The Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church (EKHC) is growing rapidly, and churches are filled with young people. Unfortunately, few believers—even pastors—know how to disciple young Christians into spiritual maturity.

But thanks to the prayers and financial gifts of committed partners, more than 250 Christian leaders are now participating in SIM’s Disciple-Making Pastors Training Program.

During this two-year program, key church leaders learn how to disciple believers in important aspects of the Christian life, such as understanding God’s Word, living in relationship to Christ, learning how to be godly leaders, and discovering how to reach others with the Gospel.

Through the process of being discipled themselves, these leaders are learning how to train others to be disciple-makers—multiplying the impact of the program and allowing it to make a difference in even more lives.

This program has such tremendous potential to strengthen the church in Ethiopia that one church leader offered to pay the transportation costs to allow each of the pastors from his district to attend the program!

Pastors who have attended the program have already told us how meaningful it has been for them, but the greatest benefit of the program will be seeing more and more Ethiopian believers growing into maturity in Christ and becoming more like Jesus in every aspect of their lives.