Canadian appointed to train international preachers
RICHMOND, BC—When Jennifer Cuthbertson sat in a crowded room in Nairobi, Kenya listening to volunteers from across Africa share their passion for the Church, she knew she was in the right place, at the exact right time.
It was in March, and it was Cuthbertson's first major meeting in her new job as coordinator for trainer development for Langham Partnership International's preaching program.
Cuthbertson joined Langham after 25 years with Youth With a Mission, teaching at YWAM schools around the world. She will be working with indigenous preaching movements in 66 countries, training local trainers who work on the ground with an estimated 10,000 pastors and lay preachers.
"I want to listen to the good ideas that are happening in one part of the world," she says, "and bring them to another where they fit.
"Some people come from cultures where reading isn't the norm, books are scarce, and not everyone who comes to church has a Bible or can read the Bible. That word preached is the word they hear. It is of utmost importance that what is preached is the word, and not somebody's idea of what the word is. The genius of Langham preaching is that local preachers train and become better preachers while at the same time being encouraged by each other within local preachers clubs."
Langham Preaching is one of the three programs that make up the work of Langham Partnership International—the ministry founded by John Stott, who died last summer. With Cuthbertson's appointment, she becomes the second Canadian on the leadership team of Langham Partnership International, joining Isobel Stevenson, an editor with Langham Literature.
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