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Training Churches in Open Air Evangelism

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Simple SketchboardA skilled presentation using a simple sketchboard quickly attracts a crowd. People respond readily as they see that their spiritual needs can be met.

"I came from a broken home and was often involved in fights and drinking. I vividly remember the day when I became a Christian. It was in August 1986, and I was in the market selling cigarettes. Something was going on at the edge of the market..."

"...so I moved across to see what was happening. I caught sight of a man painting something on a board, and I decided I was going to make trouble and stop him. But as I moved closer, what he was saying caught my attention. I forgot about causing a problem and listened closely. At the end of the meeting I prayed a simple prayer with the preacher, and he also followed me up. It took some time for my old ways to leave me, but slowly my life changed. I am now a church planter and a pastor, and have progressed through the various levels of the SOWERS Program." Emmanuel K

The readiness of this response is normal and expected when churches use the SOWERS Program. Look at this next quote:

"We plant a church in a week," explains Abraham. "We will have three or four open air meetings, and the following Sunday we will have a church service with the people who have been saved."

It is as simple as that. It works.

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Training Levels

An overview of SOWERS' graduated training.

Level 1

Church members are trained as an open air team. After a team program in the open air, Level 1 graduates who have mixed with the crowd will counsel enquirers. The seminar takes one or two days and the curriculum includes:

How to be used by God
• Leading someone to Christ
• The team in the open air
• Counselling
• Spiritual parenting

Level 2

Level 1 graduates with leadership potential are selected for Level 2 training as evangelists and team leaders. The course provides training in how to conduct open air programs and how to preach in the open air using a sketchboard. It includes Biblical inspiration, manual-based instruction and the development of the student's practical skills in the classroom, in the sketchboard workshop and open air meetings.

When a church has people trained at these two levels it is able to continue using the Program for outdoor evangelism without further input from the Mission.

Level 3

A Sower who wants to train others may, with the agreement of his/her church leaders, apply for Level 3 training. Entrants to this Level 3 Refresher Seminar must have completed a minimum of ten open air meetings since their graduation from Level 2. Graduation to Level 3 will qualify them to teach  Level 1. The curriculum for this two or three day seminar includes:
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 role 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 selected SOWERS Associates the resources 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.