“HANDS ON” TRAINING IN THE LOCAL CHURCH
As in any field, practical training “in the trenches” is important. A vital part of this training was our involvement in the local church. We first helped out and ministered in the churches in our home towns in Michigan and Louisiana.
Later we had the privilege of special training in pastoral work by two pioneer church planters. One had planted a church on the west side of New Orleans, while the other had started several churches in small towns in the central part of Louisiana. Not only did we learn about shepherding God’s people and church planting, we also received a spirit of faith which remains with us to this day.
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