OUR VISION: To see the Methodist Movement alive, vibrant, growing and yearning to spread the good news of Christ Jesus throughout the whole world through word, deed and sign!
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FAITH SHARING EVENTS WORLD-WIDE
Major training
events in faith-sharing have been led by World Evangelism leaders on every
continent since 1998.
Amazonia,
Brazil
Leaders of World Evangelism trained fifty front-line missionaries of the
Methodist Church serving in the Amazonian Region, in the "graceful
pattern for faith-sharing".
All of the resources were published in Portuguese for use by the missionaries
in teaching their people the nature of Christian faith and what it means
to share faith in a gracious way.
Nigeria
Over 600 key leaders of the Methodist movement in Nigeria came together for
a conference that included a major commitment for training in faith sharing.
The material from the Faith-Sharing New Testament
was made available in three major languages in Nigeria.
Mexico
Leaders from every region in the Methodist Church in Mexico were provided
faith-sharing resources in Spanish and trained in faith sharing in a major
seminar in Mexico.
Indonesia
More than two hundred leaders in Medan and Jakarta were trained in Faith Sharing.
The Faith-Sharing textbook and Faith-Sharing New
Testament were published in the indigenous language for use in communities
of the Christian faith in the country.
Angola
A hundred clergy and lay leaders from the Methodist Church in Luanda received
training in the "graceful pattern for faith-sharing" by World
Evangelism leaders. The Methodist Church in Brazil provided materials
in Portuguese for use in the Methodist Church in Angola.
Estonia
Leaders from the Methodist Church in the Baltic nations were provided resources
in the Estonian and Russian languages and trained in the "graceful
pattern for
faith-sharing" in a major training conference.
Natal, Brazil
Missionaries and leaders of the Methodist Church in the Northeast Missionary
Region in Brazil were trained and equipped with faith-sharing resources
in the Portuguese language for use in the mission congregations in the
area.
Samoa and American Samoa
The Methodist Church prepared for a hundred persons for the training
seminars in faith-sharing, but over 500 persons came to the events for
the Methodist people in Apia and Pago, Pago. The Faith-Sharing New Testament
in the Samoan language was provided for use in congregations across the
islands.
All of the volunteers
and staff in the EvangeMed ministry are
trained in the "GRACEful pattern of faith-sharing" and provided
the Faith-Sharing New Testament in the
Portuguese language for use in witnessing in the name of Jesus Christ.
The Faith-Sharing New Testament, that focuses
on the "basics of Christian conversion and discipleship and the essentials
for leading a person to Christ," has been published in thirty languages
since 1996! This material is a key resource in multiplying the witnesses of
Christ around the world. As leaders are trained and equipped by World Methodist
Evangelism, they train and motivate others in the ministry of faith-sharing
in the name of Christ Jesus on every continent.
A major component of the World Methodist Evangelism Emphasis is to multiply the faith-sharers of the gospel who have confidence and competence to witness to the name of Jesus Christ. The Faith-Sharing Initiative was launched at the World Methodist Conference in 1996 in Rio with the release of the Faith-Sharing New Testament. and has since been developed on every continent.
During the World Methodist Evangelism Emphasis, thousands of Wesleyant/Methodists around the world are being equipped with the skills and principles of the "graceful pattern for faith-sharing" through a pyramid of trainers and modern audio-visual training materials. In 2004 and early 2005, a worldwide series of Leadership Training Workshops are being held to prepare Faith-Sharing trainers to replicate the training to local groups after Pentecost 2005. The Faith-Sharing text book, the continuing development of the Faith-Sharing New Testament in indigenous languages, and Regional Seminars of the WME Institute are being utilized in the training of these worldwide Faith Sharers.
WEB BASED FAITH-SHARING TRAINING
In addition, Faith-Sharing training for individuals is being developed as an interactive web-based training program that will be available to persons around the world on this website.
NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCES
In North America, Faith-Sharing training events utilize the resources written and developed by H. Eddie Fox and George E. Morris.
These events have been conducted for ten annual conferences. In some cases, entire conferences have made commitments for the training of leaders who, in turn, trained others to multiply many fold the number of Methodists trained to share the good news of Christ using the "graceful pattern for faith-sharing." Congregations have made commitments in a covenant for faith-sharing that includes:
