Missionary Educators’ Summit
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
August 16-17, 2004
Dialogue Worksheets
Group 7
Step One: Definition (25 words or less)
Seeing the need for education for pastors in every sense of the
word, be that completing their high school degree, Bible school, or continuing
studies the problem is how to motivate and entice them to see the need for
education, formal and informal in whatever level they find themselves.
What steps need to be followed to implement the ideas to resolve
the issue?
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Survey pastors to discover their level of education
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What are perceived needs
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What are their felt needs
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Talk to officials about the results and discuss how to
address these needs
What are formal ways?
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Bible school
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Global: church service
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ISUM
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Facultad
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Pastor seminars, IETE, retreats
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Short term classes; Intensive
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Extension schools
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Night schools/ Saturday schools
What are informal methods?
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Modeling
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Mentoring
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Literature: bookclubs, talk about books you are reading,
sharing books
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Bible Studies
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Personal testimonies ie like president of CELAD
Are there pitfalls to be avoided?
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Difficulty in obtaining data
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Costs: Monetary and personnel
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Hurt feelings in obtaining information we need (take names
off survery)
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By-passing church officials
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Re-inventing the wheel
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Competing instead of cooperating with existing programs
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Lack of personnel to “push” the program
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The FF not “buying into education”
Who can best provide leadership to further develop and implement
the plan?
Does it fall with the scope of an existing ministry?
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Department of Education
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Bible Schools
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ISUM
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Facultad
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IBMM
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Global
What should be the missionary involvement?
What will be the schedule to implement the plan?
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Ideally: 6 month to one year for permission and survey
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One year to form a plan
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Two years to implement some phase of the plan
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Lifetime to encourage and facilitate education