Here Come the Graduates!

There are two kinds of graduates in the world: those that stuff their diplomas in the drawer and those that frame their diplomas and hang them in their office. Haitians generally fall into the latter category. Haitians love diplomas. In our training programs, we believe that what training you have completed is not as important as how you can use the training you have. For example, after three years of Timothy Leadership Training (TLT), we recently graduated our first four participants (normally TLT participants should graduate every year). Why? Because only these four demonstrated the ability to use Timothy Training in their ministries. We hope that our choice will encourage the other TLT participants to use the training in their ministries as well. In June we graduated the first fifteen students from the Reformed Bible Training Institute (out of a group of 21). These fifteen students were required to demonstrate ability to train other church leaders before they could graduate. In the Parable of the Talents (Matt. 25) Jesus congratulates the servants who invested their master’s principle and received interest. We hope that the Master will receive interest from the investment we make in Haitian church leaders!