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Across the African continent, a profound spiritual awakening is taking place, drawing millions of new believers into the Christian faith. Yet, as the church expands at a historic rate, it faces a critical challenge: a severe shortage of biblically trained leaders to guide, protect, and shepherd these growing congregations. To address this urgent need, African Enterprise (AE) established the Pastor Training Course (PTC) – a vital initiative designed to ground church leaders in biblical truth and empower them for long-term gospel ministry.

Pastor Training Course 

Equipping a new generation of pastors

The openness to the Gospel and the growth of the numbers of Christians in Africa is phenomenal. However as a result of the need for teachers and pastors, many leaders of churches are poorly trained and some are illiterate. As a result, there is a significant danger that people with a thirst for the truth of Jesus will be led astray by the merging of other belief systems (syncretism), or the misguidance of congregations into believing that church is some form of get-rich scheme (prosperity doctrine).

African Enterprise is committed to helping train godly leadership, equipping church ministers to be faithful to the Gospel, and to grow the church.

There are two tiers to African Enterprise’s Pastor Training Courses, one of which is our own material developed over 60 years to equip pastors for mission, and the second two are developed in partnership with George Whitefield College in South Africa and Moore College in Australia which can offer formal pathways into theological college.

Through these training programs, which are fundamental to mission, AE will help to ensure that churches and volunteers joining us on mission will accurately share the Good News of Jesus, and that pastors are also well equipped to well train the thousands of new believers coming to faith after mission. We thank you so much for how you make mission possible and train leaders and volunteers to accurate teach, disciple and convey the truth.

Stephen Liggins is a minister at Anglican Churches Springwood and has been involved with African Enterprise’s Preliminary Theological Certificate (PTC) program since 2003. Having taught in Africa on more than ten occasions, Stephen is passionate about providing accessible theological education for Christian leaders. He values the program’s impact in helping students see the Bible as one unified story, and describes the experience as a deeply enriching, two‑way partnership with African brothers and sisters in Christ.

Stephen Liggins

Stephen Liggins

Honorary Preliminary Theological Certificate Lecturer

Preliminary Theological Certificate

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