The Greatest Experience of Equipping in 45 Years of Ministry

In 2004 I was a veteran church planting missionary. I had already led or participated in a dozen church planting projects. I had already been trained in church planting in Bible college, in seminary, in a 2-week church planting institute, and by a veteran church planting missionary. So when my friend Eric invited me to a DCPI training I accepted out of friendship, but I have to admit my expectations were not high. If only I’d known!

It turns out those three days marked an important turning point in my life. DCPI training was different from all the other training I’d received. “Wow,” I thought, “These guys have experienced the same things planting churches I experienced! They’ve ‘been there and done that!’ I should have had this training 15 years ago!” Filling out their evaluation form, I wrote, “DCPI's program is the most cross-cultural and comprehensive approach I've found.”

Back in the Philippines, I began using DCPI’s curriculum to train church planters in training events and in classrooms. When Carole and I left the Philippine mission field, we could think of no better move than to join the DCPI headquarters team.

Eric once told me my enthusiasm for DCPI did not surprise him, saying “Chris, I’ve found that those with the most church planting experience appreciate our material the most” So I guess I should have been prepared for the good response after training missionaries and representatives of Outreach to Asia Nationals last April. One of their China missionaries claimed “This training is the single most important training I have received since joining OTAN in 2002.” Another Kingdom leader topped that with, “The DCPI training was the greatest experience of equipping in 45 years of ministry.”

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