Story number 2 for 28 Aug 2000

Meanwhile, history was made in Congo where a pastoral training conference was held in the city of Brazzaville. The President of Global Advance is David Shibley. “We went at the invitation of several pastors and church leaders to conduct a Frontline Shepherd’s conference where we trained 1,704 pastors and church leaders in church growth, church planting, and missionary sending. It was the largest church growth. It was the largest training event for pastors and church leaders ever in the nation’s history.” According to Shibley, this conference will have a huge affect on the kingdom. “Our entire focus is the fulfilling the Great Commission. All of that is the purpose of seeing our Lord’s Great Commission fulfilled to get the Gospel to every person and to make disciples of every people group. I think this is going to have tremendous effect for the advance of the Christian message throughout that region of Africa.”