Update: CBM Bridge Program (Garissa)

The CBM Bridge Certificate Program

A Certificate in Integral Mission in a Majority Islamic Context

This past week, we launched the first course in Canadian Baptist Ministries’ Integral Mission certificate program for our ministry partners in Kenya’s North Eastern Province. 

Our team has been calling the certificate “Bridge”, as in essence it is about strengthening the effectiveness of local churches in establishing genuine relationships and fruitful patterns of living their Christian faith among their Muslim neighbours -- Are you becoming a wall, or a bridge?

It was a joy to have Sam Chaise and Wayne Morgan join our team as guest lecturers as we studied the Biblical and theological foundations of Integral Mission. 

The objective of this course was for every student be able to understand and articulate Integral Mission and for them to evaluate their ministry based on principles of Integral Mission. But this is just the beginning...

Together over the next two years, pastors and lay leadership representing the 30 churches and ministries of the Garissa Church Fellowship will be completing this applied missiology training that focuses on the why, the where and the how of Christian mission in an Islamic majority context. 

Aaron and Sam team-teaching this past Friday

A small group working in one of the breakout sessions 

earlier in the week. We were blessed to have a beautiful 

facility at SACDEP in Thika

It was wonderful to experience a spirit of unity and camaraderie among the students as they shared their struggles and insights. Together they wrestled with what it means for the whole Church to bring the whole Gospel to the whole world.

Sam leading the class through an exercise 

of evaluating series of case studies

  

A Great Group of Scholars!

Please pray for the 35 leaders within the "Bridge Program" as they seek to apply their training within their ministries. The program is designed to help churches embrace the principles and practice of Integral Mission, please remember our students as they begin working through their first assignments in their ministry context.

“...and this is what the Lord requires of you, 

to do what is right, to love mercy, 

and to walk humbly with your God.” 

Micah 6:8