live school ... trains trainers!

A vital part of each Live School is its facilitator, someone trained specifically to oversee the day-to-day running of the School and facilitate the workshops among the students. These facilitators are not 'disposable' leaders - trained yesterday, leaders today, gone tomorrow. These are men and women who have a lasting passion and vision to see others trained and involved in missions, as well as be leaders in the Kingdom.

Each Live School facilitator is handpicked and appointed by the local church in the area where the School is to be run. The 2-year Training of Trainers course is for adults only and requires participation in four 1-week training sessions during which a keen Biblical understanding of the Great Commission is focal.

During this time, the Live School administration staff takes time to encourage (where existing) and plant (where not) the vision to pass on their own vision (and training) to others.

After the initial course, in which the rich personal experience of each potential facilitator is also a significant part of the training, facilitators are in constant contact with Live School Administration staff via email and telephone, as well as under their direct supervision during regular oversight visits to each school.

08_aKingdom Principles Covered

  • The significance of having a vision and sharing it
  • Being relevant in society
  • Setting objectives and goals, and measuring results
  • Making good decisions and executing plans
  • Problem solving
  • Relationships with peers and students

How-tos Covered

  • Setting up, running and administering a Live School
  • Recruiting
  • Scheduling
  • Leading workshops/Getting feedback
  • Discipling, counseling and encouraging students
  • Arranging and leading an outreach
  • Debriefing students




Real life examples

Zimbabwe - In the north of the country lives an extraordinary old man of God who has planted over 1200 churches and has no intention of stopping. In 2005, Pastor Mokolo heard about the Live School curriculum and sent two of his leaders to be trained as facilitators in Zambia. Returning, they recruited people from all over the country to be students at the first Live School in Zimbabwe - one that they not only facilitated but also participated in.

During 2007, thirteen others, all graduates of that first class, were selected to attend facilitator training in order to start Live Schools elsewhere in the country.

Those thirteen, having completed the training, are now in the process of recruiting for the new schools. The yield from one old man's initiative in investing in two currently stands at thirteen, but with those thirteen now investing into others, who knows what the final yield might be?