Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur, INDIA

Though the studies at Leonard are linked with the University’s academic programme (Bachelor of Divinity with Senate of Serampore College- University), but the training is not limited to the class room teaching. Beside attending regular theory classes, the students are involved in leadership training through various Students’ organizations, learning management and finance handling skills by running College Cafeteria (Mess). By joining various local churches for week-end practical work, going out to nearby towns in Mid-Semester Research Exposure to get first hand information about the communities living on the edges of the society. Getting involved in the Summer Practical work for 5 weeks. Several Churches, organizations, and NGO’s are responding positively to provide avenues for our students to do practical work, and research exposure trips through them. We thankfully accept their invitations where our students work along with their staff members, and are exposed to on-the-job training of working with the local communities for their empowerment.

The primary goal of this project is to provide the churches an avenue of training its candidates for the pastoral ministry and deaconess ministry. In the longer term, these pastors and deaconess when they return back to their communities will help the churches to be a catalyst of change and transformation of the wider communities, their neighbors. Our graduates create an impact to bring about empowerment and growth to their communities as a reality.

We do our work with a hope and a prayer that our graduates will impact the churches with their lives and ministry in such a way that the churches will become an agent of change and transformation for the wider community around them. Reaching out to the lost and the least with the Gospel of love of God for all.