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Thank you for your interest in SOWERS' training. We partner with churches that are serious about their God given mandate in Matthew 28:18-20.

For a partnership to work, there must be benefit for both parties. Both parties must understand their responsibilites and commit to meeting them. Only then can SOWERS INTERNATIONAL consider starting the ministry in a new region or country.

For our part, SOWERS INTERNATIONAL wants to share our expertise, people and time with churches who have a desire to reach their communities for Christ. Our partnerships are not based on finance but on relationships with churches and individuals.

SOWERS INTERNATIONAL will be responsible for:

• The travel costs associated with getting the trainer to the region or country
• Providing the training expertise
• Having the material available for purchase
• Following-up and encouraging those who have been trained

The local church is responsible to:

• Provide suitable facilities for the training seminars
• Ensure that the participants can pay for their training
• Provide accommodation, food and local transport for the SOWERS trainer
• Provide food for those who attend the seminars or ensure that other arrangements are made
• Pay for the equipment that the trained Sowers require, ie, sketch board, paper, paints, tracts
• Support the trained Sowers with encouragement and the opportunity to use their training

If you would like to discuss this further, please send the following information:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SOWERS trains churches. Therefore it is important that your church leader or other person with appropriate authority has approved this enquiry.
 
 



 
 
  
 
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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.