The Pastors Discipleship Network (PDN) is an initiative begun by Leadership Development Program* graduate and Moody Bible Institute scholar Richmond Wandera. It exists:
“to train and equip local pastors in Africa with basic study tools for accurately interpreting God’s Word through monthly seminars, accountability relationships, and the provision of study resources.”
We’re bringing PDN to your attention as an example of what we mean when we say,
“The Leadership Development Program identifies young Compassion-assisted men and women who have shown potential to become Christian leaders who can, in turn, influence their own families, churches, communities and nations.”
PDN is an example of your support bearing fruit! Even if you don’t sponsor a leadership development student, your commitment to Compassion helps create the environment for opportunities like this. That’s what holistic child development is.
You can learn all about PDN at pdnafrica.org and can stay current with Richmond’s work via the PDN Facebook page.
But the philosophy essentially boils down to this:
“When a pastor is trained, his church is also trained; when you resource the pastor, his church is also resourced … everything rises and falls on leadership … a trained pastor becomes a watchman against heresy and false teaching. Therefore, training a local pastor protects the church.”
“My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge” — Hosea 4:6 (NIV)
*This content honors our historical Leadership Development Program. To learn more about our current youth development opportunities, click here.