IMPACT Magazine Issue 1.4 | Page 19

I will need to focus on training the leaders and youth the methods and techniques that I have learned at Haggai Institute. I plan to plant churches where there is no church or training institute – among men and women in rural and unreached areas in the country.” NIGERIA Okafor Friday Onyema Senior lecturer and head of the Computer Science Department at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture – also a Methodist pastor “The Haggai Institute seminar is the most transformational and impacting experience I have had in my life. It was a time of receiving undistracted revelation from God. It was a time of encounters with God, refreshing, meditation, focusing, receiving of insights, setting of goals, and decision making. I have resolved to consistently win more souls for Christ, and to be one of the greatest soul winners and trainers in Nigeria.” Nations represented by participants of SESSIONS 923/924 Professor Arthur Dhanaraj speaks at H.I. Experience 2012. BUILDING COMPETENCE VP International Training, Professor Arthur Dhanaraj explains Haggai Institute’s emphasis on the “how” of evangelism. “Our training begins with the Biblical rationale for evangelism. We want leaders to understand the urgency of evangelism, both from Biblical teaching and as they watch global trends. “We help them to align their skills and competence towards evangelizing. Their exposure to and interaction with other global leaders opens a new perspective in their minds. In particular, the faculty members are not just theoreticians but practitioners. They teach evangelism as a skill, not just an idea. Participant professions of Sessions 923/924 81% Marketplace Professionals* 19% Full-time Ministry * Business, government, legal, medical, education, etc. “The Haggai Institute vision, of multiplying competent evangelists, makes a huge impact on our participants. They know it is fresh and relevant – for today and the future.”  19