
Bannick
BP 1361
Kigali, Rwanda
*Remember your donation is tax-deductible
Would you like to support our ministry? Click HERE