WILD Training Impacts Africa’s Stuggling Churches

   Africa has a longstanding background of animate ancestry leadership, most of which was patriarchal (male-controlled). The church growing out of such leadership environment and historical background has had greater traditional and cultural influence so much that spiritual leadership is still at an elementary level for comprehension and insight. This is why we are appreciating the training materials, and methods of training WILD is providing for the African church. 

   African religions and spiritual leadership life is not what it once was. Repeated polls on this analogy showed that the church attendance is in its deepest sleep decline; particularly the young adult population are becoming less and less interested in the biblical institutional religious practices of the grandparents’ generation of church administration. We are becoming less committed to the spiritual leadership structures our grandparents nurtured.

   The main problem WILD Training is solving is the good numbers of smaller rural congregations that no longer can afford to pay full time pastors and have trouble attracting pastors with graduate theological education. These churches are run by lay leaders, deacons and other uneducated leaders who have the heart to lead. These are the people that crave the WILD training because they are stepping into new leadership positions unprepared. 

   Whether established or l ...

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