BE PART OF A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT

The GOLD Project is part of a worldwide network of organisations using a similar method of Personal Study, facilitated Group Discussion and Practical Application to enable discipleship and ministry training in the local church. This method of study grew out of the Theological Education by Extension (TEE) movement that first developed in South America in the early 1970’s. Grab yourself a copy here. Over the last 50 years, this method has been found to be effective in hundreds of countries and many languages as it enables people to study in their local context without being uprooted from the local church.

Discipleship in non-book cultures

We have strategically partnered with SEAN to use courses which have been specially prepared for use by ordinary people, without the pre-requisite of higher education or advanced theology. As such, they have been effectively used in many non-book cultures. The effective work this has caused has been a real testimony.

“The people we teach go back to their villages and teach their people. We began with twenty four students, this expanded to two more small groups. To date over four hundred people have studied 'Abundant Life”.

Systematic lay ministry training

In addition to basic discipleship training, our Following Jesus courses have been used effectively around the world for lay ministry training within the local church.

“The material is really inspirational with a diverse group from deputy head teachers to almost illiterate receiving from it.”

Many of our level three courses are used by TEE organisations in India and Mongolia to train leaders for local churches.

The effectiveness of TEE for the 21st Century has recently been the subject of a new book commissioned by the Increase Association and published as a collaboration between ICETE and Langham Publishing.

Churches and members who have partnered with us, or are using GOLD Project courses amongst their congregation:

Merland Rise Church in Epsom, Surrey

St Andrews, St Peters in Lawrence Weston, Bristol

We also work closely with many prison chaplains, who work with prison inmates.

To read more testimonies on how SEAN has helped transform discipleship in a new dynamic way, click here