What We Do
Sowers International Australia helps local churches in Africa to reach their communities with the gospel through open air meetings.The SOWERS Program trains and equips church teams in culturally appropriate ways to lead people to Christ and disciple the new believers. Through a series of Seminars Evangelists are taught to train others so the Program is self-reproducing.
The SOWERS Program
EVANGELISM TRAINING STEP BY STEP
SOWERS is best suited to developing countries and its training offers distinct benefits. Transferability and multiplication are key features. The Program is very low cost, sustainable, simple, Biblical, church based and singularly effective. Trained churches have the ability to pass the SOWERS Program on to others.
Although training is normally given to churches, the SOWERS Program may be taught in Bible Schools.
WHAT IS THE TRAINING LIKE?
A key to the SOWERS Program is the step by step approach to training. Here is how it works:
LEVEL 1 - Members of a local church are trained as an open air team. The seminar takes one or two days and the curriculum includes:
- How to be used by God
- How to lead a person to Christ
- The church team in the open air
- Counselling after an evangelistic meeting
- The responsibilities of spiritual parenthood
The seminar concludes with an open air meeting where Level 1 students who have mixed with the crowd will counsel enquirers.
LEVEL 2 - Level 1 graduates with leadership potential will be chosen for Level 2 training as preachers and team leaders. The course provides training in how to plan and conduct open air programs. It includes Biblical inspiration, manual-based instruction and develops the student's practical skills in the classroom, in a sketchboard workshop and through open air meetings.
When a church has people trained at these two levels it is able to continue using the Program for its outdoor evangelism without further input from the Mission.
LEVEL 3 - If a Sower wants to learn to train others, then with the endorsement of the church leaders he/she may apply for further training. This is a three day seminar, the curriculum consisting of:
- Review and improvement of open air ministry
- Enhancement of team leadership skills, etc
- Teacher training for Level 1, team leadership and local church mobilisation
LEVEL 4 - Leading to the status of SOWERS Associate Level 4, this is a supervised period of learning how to arrange and conduct Level 2 SOWERS Seminars.
Lastly, there are two advanced levels of teacher training and leadership development:
LEVEL 5 - This training gives resources to selected SOWERS Associates to conduct Level 3 Refresher Seminars. Their appointment as SOWERS Associate Level 5 will involve other SOWERS Program functions to inspire and develop active Sowers.
LEVEL 6 - Consisting mostly of practical work and assessments, completion of SOWERS training at this final level equips a SOWERS Associate Level 6 to teach students and teachers of the Program at all levels including this one.
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