Training Pastors from the Slum

Discussion by Efren Roxas,
Servants, Manila,
formerly of Lilok
How to train heads of families to become elders and pastors
Case study: Profile of an urban poor worker

We needed to develop training for a typical slum church leader who needs training

  • 35 years old
  • full time baker
  • receives a minimum wage
  • Has 5 kids
  • An elementary graduate
  • 10 years old Christian
  • 3 years a church worker
  • A slum dweller

This requires a different kind of training.  How do you train someone who is marginally literate?

  • only on Saturdays as they are working during the week
  • role plays, dramas
  • case studies
  • looking for paradigm shifts
    • e.g. from fragmented to integrated thinking
    • e.g understanding work as a gift from God

Content of Lilok's Grassroots Training

  • Holism
  • Adult education
  • Transformation
  • Issues of family
  • Work
  • Church
  • Community Development
  • Conflict Management
  • Livelihood

Style of Training

  • Classroom
  • Mentoring
  • Community Experience

Cost

  • P50 per module or P1400 per course of 34 Saturdays.

   

© Viv Grigg & Urban Leadership Foundationand other materials © by various contributors & Urban Leadership Foundation,  for The Encarnacao Training Commission.  Last modified: July 2010
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