Training Leaders in Kenya

July 20, 2018

Back in March, SportQuest began collaborating with Biglife to provide a disciple-making movements training in Badagry, Nigeria.  This is where… Read more Training Leaders in Kenya

Back in March, SportQuest began collaborating with Biglife to provide a disciple-making movements training in Badagry, Nigeria.  This is where SQ team member, Lawson Sampson, lives and works, and he gathered 25 strategic people in his community who were trained.  In June, Lawson had the opportunity to go to Kenya and train others just as he had been trained.  From June 19 – 26, Lawson and other facilitators from Biglife hosted a disciple-making movements (DMM) and sports training in Nairobi, and then they also led a pastors and church leaders training in Mumias, a 9 hour drive west of Nairobi.

Lawson had the opportunity to share from his experience and background in sport ministry and show leaders and coaches of sports teams from all over Kenya how to integrate sport and disciple-making strategies.  Lawson coached soccer training sessions each morning, and then they did application-based discovery Bible study on the field right after practice.  These Bible studies include 3 essential parts: accountability, vision, and practice.  The vision is for these coaches and athletes to grasp that their teams can be simple churches that multiply all over Kenya, Africa, and the world.

Through this experience, Lawson was able to connect with many other missional leaders in Africa, and it provided experience and learning in his abilities as a disciple-making trainer.  The pastors and church leaders that he talked to in Mumias were so impacted by the training that they collectively repented of neglecting discipleship.  Both in Africa and America, it can be easy to get caught up in meeting needs, running programs, and organizing events but losing the focus on making disciples.  It is so encouraging that these leaders have committed themselves and their churches to a renewed focus on disciple-making!

 

 

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