Church Revitalisation

(10 Week Online Training Course)

Leader

David Brown lives in Paris with his wife Mary. He has been involved in church ministry in France for over 40 years, planting three churches (two in Nancy and one in the Paris suburbs), and revitalising a church in central Paris. For many years he was involved with the GBU (Groupes Bibliques Universitaires), the French student movement affiliated with IFES, first as General Secretary, and then as chair of the board. For ten years he also chaired the Evangelism Commission of the French “National Council of Evangelicals”. He teaches church revitalisation at Bible schools in France and Switzerland, and leads seminars on church revitalisation throughout Europe.

 

Overview

The Church Revitalisation Training Course is a ten-week online interactive course starting Monday, 2nd September 2024, which aims to present a biblical vision and principles for church revitalization. David Brown will focus on the “how to ‘s” of bringing revitalisation to build healthy growing churches.

Topics Covered

  • The Need for Revitalisation: Symptoms and Causes

  • The Biblical Basis for Revitalisation

  • The Framework of a Healthy Church

  • The Implementation of Revitalisation

  • An honest look at the situation of a local church

  • Implementing social change (relationships)

  • Adapting to Changes in Society (contextualization)

  • Implementing spiritual change (in the gathered church)

  • Resistance to Change

  • Possible Outcomes of the Revitalisation Process.

The course is run for 8 to 12 people in English, with the goal of working with leaders who go through the course to eventually offer a 10-week course in their own country language.

The ten-week-long training track will involve weekly interactive Zoom sessions. Prior to each session, trainees will need to watch a short training video, read a short article.

Trainees will need to set aside about two to three hours a week for this track (75-90 minutes virtual meeting, 30 minutes watching the training videos, 15 minutes reading).

Webinar dates: at 20:30 CET on September 2, 9, 16, 30; October 7, 14, 21; November 18, 25; December 2.

The course is offered free of charge.

How to apply:

To apply fill out the registration form, or contact Emanuel Tundrea with questions at initiatives@euroleadership.org.