New Leadership Development Opportunity!

Beginning in 2011 Pastor John has been offered the opportunity to become an Associate Trainer with EQUIP, the leadership development ministry of John Maxwell.

EQUIP is a non-profit organization specializing in the development of effective international Christian leaders. Founded by Dr. John C. Maxwell in 1996, EQUIP is dedicated to developing servant leaders who shoulder responsibility, meet challenges with courage and creativity and never relinquish their God-given dreams.

This is a volunteer role that Pastor John will be serving in.  He will be teaming with Scott McDonald and training pastors and lay leaders in Beirut, Lebanon.  They will travel to Beirut twice each year for three years and share 2-3 days of training with church, ministry and business leaders in that part of the world.  The training will typically include leaders from Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.  Pastors and leaders from other Middle-Eastern nations will also participate.

Pastor John is also excited to partner with Camille Melki in this endeavor!  Camille is the founder and director of Heart for Lebanon ministries.  Mooresville Church of God supports H4L and recently took a mission team to Lebanon to partner with them in their work with Iraqi refugees, the Bedouin population and other impoverished and disenfranchised people in Lebanon.  Camille is the Middle-East Coordinator for EQUIP and will be organizing the training sessions that Pastor John and Scott McDonald will be teaching.

There are many ways that Pastor John's role with EQUIP will benefit Mooresville Church of God!  One of the most significant is the access Pastor John now has to the EQUIP leadership development curriculum.  This curriculum represents 2 levels of Leadership Development training totaling 72 individual training sessions!  The access to this curriculum will open the door for a comprehensive leadership development initiative to be pursued within the congregation of Mooresville Church of God!  In addition it presents an opporutnity to offer leadership development training to the larger community!  Pastor John will also have access to high-impact leaders and trainers who will be teaching, coaching and influencing his own personal leadership development!

Because this is a volunteer role there is significant financial need to help EQUIP provide the needed training materials to the Middle-Eastern pastors and lay leaders.  In addition Pastor John will have travel expenses for each of the trips to Lebanon.  If you have interest in financially supporting Pastor John's training efforts in the Middle-East please see him for details on how you can be a partner in this vital leadership development initiative!