Christ's Ambassador

January 2012

Volume 15 Issue 1

What a Year! What a Season of Ministry!

It all started when we met Paul Otremba, our Area Missionary to Central and South America. We had the same vision: To provide pastors with a complete, systematic discipleship curriculum that includes training believers how to minister to others, exercising a set of ministry skills that result in people coming to Christ, being baptized in the Holy Spirit, receiving healing, and hearing God’s voice. First, we train pastors and leaders how to equip their church members to function in a series of ministry skills that result in people coming to Christ and being thoroughly discipled. Second, we combine the hands-on ministry skill training with the 36-week Ambassador Series that completes the discipleship process. The curriculum is sensitive to cross-cultural application. It is simple, yet effective. The result of trips to 11 nations: 3,000 Pastors and leaders trained, 1,054 baptized in the Holy Spirit, and 965 testified of being healed!

 With us are Paul and Ulrike Otremba, Area
Missionaries for Foursquare from Colombia.

 August 2009 and June 2010, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
We trained 155 pastors and leaders.

 September 2009, Lima, Peru.
We trained 60 pastors and leaders.

 June 2010, Central Bogota, Colombia.
We trained 109 pastors and leaders.

 June 2010, Bogota, Colombia at another location.
We trained 150 pastors and leaders.

We Conducted 17 Doing What Jesus Did Workshops in 11 Nations

In 2007, John asked the Lord, “The only continent in which we have not preached the Gospel is South and Central America. Do you want us to go there?” The Lord said, “I can arrange that.” Little did we know what the Lord had in store for us. In 2008 we were training missionaries in Florida and met Paul Otremba, the Foursquare Area Missionary to South and Central America. He participated in our DWJD Workshop and reviewed our Ambassador Series curriculum. It was a match!  He immediately arranged DWJD Workshops in Ecuador and Peru for August and September of 2009. The rest is history. Paul says the Latino leadership has been looking for a complete “hands-on” discipleship training program for years.  Our program meets the need!  It works in any church that has a hunger for the supernatural of God.

July 2010, Antigua, Guatemala.
We trained 170 pastors and leaders.

October 2010, Krakow, Poland.
We trained 85 pastors and leaders.

 November 2010, Maracay, Venezuela.
We trained 150 pastors and leaders.

 November 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
We trained 120 pastors and leaders.

November 2010, Neuquen, Argentina.
We trained 100 pastors and leaders.

 March 2011, Cumana, Venezuela.
We trained 635 cell group leaders.

3,000 Latino Pastors and Leaders Trained so Far

Central and South America - As we look at 2012 and beyond, it is obvious to us that much work is yet to be done.  Pentecostal and Charismatic leaders in America are encouraging us to continue bringing a “balanced” message of the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit. Our message continues to be, “We are radical about our faith, but we are not weird.” We refuse to water down the undeniable fact that Jesus promises His followers that they can do what He did. (John 14:12-14). We introduce the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit within a biblical context that any follower of Christ can understand and implement. Any pastor from any nation can rest assured that our curriculum and workshops can and will transform the lives of believers and cause them to become marketplace ministers. Ask any of the pastors we’ve trained.

June 2011, San Jose, Costa Rica.
We trained 160 pastors and leaders.

June 2011, San Salvador, El Salvador.
We trained 21 pastors and leaders.

June 2011, San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
We trained 250 pastors and leaders.

July 2011, Kingston, Jamaica.
We trained 40 pastors and leaders.

July 2011, Monteria and Santa Marta, Colombia.
We trained 380 pastors and leaders.

October 2011, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
We trained 100 pastors and leaders.

October 2011, Medellin, Colombia.
We trained 315 pastors and leaders.

As we finished the last workshop for 2011 (above), we were so thankful for the many responses from the pastors. An older pastor said, “This is how Foursquare began in Colombia. We feel that we are returning to our roots! Another said, “This is how it was 30 years ago when we first entered the ministry. Praise God for bringing this to us!” At last report, in Columbia alone they will be starting 70 new Ministry Training Institutes.

2012 Travel Schedule

• January - May 2012 - Bend, Oregon
      Continue to oversee and teach in the Bend, Oregon, Ministry Training Institute.
  
  
• March 11-12 - Bend Oregon
      Train the Trainer teacher Intensive for pastors planning on starting a Missions Training Institute this year.
  
  
• April 10-13 - Los Angeles, CA
      FMI Missionary Training Intensive for deploying missionaries.
  
  
• May 28-31 - Phoenix, AZ
      ICFG International Convention.
  
  
  

John and Sonja are very thankful for the support from their partners in this ministry by the giving of regular tax-deductible contributions. Please mail gifts to:

C.A.I., 2602 NW Pilot View Court, Bend, OR 97701

John and Sonja Decker are teachers and evangelists, ordained by the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. They depend totally on the Lord for financial gifts given by individuals and churches. A portion of their income is derived through workshops and the sale of training materials. Contact them by:

Email: decker@bendbroadband.com

Phone: 541-593-7774 Fax: 541-593-7479

Visit our website: ministrytraining.org

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