India Training Testimonies

Barry, along with Lynn Thomsen, recently traveled to Korba, Chhattisgarh, India to conduct a Management For Church Leaders™ training conference in this city of one million people.  Our host, Pastor Gideon Nair of Help India International Ministries, indicated that this part of India is very poor and lacks many resources like training for its pastors and churches.  We were not only welcomed warmly, but the conference participants were also enthusiastic and very engaged in the training.  Here are testimonies from 3 of the pastors and leaders who attended the training October 10-12th:

I have studied 4 years in Bible seminary for my bachelor degree. But, I have never come across a practical leadership study such as this! It was a very practical training for me. The manual notes I got were excellent and are going to be very useful for me in training others. I also have now learned how to manage others and the Church I lead. The explanations on managing money, handling conflicts and spiritual gifts were excellent and very practical. I thank you and Lynn for your burden for training church leaders in Korba.

I have attended many training seminars, but this training seminar was something different for me.  Through this training seminar I got to understand what my spiritual gifts and talents really are and how I should utilize it in the church for His glory. The subjects that were taught by you and brother Lynn, if all the participants who attended would faithfully put to practice, there would be a great awakening in the Churches in Korba area. I personally greatly benefited by attending this training and learning how to manage people, money, and exercising spiritual gifts in the Church. And especially as an elder of the church, the explanation on handling conflicts in the church was very useful for me.  I want to apply this teaching in my church.

I am a women’s leader in the Church of Christ, Korba. It was the most excellent training seminar I have ever attended!  Through this training I was able to find out my spiritual gifts and talents. I appreciated the teaching by both of you and the practical sessions & group discussions on various topics and finding the answers to it. I also liked the teaching on handling money and conflicts in the church. I want to teach the other women in the church on the same subjects. I am grateful to you and Brother Lynn and I thank Pastor Gideon as well for organizing the seminar.

 

It is a blessing to receive their feedback and gratitude for our coming to Korba.  Lynn and I were so thankful to be able to go to Korba to share this training and to  see first-hand the value that they place upon it for their ministries.  We thank God for sending us and using us for His Church in India!!