It’s All About Relationship Training will soon be available globally – Aug 28 2015
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It’s official This is just the beginning.
October 12th we will be offering 4 different classes for those wanting to take the online Relational Evangelism course.
The first offering will be the regular English speaking course.
The second will be a special Hispanic-bilingualgroup for those who speak and read English and Spanish.
The third will be a Haitian bi-lingual group for those who speak and read English and French.
The fourth will be an Eritrean bi-lingual group for those who speak and read English and Eritrean.
Something exciting is happening here. Do you know anyone that you can encourage to be in one of these groups? And what about YOU? Write Phil at pbtowne@hiu.edu and let him know which one YOU want to be a part of. Pre-registration deadline is September 28.
This is the staff of a Haitian church in Lemon Grove, CA. I am meeting with them most every Tuesday, first with Johny the preacher (holding the little girl-her parents are the couple below her) and then with the whole staff to do training. We are planning on forming a special Haitian group for the October online course. They are at varying levels of English skill, but working together and my meeting with them on Tuesdays will help them learn to use the IAAR. We will also have a French Creole version soon. There are other Haitians they know, even back in Haiti and other U.S. cities that might be in the group. Pray for them.
I’ve introduced Abraham on the left before. On the right is Samson. He is a preacher from Washington D.C. I met him last week. He is from Eritrea also. The two of them are going to work on forming a group of people from Eritrean churches here in the U.S. Their taking the course together as a group will serve to support and encourage them. I meet with Abrahams people every Friday and we are planning to launch the INTERNATIONAL DISCIPLE TRAINING CENTERS in January. Samson has an amazing story of how he ended up here in the U.S. He is a Powerful preacher.
I wish you could meet Shah. I met him at a park in San Diego where the Haitians were doing an outdoor event. He has started to help promote the Hispanic Bilingual course. He is from Beliz and speaks Spanish and English. Pray for him as he does his work.
ENGLISH ONLY COURSE; ALL AGES This is just a picture I found but it represents the kind of people who have been taking the English Relational Evangelism course. Men, women, young and old; pastors, staff members, elders, professionals, professors, housewives, doctors, etc. This course is changing the mind set of people and changing lives. IF people do the work, they will learn one of the most effective methods and tools for sharing the Gospel that is available today. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Effective disciple-making for the 21st century A Course in “Relational Evangelism” Jesus Christ was concise and clear in commissioning His church: “… Go and make disciples of all the nations.” At Hope International University (HIU), we believe that an essential part of being a highly effective disciple-maker is being well prepared to share one’s faith. One way to do this is our online “Relational Evangelism” course offered through our School of Advanced Leadership Training (SALT). More than 35 years ago, John Hendee developed a comprehensive model for equipping Christians in how to make new disciples by being trained how to use “A Peace Treaty With God”. He developed this while serving as Minister of Evangelism at Central Christian Church in Mesa, AZ. Since then many people who have been trained in the use of this model have used it to lead thousands of people into a covenant relationship with Jesus Christ among people of different cultures around the world. Recently, this approach has been revised, updated,and renamed as“It’s All About Relationship”
(IAAR). It is a powerful model for effective twenty-first century disciple making/evangelism. The IAAR model employs a deceptively simple-looking (but biblical!) process that has embedded within it a highly effective relational approach for creating opportunities to share the Gospel one-on-one using a comprehensive but concise and powerful tool to make new disciples. Individuals and groups of any size may take the course through HIU’s Open Class course format for only $50 per person. This course can also be taken for credit at a cost of $300 (for Bachelors or Masters level credit). Churches wanting to transition to being a disciple-making church will find this course exactly what they need to train an army of ambassadors for Christ to be effective in sharing the Gospel. John Hendee is also working on launching an ambassador’s support and coaching network which course participants will be invited to be part of as a way to help you be successful at applying your training once you leave the virtual classroom. We want to see you succeed in reaching the lost in your own communities for Jesus Christ! To sign up for the course, contact Phil Towne at
Recently I have been invited to go to Kenya and Uganda to do the evangelism training there next year. My friend is already going there every year and training a huge group of leaders in IAAR and they are seeing amazing results. I was also invited to go to the Dominican Republic to train pastors there. Do you have other contacts where a training trip would be helpful and desired? Let me know.
