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LENASIA CHRISTIAN BRETHREN TRAINING AND TEACHING
LENASIA CHRISTIAN BRETHREN

Lenasia ChristianBrethren
Missions
1. Support ministry
a. Definition of support Ministry.
b. Need for support ministry.
c. Geographical location.
d. Manpower.
e. Planning.
f. Scope of work.
g. Finance.
h. Outcomes.
a. Definition of support Ministry.
i. Support assemblies in the following areas:
1. Teaching.
2. Training.
3. Counselling.
4. Standing alongside
5. Preaching.
6. Encouragement.
b. Need for Support Ministry.
a. Needs need to be defined and not be restrictive within the ambit of
the definition. It has to be dynamic and revised all the time as
circumstances dictates.
b. Some of the areas of need that can be immediately identified are
the following:
i. Teaching
1. Doctrinal:
a. Teaching Scriptural doctrinal principles.
2. Discipleship training.
a. Training in discipleship.
b. Training in Sunday school outreach.
c. Training in youth outreach.
ii. Counselling.
iii. Standing in the gap.
1. For full time workers.
2. Lay workers.
3. Special requests.
iv. Just visiting leaders and assemblies.
c. Geographical location.
a. Definitions:
i. 70km and less to be defined as local.
ii. 80km to 350km to be defined as outside.
iii. Cross province to be defined as national.
iv. Cross country to be defined as international.
b. Types of people group/communities.
i. Low income areas.
ii. Rural areas.

1. Informal settlements (empower locals to go into these
areas.
d. Manpower.
a. Qualifications of person for mission/ mission support.
i. The person must be saved and called of God.
ii. Spiritually mature.
iii. Sound Mind.
iv. Must have a deep love for God’s children.
v. Love outreach.
vi. Must be mission minded.
vii. Must have a spirit of humility.
viii. Ordained by Assembly to go out in the field.
ix. Must work under the authority of the sending assembly and
authority of the assembly he is working in.
x. Has to be accountable to the sending Assembly and assembly
to be ministered to.
xi. Must have a valid driver’s licence.
xii. Must have some theological training or Theological exposure.
xiii. (Being taught by the Holy Spirit).
xiv. Can be male or female.
b. Ideally one person should co-ordinate a team. This team should
accompany the leader as often as possible. The team members
should be subjected to the same qualifications as the leader. Except
spiritual maturity. Spiritual maturity will come as the team members
grow in Christ.
e. Planning:
a. Reliance on The Lord Jesus Christ must be the driving force in the
executing of these plans.
b. All planning will be done by the responsible person.
i. It must be made clear that all plans are not cast in stone.
ii. Plans should not hold the assembly at ransom.
c. Plans must be goal orientated.
i. We do not want to fire bird shots. We want to be specific and
relevant without compromising the Word of God.
d. Plans must be approved and ratified by the council.
e. The execution of the plan will be guided by the budgetary constraints
of the assembly. (Lack of finance should not cause plans to be
scrapped.)
f. All plans must be a matter of prayer.
g. Guidelines:
i. Locals:
1. Plan One day visits on a Sunday to preach or teach in
church.
2. Avail oneself for weekly special meeting when
requested.
3. Locals will be privileged to have many visits during
the course of the year.
ii. Outside areas:
1. Trips to out-laying areas should be planned for more
than a day to be profitable. Driving 700Km round trip
in a day is not profitable.

2. Communicate this to outlaying area leaders.
a. Cost of accommodation should be borne by
church being ministered to.
b. If the church does not have the means- Local
assembly to consider financing the trip if
finance is available.
3. If the trip is over a weekend, one day should be spent
teaching and the Sunday for ministry.
4. It is advisable to have some trips during the week so
that more topics can be taught.
iii. International engagements:
1. This will depend on the nature of the mission.
a. If called to speak, the calling assembly is to
bear the cost of the trip.
b. If we send then the Local Assembly to bear the
cost.
f. Scope of work:
a. The scope of work must be formulated around the need of the local
the receiving assembly. Tabulated below are guide lines:
i. Maintenance and building.
1. Encourage teams to do week ministry in assisting with
church building projects.
a. Drawing up of plans
b. Brick laying
c. Carpentry
d. Painting
e. Plastering etc.
ii. Teaching and outreach.
1. Training Sunday school teachers.
2. Training Youth workers.
3. Training lay personnel.
4. Doctrine teaching.
5. Homiletics.
6. Hermeneutics.
b. Materials to for training to be made available by Assembly. (Lenasia
Christian Brethren).
c. Building materials must be made available by receiving church or
sponsors if any.
g. Finance.
a. The leader has to draw up a budget for the year.
b. The budget should include the following.
i. Cost of travelling.
1. Fuel costs
2. Wear and tear.
3. Air tickets.
ii. Cost of accommodation.
iii. Cost of materials.
c. Costing should be drawn up per trip and consolidated to one figure.
d. Cost to be borne by receiving assemblies to be reflected in the
budget.
e. Funds from other supporters must be reflected on the budget.

f. Personal funding to be reflected on the budget.
g. Stipend for worker.
h. The Assembly finance will dictate to success of this ministry but it
should not stop the progress of this ministry.
i. Much prayer and fasting has to go into raising up financing to fund
this mission.
h. Outcomes:
a. Lensaia Christian Brethren
i. Build up young team for missions.
ii. Become more engaged in missions.
iii. Spiritual growth of Assembly.
iv. Assembly to become part of the mission program
v. Blessing fromGod for engaging in ministry.
vi. Motivate our people to stand in the gap on a regular basis.
vii. Motivate our people to constant PRAYER.
viii. Send out full time missionaries fully supported by the
Assembly.
b. Receiving Assembly.
i. Building up of the congregation.
ii. Building up of leaders.
iii. Seeing the church mature and grow.
iv. Challenge the assembly to engage in missions.

Lenasia ChristianBrethren
YEAR OF LIFE PROGRAM
1. Target
a. School leavers.
b. Matriculated persons.
c. Unemployed persons.
d. Anyone who wants to give a year to the Lords Service.
e. Ages
i. 18 years upwards – no parental permission required.
ii. 14 to 17, parental permission required.
iii. No maximum age limit.
2. Aim/goal
a. To build up young people spiritually and emotionally.
b. To motivate young people to work for and grow in Christ.
c. Develop a person holistically
i. Spiritually
ii. Mentally.
iii. Emotionally
3. Program:
a. The program must be developed along the following lines.
i. Outreach-
1. Door to door evangelism
2. Track distribution
3. Outreach meetings
a. In schools
b. In evening
ii. Doctrinal teaching
iii. Hermeneutics
iv. Homiletics
v. Maintenance
b. Program to run Tuesday to Friday.
i. Persons must attend all assembly meetings.
c. Monday and Saturdays are officially off days.
d. Attendance of special meeting compulsory.
4. Qualifications
a. Must be saved.
b. Must be baptised.
c. Must have a desire to serve.
5. Expectation from candidates/students
a. Full commitment for a year.
b. Attending all assembly meetings. As well as outreach meetings.

c. Must be fully accountable to
i. God
ii. Elders in the assembly.
iii. Assembly
6. Assembly commitment.
a. Monthly Stipend to be determined by assembly finance. (Encourage people
in assembly to financially a person for a year.
b. Training
i. Pay for attending bible school year program or
ii. Conduct Bible training in the week program.
1. This program to be prayerfully developed.
c. Make church facilities available to students for outreach programs
d. Provide sandwiches and juice for lunch. Students to prepare.
Sunday school
Target.
a. Assembly children from ages 5 to 13.
b. Assembly children from ages 13 upwards (special classes)
c. Children in the area.
d. Any child in the age group category.
2. Aim/Goal
a. To bring the children to a knowledge of Christ
b. To lead the child to Christ.
c. To get into the homes of those children whose parents does not come to
church.
d. To lead the child to being part of the assembly.
e. To grow the child spiritually.
3. Program
a. The program will be run on a Sunday 10:45 to 11:45.
b. The program must be configured to include the following:
i. Memory verse learning.
ii. Learning books of the Bible.
iii. Bible stories with the Gospel in every lesson. (This cannot be over
emphasised).
iv. Games or skits or activities to be biblically based or directed to a
biblical lesson (This may not always be possible with games).
v. Encourage children to attend assembly meetings.
vi. Guide line for a Sunday:
1. Opening prayer
2. Sing along (separate or combined)
3. Lesson: Separate or combined)
a. Recap of previous lesson.
b. Reciting last week’s memory verse.
c. Awarding points (quiz).
d. Main Lesson.

e. Altar call.
f. New Memory verse.
g. Close in prayer.
c. Out Comes:
i. Lead the child to Christ
ii. Build the child spiritually.
iii. To see the child being part of the Assembly.
d. Sunday teachers:/helpers
i. Must be saved.
ii. Must be baptised(Teachers only, helpers must be encouraged to be
baptised and in fellowship)
iii. Must be in full fellowship around the Lord ’s Table.
iv. Must be ON TIME AT ALL MEETINGS.
v. Must attend all Assembly meetings.
1. At present there are two main assembly meetings
a. Sunday morning meeting
b. Wednesday prayer and study.
vi. Must be accountable to superintendent and eldership.
e. Assembly commitment/council
i. Provide funding for material used.
1. Develop material suitable to the community-if possible.
ii. Provide transport to extension 13.
iii. Be available to conduct a meeting in the home of a Sunday school
child.
iv. Provide funding for teacher training.
1. Conduct teacher training in house.
v. Provide partial funding for end of year program – finance permitting.
vi. Provide gifts – only if funds permit.
Child Care Ministry
1. Target.
a. Children from ages 5 to 13 for the community.
b. Children from the Assembly.
2. Aim/Goal
a. To bring the children to a knowledge of Christ
b. To lead the child to Christ.
c. To get into the homes of those children whose parents does not come to
church.
d. To lead the child to being part of the assembly.
e. To grow the child spiritually.
3. Program
a. The program will be run on a Monday and Friday 15:00 to 16::00.
b. The program must be configured to include the following:
i. Memory verse learning.
ii. Learning books of the Bible.

iii. Bible stories with the Gospel in every lesson. (This cannot be over
emphasised).
iv. Games or skits or activities to be biblically based or directed to a
biblical lesson (This may not always be possible with games).
v. Encourage children to attend assembly meetings.
vi. Guide line for a Lesson:
1. Opening prayer
2. Sing along (separate or combined)
3. Lesson: Separate or combined)
a. Recap of previous lesson.
b. Reciting last week’s memory verse.
c. Awarding points (quiz).
d. Main Lesson.
e. Altar call.
f. New Memory verse.
g. Close in prayer.
c. Out Comes:
i. Lead the child to Christ
ii. Build the child spiritually.
iii. To see the child being part of the Assembly.
d. Teachers/helpers
i. Must be saved.
iii. Must be in full fellowship around the Lord ’s Table.
e. Assembly commitment/council
ii. Be available to conduct a meeting in the home of a Sunday school
child.
iii. Provide funding for teacher training.
iv. Provide partial funding for end of year program – finance permitting.
v. Provide gifts – only if funds permit.
Youth Program
1. Target.
a. Teens from ages 13 to 25 from the community.

b. Teens from grade 8 upwards.
c. Teens from the assembly.
2. Aim/Goal
a. To bring the teen to a knowledge of Christ
b. To lead the teen to Christ.
c. To get into the homes of those teens whose parents does not come to
church.
d. To lead the teen to being part of the assembly.
e. To grow the teen spiritually.
3. Program
a. The program will be run on a Friday 19:30 to 21:00.
b. The program must be structured in a balanced manner.
i. Physical.
ii. Mental
iii. Spiritual.
c. Topics discussed must be relevant to the needs of the youth.
i. Gospel
ii. Sex
iii. Relationships etc.
4. Out Comes:
i. Lead the Teen to Christ
ii. Build the Teen spiritually.
iii. Challenge the teen to involvement in the assembly.
iv. Challenge the teen to a year of life program
5. Leaders/helpers
i. Must be saved.
iii. Must be in full fellowship around the Lord’s table.
6. Assembly commitment/council
ii. Be available to conduct a meeting in the home of the Teen.
iii. Provide funding for teacher training.
iv. Provide partial funding for end of year program – finance permitting.

Lenasia ChristianBrethren-01
1 Missions
a. What is our church vision on missions?
i. We see the Great commission as all-encompassing both local and
outside outreach.
ii. We strive to be a sending church.
iii. We strive to be a supporting church.
iv. We strive to be obedient to the command of Matthew. Go ye into all
the world and preach the gospel.
b. Are we interested in missions?
c. Are we interested in local missions?
Are we interested in national?

CELL MEETING – TEACHING –
INFORMAL/FORMAL
OUTREACH MEETINGS – IN
HOMES
DISCIPLESHIP – IN HOMES
SUNDAY SCHOOL
SUNDAY MORNING MEETING
YOUTH
SPECIAL
MEETINGS
GENERAL PATH OF ASSEMBLY GROWTH

INFORMAL/FORMAL
BIBLE SCHOOL – TEACHING
FORMAL
HOMES
SUNDAY SCHOOL
YOUTH
SPECIAL
MEETINGS
GENERAL PATH OF TEACHING
ADVANCE BIBLE STUDY
INFORMAL/FORMAL
SHEET 1

INFORMAL/FORMAL
SPECIAL TRAINING
SPECIALCOURSES
HOMES
SUNDAY SCHOOL
YOUTH
WOMENS MEETING
INTERCESSION
OUT REACH TEAM
TRAINING STRUCTURE
SHEET 2

SHEET 3
Teaching strategy for LENASIA CHRISTIAN BRETHREN:
Refer to sheet 2
The purpose of the church is to equip, nurture, guide, and train all believers.
This can only happen with the cooperation of all in the assembly. We should aim to get our
people to attend at least 1 mid-week meeting in the week.
Meetings can run concurrently on the same evening. This will lighten the load on the
leading brethren so that they would not be out every other night.
The discipleship training should be carried out on a different night. A night should be
allocated for discipleship and another night for bible study and advance bible study.
The centres of training are on different levels with different targets.
1 Sunday school- sis Daphne with Bro Hilton
a. Structured Elementary training from toddlers to pre-teen.
b. Focus is on learning the BIBLE in story form.
c. Introduce the children to the LORD at a young age.
d. Teach Biblical values.
e. Encourage children to further study at discipleship or Bible study.
f. Encourage children to aspire to become assistant teachers and teachers.
g. Encourage children to come to church.
2 Discipleship.
a. This will take place either in the homes or the church on a Tuesday.
b. It is preferred that this meeting takes place in a formal place, the church.
This will ensure that there are no restrictions of attendance. People will
have no excuse for not coming due to interpersonal issues. The church
will be neutral.
c. The disciple program will run for a limited period covering specific
courses.
i. A 12 month period is suggested with the following courses.
1. 12 Bottles of milk.
2. What the Bible is all about.- Bible doctrines-elementary
3. Servant of God.
4. Assembly principles.
ii. The students will then be channeled into the BIBLE study
program in the church on a Wednesday night.
d. There can be more than one discipleship course running on a Tuesday
night. We can have at least 3 to 4 classes running in the church at the
same time.
i. There should be no reason for a person to wait for more than a
week to join a specific class.
e. The level of teaching should be relevant to the education level of the
persons being trained.
f. Training should be informal so that learning is encouraged and
participation is encouraged.

g. We will need more than 5 persons available to run these lessons.
i. Each person can be a specialist in the course presented.
ii. We should engage the young people to get involved in this
program.
iii. The lessons presented will be EMMAUS courses with the work
books.
h. Discipleship presenters will be trained and couched to do the work.
3 Wednesday Bible study.
a. This is a compulsory program for the study of the Word of God.
b. Persons from the discipleship course must be channeled to the
Wednesday night program.
c. Topics discussed will be more in-depth than the discipleship courses.
d. Topics will be handled by the designated teachers in the assembly.
e. The following will be discussed.
i. Books of the Bible.
1. Ephesians
2. Philip
3. Galatians
4. Romans Etc.
ii. Special topics.
1. Holy Spirit.
a. Spiritual warfare
b. Spiritual gifts
c. Work of the Holy Spirit.
d. Practical walking in the Spirit
2. Character building topics.
a. Love
b. Forgiveness
c. Family relationships
d. Boy Girl relationships.
e. Depression
f. Etc.
3. General topics of interest and spiritual growth.
4 Advance Bible study.
a. This program will follow a similar curriculum to that of a bible school.
This could be presented alongside the Wednesday programe.
i. The courses will be structured the following manner.
1. Bible study- selected books.
2. Bible doctrines. (Major doctrines of the bible)
3. Biblical interpretation and presentation.
5 Bible School
a. Encourage our people to enroll in an Evangelical Bible college for a
formal recognized qualification.
b. Start a Bible extension class under the wing of an established College.
ICBM will be willing to use us a learning center.
c. We can start our own Bible school which will not be recognized by the
council of higher education. (This is preferred so that we have control
over the content of the lessons taught)

6 SPECIAL TEACHING:
a. Special meetings will be conducted during the year. This may take the
form of a teaching program held on a full Saturday. Topics will be
forwarded for discussion in advance.
i. Suggested topics for this year:
1. Hermeneutics
2. Homiletics
3. Spiritual warfare
4. Prayer.
b. Special meetings will also be scheduled when special speakers become
available. These meetings may be scheduled on short notice.
c. We will also join other assemblies in special teaching meetings.
7 Special training.
a. Training will be conducted or attended at other institutions in the
following areas:
i. Sunday school teachers.
ii. Cell/bible study teachers.
iii. Discipleship.
iv. Outreach.
v. Missions
vi. Leadership
vii. Preaching and Teaching.
FEEDER SYSTEMS
Feeder meeting to the training centers should come from the following:
1 Sunday school.
a. Young believers from the age of 10 should be discipled and channeled to
the discipleship program.
b. Contacts from the Sunday school should be forwarded to the out reach
coordinator.
i. The out-reach coordinator will schedule a visit to the home.
ii. The out-reach coordinator will schedule a gospel meeting.
2 Gospel meeting:
a. The outreach team will be responsible for:
i. Visiting new homes to make contacts for outreach.
ii. Follow up on leads from the Sunday school.
iii. Follow up on new attendants at the Sunday morning meeting.
iv. Follow up on contacts from outreach gatherings:
1. Open air
2. Musical concerts
3. End of year Sunday school plays etc.
3 Youth program:
a. New believers from the youth must be channeled to the discipleship
courses.
b. Contacts from the youth must be forwarded to the out-reach
coordinator.
i. The out-reach coordinator will schedule a visit to the home.
ii. The out-reach coordinator will schedule a gospel meeting.

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