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Freedom to Lead Prayer Request of the Week Please pray as we enter a new year...

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Serving in Difficult and Dangerous Places - 2023 End of Year December Newsletter You can be part of Jesus’ mission to seek and save the lost by investing in the development of Christ-centered leaders.

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Last chance to make your donation count towards 2023!
As we approach this year-end season, will you make your special gift to FTL to extend Christ’s love and hope to leaders who are serving among unreached peoples around the world?

Serving in Difficult and Dangerous Places Donate Online As we approach this year-end season, will you make your special gift to FTL to extend Christ’s love and hope to leaders who are serving among unreached peoples around the world? Donate Now Did You Know? The following organizations are asking Freedom to Lead to resource them and their...

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Serving in Difficult and Dangerous Places - 2023 End of Year December Newsletter You can be part of Jesus’ mission to seek and save the lost by investing in the development of Christ-centered leaders.

FTL Prayer Request of the Week
Please pray as we enter a new year...

"In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps." Proverbs 16:9

As we enter into a new year, please pray that the Lord will direct our steps. Pray that He will give us wisdom as we embrace all that He has for us this coming year. Please pray that God will continue to enter into the story of each of the men and women that we work with. Pray that the Lord will transform their lives and leadership - and ours - as we all consider what it means to be competent Christ-centered leaders.

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Freedom to Lead Prayer Request of the Week Please pray as we enter a new year...

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The world’s deadliest war over the last year has not been in Ukraine, but in Tigray, a region in northern Ethiopia. Freedom to Lead has an opportunity to be involved with Christian leaders ministering in this region. Consider a year-end gift to help...

The World's Deadliest War and an Opportunity for the Church The world’s deadliest war over the last year has not been in Ukraine, but in Tigray, a region in northern Ethiopia...

Congratulations to the graduates of Lifeway Mission International who just completed four years of The Garden Project!

Last month we began a brand new cohort in Hosaenna, Ethiopia. Forty leaders from 17 surrounding churches gathered for the first module on Leadership for a Healthy Church. Many of them are committing to growing as Master Facilitators someday!

We also graduated a group from Jimma, Ethiopia. They have completed all eight modules of The Garden Project over the past several years, even in the midst of a global pandemic.

Support Christian Leaders in Ethiopia: https://freedomtolead.net/donate/

After transferring The Garden Project to 40 pastors in his region, a pastor from Zimbabwe reported, “From the feedback I received from all the pastors and leaders it was truly a valuable lesson. It brought a different perspective to their way of leading the church and their way of participating to what the Holy Spirit is doing in the life of the church in general.""

Continue to pray for all that God is doing in Southern Africa and learn more about where we work: https://freedomtolead.net/our-work/

Home Vast areas of the world await men and women who lead their ministries with compassion and efficacy. We’re on a mission to fill this critical need for Christ-centered leaders.

At Freedom to Lead we use stories story to develop competent Christ-centered leaders for healthier communities. Why?

80% of the world’s people belong to cultures that learn best through story, images, and music. They’re most likely influenced through oral rather than literate means. Yet, more than 90% of Christian workers use literacy-based communication. At Freedom to Lead, we are looking to bridge this gap.

Learn more about us: https://freedomtolead.net/about/

We love when FTL gets shared with others! We would love to be able to come talk to your community to share about this ministry.

- Small Groups/Lifegroups
- Sunday school classes
- Video Conferences
- Vision Events

Fill out our contact form if you are interested: https://freedomtolead4.wpengine.com/contact/

The first step to building true disciples and faithful leaders is to teach them in a way that deeply, personally connects with them… as Jesus taught. His example remains the cornerstone.

Thus, we developed a leadership curriculum, The Garden Project. Unlike conventional classroom methods, The Garden Project uses proven tools that emphasizes personal discipleship relationships and Word-centric stories, parables, songs, drama, and music. All are faithful to Scripture; all are memorable; all are easily transferable.

Learn more about how we use the Garden Project here: https://freedomtolead.net/garden-project/

Home Vast areas of the world await men and women who lead their ministries with compassion and efficacy. We’re on a mission to fill this critical need for Christ-centered leaders.

Help us continue to train and equip leaders all across the world! With your donation, you help us develop and support leaders who want to practice Jesus’ way of leading and mentoring and will do this with others in the way Jesus taught.

https://freedomtolead.net/donate/

Ahmed*, a ministry leader from North Africa, was once trained to kidnap, torture, and execute Christians. But God wonderfully transformed him. By God’s grace, Ahmed is now leading a large network of Muslim Background Believers (MBBs) who are reaching thousands of other Muslims for Christ. While experiencing the module this week on Leadership for a Healthy Ministry, Ahmed said, “MBBs have been converted, baptized, discipled, and educated in the Bible, but it is now time for us to LEAD the church into the next generation.”

With your support, we can continue to train and equip leaders like Ahmed: https://freedomtolead.net/donate/

*not his real name

We are grateful for all of the people and organizations that partner with us and wanted to highlight United World Mission.
United World Mission works with national partners in 45 nations to equip leaders, establish churches, and engage holistic mission.

Learn more about our partners here: https://freedomtolead.net/partners/

The church in North Africa and the Middle East is growing, but access to Christ-centered mentoring, support, and leadership training is very limited. Freedom to Lead International is launching a new network with 25 leaders from across this area of the world, and we need your help.

Join the Resourcing Team to cover one FTL Leadership Event as part of a 4-year ongoing program!

$50.00 - Covers the meals for one participant for one week
$100.00 - Covers the lodging of one participant
$250.00 - Covers the translation of materials into new languages for North Africa
$500.00 - Covers the support of a Regional Leader
$1000.00 - Covers the full sponsorship for one participant's travel, meals, and accommodation

https://freedomtolead.net/north-africa/

Home Vast areas of the world await men and women who lead their ministries with compassion and efficacy. We’re on a mission to fill this critical need for Christ-centered leaders.

Freedom to Lead International is supported by people like you who want to see the multiplication of healthy churches, that are led by Christ-centered leaders among storycentric communities around the world.

Learn more about our team here: https://freedomtolead.net/our-team/

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When we think of people who have supported and prayed for this ministry we are filled with much joy. Knowing that it is God who makes things grow (1 Corinthians 3:6-7), we also recognize that this global ministry is sustained and pushed forward through your prayers.

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Last month we had a phenomenal week in Istanbul, Turkey, with 25 Christian leaders from all parts of North Africa and the Middle East. The launch of our North Africa and Middle East initiative has been delayed for the past two years due to Covid. We just had to keep reminding ourselves that God is in control.

This area of the world has a great need of building strong churches that can respond to the many people coming to Christ in recent years. Strong churches require effective leaders. Through your support and prayers, Freedom to Lead will have the capacity to respond to the critical need of strengthening and developing Christ-centered leaders in this area of the world where the church is quickly growing.

Join our resourcing team: https://freedomtolead.net/donate/

Home Vast areas of the world await men and women who lead their ministries with compassion and efficacy. We’re on a mission to fill this critical need for Christ-centered leaders.

Freedom to Lead International is supported by people like you who want to see the multiplication of healthy churches, that are led by Christ-centered leaders among storycentric communities around the world.

Learn more about our team: https://freedomtolead.net/our-team/

In addition to maintaining operations in dozens of nations, Freedom to Lead has new opportunities emerging, particularly in North Africa and the Middle East. A new network of ministry leaders from this part of the world has just launched, and more leaders from surrounding countries have also requested help.

Learn more about where we work and where we are looking to work: https://freedomtolead.net/our-work/

If you're a mission church leader, a leadership development service provider, or an emerging storycentric ministry leader, we encourage you to pick up a copy of our book entitled Leading with Story: Cultivating Christ-centered Leaders In a Storycentric Generation. This book tells our story and what we have learned up to this point. Gain unique insights into our work with global leaders, including engaging stories, biblical insights, and field-tested methods based on leadership research.

Learn more about Leading With Story: https://freedomtolead.net/get-involved/

Do you or someone you know have a heart for global missions?

Freedom to Lead International provides leadership development for under-resourced ministry leaders. We currently serve grassroot leaders in South Asia and throughout the continent of Africa through our flagship program – The Garden Project. We have just launched in North Africa and the Middle East. This program cultivates Christ-centered leadership competencies through eight modules – each four days in length - over a period of four years. The Garden Project also provides intentional mentoring for program participants.

Explore what it means to become a facilitator: https://freedomtolead.net/employment-opportunities/

Home Vast areas of the world await men and women who lead their ministries with compassion and efficacy. We’re on a mission to fill this critical need for Christ-centered leaders.

Why do we use a storycentric approach?

After 13 years, in 50 nations and 10,000 lives, we have found that an oral, storycentric approach is more fruitful than academic teaching and “throwing books” at people. The beauty is that leaders can learn Christ-centered leadership regardless of their level of literacy. People learn best when the material touches their minds, their hearts, and their personal experience. They remember it, they share it. They unleash the full potential of the gospel in their communities.

Find out more about our strategy here: https://freedomtolead.net/leadership-crisis/

Home Vast areas of the world await men and women who lead their ministries with compassion and efficacy. We’re on a mission to fill this critical need for Christ-centered leaders.

Over the past several weeks, we have seen lockdowns being lifted and FTL South Asia teams come together IN PERSON for the first time in two years! The region is exploding with great opportunities of expansion. This brings great encouragement to all of us. "The Garden Project Family" (a large multigenerational group with people coming in from almost every state in India and from surrounding countries) still continues to meet once a month on Zoom because they have seen how valuable these times are to the church.

What happens when you donate to us?

We will steward your contribution in one of three ways:

1. You can give to the specific regions where we work.
2. You can give to the General Fund where funds will be applied to FTL’s greatest organizational needs.
3. You can designate your giving to Staff Support. FTL staff members depend upon friends and churches for their personal support. Your financial gifts enable them to develop leaders worldwide.

Learn more: https://freedomtolead.net/donate/

In East Africa, we work with multiple networks serving church planters, ministry leaders, evangelists, social services, and the persecuted church.

The Garden Project program extends to multiple countries in the region, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Eritrea, Djibouti, and South Sudan.

Learn more about where we work: https://freedomtolead.net/our-work/

One of the hallmarks of the FTL program is that the material is transferable and we encourage our participants to pass it on to a new generation of leaders in their local areas. We have also worked to identify a few people from each cohort to go through Facilitator Training, a deeper level training that hopes to develop what we call "Master Facilitators." For example, one Facilitator Training event in Fall 2021 brought in leaders from 6 surrounding countries in West Africa. Since then, these "Master Facilitators" have hit the ground running as they have taken The Garden Project into the interior areas of their regions.

Learn more about The Garden Project: https://freedomtolead.net/garden-project/

The Garden Project The following contains a synopsis for each of the eight leadership development modules contained in Freedom to Lead’s curriculum - the Garden Project