As well as encouraging Bible training ZM is able to sponsor some Church leaders in management training. ZEC General Secretary, Rev Connex Ijalasi has recently concluded a year's course which he described as "an eye opener"! Connex has since been instrumental in setting up a week's course for other ZEC leaders and ZM was able to sponsor this.

Connex (left) with Rev Sadweck Mphamba,
Chairman of the Zambesi Evangelical Churches

REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS

Among those who have benefited from management training are the three ZEC Regional Superintendent ministers. These men, sponsored by friends in the UK, have key roles visiting Churches and pastors to encourage, challenge, teach, advise and sometimes, distribute emergency assistance. They engage in Sunday preaching and hold day and weekend seminars on a wide variety of subjects like Church government, discipline, finance, marriage guidance for pastors, elders, their wives and various Church groups.

In these ways, the Regional Superintendents are themselves much engaged in Leadership Training at various levels of the Zambesi Evangelical Churches.

Rev Labson Chadzera, Central District, with his wife Lonesi and their grandchild	Rev Anthony Moleseni, Southern District, and the motor cycle used in his many travels	Pastor Eric Mpanga is Superintendent for the Northern District

EBCoM EXTENSION PROGRAMME

The evangelical Churches are growing rapidly in Malawi and northern Mozambique. As well as having responsibility for a central congregation often a pastor may well be caring for several 'Prayer Houses' planted out by his Church. Sometimes such Fellowships grow to a large size before a separate pastor can be found for them. The result is that a congregation might go several weeks without receiving teaching from its pastor or from anyone with some basic Bible knowledge.

Bill Wilson former ZM Field Director, teaching in one of ZEC's smaller Prayer Houses

In this situation the Bible Colleges are not able to train enough pastors and leaders. Also, for a variety of reasons, many people who could clearly benefit from Bible training are unable to attend a full college course

Accordingly, the Evangelical Bible College of Malawi (Please see Bible Training) has set up a training programme under which Church elders and other potential leaders can receive sound Bible training in their own Church or locality.

Abraham with the Ndirande group which meets on Sunday afternoons
using a extensive Bible study course produced in South Africa

Initially Rev Abraham Folayan, started a pilot scheme with a small group of men in ZEC Ndirande.

Presently a group of church leaders is studying at the College two Saturdays a month with considerable home assignments in between. The course also includes an annual residential weekend with practical assignments in evangelism as well as study sessions. Some members of the group are already running similar classes of their own. (2 Timothy 2:2)