TRANSFORMING NATIONS BY CHANGING LIVES

Leadership Training
Frontline Fellowship ended last year with a series of Mission outreaches and Leadership training courses in Mpumalanga, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia. We began the New Year with the Biblical Worldview Summit in the forest amidst the Hottentots Holland Mountains. Over 90 participants registered, travelling from as far afield as Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and from the USA.

The Biblical Worldview Summit (BWS) was an intensive leadership training programme beginning early in the morning with PT, running and obstacle courses. The practicals in the afternoon were a great highlight with hikes, raft building, canoeing, obstacle crossing, problem solving and other team building exercises. The programme included 7 Devotions, 32 lectures, 4 workshops, 6 physical training sessions, 12 hours of practicals, 8 films, a series of outreaches and a Variety Concert. Numerous participants had the privilege of leading people to Christ during outreaches in the nearby town. The younger children enjoyed the parallel children's programme, which included evangelistic and discipleship training, character studies on famous missionaries, many practicals, water sports, archery and target shooting with air rifles and blow darts.

The Biblical Worldview Summit formed the first part of our 3 week Great Commission Course (GCC). Of the nearly 50 who applied 25 were selected for the GCC. As other BWS participants headed for their homes, heavily laden with great books and films for evangelism and discipleship at their schools, work places and communities, I introduced the GCC members to the new phase of training by leading them on a night hike up Lion's Head. This second phase of the GCC included another 33 lectures, 10 outreaches, 9 films, 8 Church services, 7 exams, 5 workshops, 4 hikes, a work party at a nearby Mission station and a visit to the Castle, the Andrew Murray Centre in Wellington and to the Eagle Encounters Raptor Rehabilitation Centre.

Evangelism & Mountain Climbing
Participants in the GCC identified as highlights; the outreaches, the Prison ministry, the Muslim Evangelism in the Malay Quarter, the Table Mountain night hike, the Pro-life demonstration Prayer Vigil and Outreach at an abortuary, the Evangelism and Public Speaking workshop, and the Sunday Church services in nearby townships. At the conclusion of the GCC, mission vehicles were loaded with tonnes of Christian books, Gospel booklets and Bibles for outreaches across the border.

“That Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.” Psalm 67:2

Dr Peter Hammond