Leadership Training in Ghana

I have spent years encouraging Mother Tongue or local language literacy so people can read the Bible in their own language. However, in addition we also need to provide people who might not be used to or able to read, called oral cultures, ways to hear the Gospel message and share it with others. This is what I studied at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, GIAL, in order to help our training efforts listed above. As the community development coordinator I will help design, plan, organize, supervise and evaluate the development of an extension program based on changing attitudes and behavior by education and training, and the follow up of the resulting activities. I will design an extension program tailored to the needs of each area, train the extension personnel and compile lessons for them to teach. I will assist the church planting team to integrate participatory methods and other community development principles into workshops and training programs, and. encourage impact, local ownership and sustainability in church planting programs. I will train and follow up the work of the church workers and volunteers, and strengthen their leadership and extension skills, particularly in community development methodology, so that: 1) They have generally improved their extension skills, are stronger as community organizers, and are able to treat a wider range of problems. 2) They are stronger in capacity building, especially in terms of how to choose leaders and how to hold meetings where everyone participates. 3) They are trained in how to strengthen the committees in the villages, teaching people how to work together to accomplish goals and objectives and to solve problems. This training has led to previous co-workers becoming the president and secretary of the national church, and the church becoming an independent, self-governing partner church.