End the Theological Famine

There’s a famine in the land. It’s not the kind of famine we usually associate with the needs in the majority world. It’s a theological famine depriving church leaders and pastors from a seminary education that can help them mature biblically sound disciples, and multiple theological orthodox churches.

The Need

By some estimations, there are as many as 50,000 new baptized believers each day. As Ramesh Richards notes,

“…if a pastoral leader is able initially to provide pastoral care for a group of 50 believers, 1,000 new pastors are daily needed to serve the 50,000 new believers baptized every day. We are rather behind. How may we quicken the pace of pastoral training … while increasing the quality … everywhere?”

It's a theological famine

According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity: “The CSGC estimates a total of 5 million pastors/priests in all Christian traditions worldwide (Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, and Independents, including bi-vocational). Of these, we estimate that 5% (250,000) are likely to have formal theological training (undergraduate Bible degrees or Master’s degrees). This is based on incomplete responses in survey results from colleges and seminaries in our Global Survey on Theological Education. Roughly 70% of these pastors are in Independent congregations. Independent pastors, in particular, have little theological training, even in the West.“

There is one theologically trained pastor in the majority world to every 450,000 people, whereas in the US it is one theologically trained pastor to every 230 people.
By some estimates, as many as 95 percent of pastors around the world have no seminary education.
At Lausanne 2010 in Cape Town, many global Christian leaders were asking Western mission agencies to focus less attention on doing evangelism and church planting, and to bring more theological education.
Many missiologists agree that we must not compromise on theological education in our missionary efforts as it will ensure the ongoing healthy growth of a movement and help prevent heresy.
Western seminary education is financially inaccessible as well as irrelevant to the majority world.

Are you ready to help us end the famine?

When we partner, not only do you help end the famine, your partnership allows your church's leadership (elders, deacons, Bible study leaders, key ministry leaders) free access to Ephesiology Master Class Select taught by leading subject matter experts and more! Our videos, books, and resources are especially designed for an on-demand and engaging experience focused on helping your church mature and grow. Plus, your monthly membership goes directly to helping us train and equip pastors and church leaders around the world. Your church leaders will:

Be inspired by personally collaborating with thought leaders and others who share your passion.
Be equipped with skills for a lifetime of effective cultural engagement.
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Four options giving you different levels of access to top shelf Bible, theology, missions, and church history resources.
PLUS! You are helping us meet our goal to train 1,000 pastors around the world!

Join a global community that's putting an end to a theological famine

Our goal is to partner with 25 churches to help end this famine. Will you be one of them?

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