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The Crossroads Discipleship School is a 6-month training for people over 35 years old. If you are at a turning point in your life, searching for God’s will for the future, or simply wanting to discover a new relationship with your creator, then this school is an excellent first step for the next steps in your life.
It is divided into 2 parts:
Lecture phase
The first part of the school, called the lecture phase, lasts 12 weeks and is organized as follows:
- 3 to 5 hours of classes per day.
- 1 hour at the beginning of the day dedicated to personal time with God.
- Small group sharing time.
- Intercession time (3 hours minimum per week) and worship.
- Workshops to prepare for evangelization (preaching, singing, mime, dance, puppets, …).
- Personal time: reading, journaling, research, …
- Practical work: housework, participation in some practical activities of the YWAM center hosting the training, …
- One-on-one time with a supervisor or the speaker of the week.
Outreach
The outreach phase, lasting 10 to 12 weeks, takes place « on the field », generally in a French-speaking country. It consists of an apprenticeship with evangelism of various kinds, practical service alongside the local churches of the country (renovation of buildings, for example), activities of a humanitarian nature or development work (street children , lepers in large cities, construction of toilets, food distribution, etc.). As in the theory phase, times for teaching, small groups for sharing, intercession and praise are organised throughout the stay on outreach.
Living at the heart of a cross-cultural missionary community and being immersed in a life of prayer and of daily worship, based on a life of practical activities and sharing in small groups, all added to biblical teaching, makes for an excellent training experience.
This training course has several objectives:
Learn: to serve God and others through evangelism, intercession, mutual aid, …
Understand: biblical truths through Bible study, the work of the Holy Spirit and personal application.
Teamwork: learning to work together despite our different cultures, personalities and perspectives.
Discovering: what God’s call is in your life to reach out to non-Christians in all areas of society.
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