Friday, June 6th, 2008 Bill: We spent most of the morning meeting with the faculty of the center discussing their vision for promoting the Center. They have some dedicated and thoughtful staff who really care about training pastors through excellent theological education. I was quite struck by how they shared their vision for West African church leaders to know the hearts and minds of the Center’s leadership.
In Africa, knowledge isn’t valued in and of itself. The value of knowledge in Africa is determined by who gives it. So, in order for church leaders throughout Africa to send their future leaders to CLET, they need to know the hearts and minds of the men to whom they are entrusting their students.
This is very difficult to do without a large enough budget to send recruiting staff to visit church leaders so it must be done through DVDs and print brochures. But, like any educational institution, the graduates of a program are the biggest indication of success – and more of them are needed to grow the African church and be ambassadors of the Center. Thus, our primary task in this trip is to provide materials that will provide such a connection in the absence of direct physical introductions.
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