CAPACITY BUILDING

1. Conduct training needs

assessment – TNA.

2. Train leaders and church

workers.
3. Create awareness in topical
issues
Summary learning outcomes
4. Empower members
5. Induct new members

6. Provide mentorship/coaching

7. Build teams
1. Conduct Training
Needs Assessment -
TNA
Introduction

• Definition: Training needs assessment is a process that identifies the

present level of knowledge, skill, and competency and compares it
with the required or established levels within a Church/Organization.
• This concept helps to know the difference and determine training
needs.
• The training needs assessment is a critical activity for the training and
development function. As a Church Leader, you should be adept at
performing a training needs assessment.
 Research and Study methods
• There are a variety of training needs analysis methods.
• Not every method is appropriate for every company.
Choose the method or methods that best suit your goals
from the following:
• Questionnaires
• Observation
• Interviews
• Examining work
• Assessments
• Focus groups
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• Congregation feedback
 Data collection and Documentation skills.
Data collection is the process of collecting and evaluating
information or data from multiple sources to find answers to
research problems, answer questions, evaluate outcomes, and
forecast trends and probabilities.
Before an analyst begins collecting data, they must answer
three questions first:
1. What’s the goal or purpose of this research?
2. What kinds of data are they planning on gathering?
3. What methods and procedures will be used to collect, store, 6
and process the information?
 Understanding Culture
Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including
arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed
down from generation to generation. Culture has been
called "the way of life for an entire society." As such, it
includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion,
rituals, art.
A cultural assessment is an internal process by which
organizations can evaluate their overall workplace culture.
Such an assessment typically aims to analyze both the
implicit and explicit beliefs and attitudes held by an
organization and fostered by those associated with it.
The tool for assessing and understanding the culture of an
organization.
One of the most common and simple ways to assess
organizational culture is to use surveys and
questionnaires. These can help you gather feedback
from employees, managers, and stakeholders on
various aspects of your culture, such as alignment,
communication, collaboration, diversity, and
recognition.

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 Legal Implications For Research
Ethical considerations in These principles include:
research are a set of 1. Voluntary participation,
principles that guide your
research designs and 2. Informed consent,
practices. 3. Anonymity,
4. Confidentiality,
5. Potential for harm and
6. Results communication.
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final tips & takeaways
o CARRY OUT TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT OFTEN Seek feedback
o Strengthen your church/organization services. Reflect on performance
o REFINE YOUR OUT PUT THROUGH TNA Explore new techniques
o Pacing, tone, and emphasis Set personal goals
o CHECK THE TIMING AND TRANSITIONS Iterate and adapt
o Aim for seamless, professional delivery
o USE RELEVANT TOOLS FOR TNA
o To get good feedback

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 JOSEPH R. TOLE MANG’OLA

thank you
0716587110
[email protected]
2. Train leaders and
church workers
Christian leadership

What leadership is and is not.

o General rules and guidelines of
leadership
o Biblical foundations of leadership
o Styles of leadership
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What Is Christian Leadership?
• “Leadership is the act of influencing/serving others out of Christ’s interests in
their lives so they accomplish God’s purposes for and through them,” according
to Bill Lawrence, president of Leader Formation International, at Bible.org.
• Christian leadership is not rooted in worldly notions of success, such as the love
of money or power. Jesus Himself spoke against this when expressing the
importance of serving others.

But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the
Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them.
Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you,
let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be
your slave — just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and
to give His life a ransom for many.”– Matthew 20:25-28, NKJV
Leaders are not to oppress and
overpower others with their
authority, like the Gentiles
practiced. Instead, leaders serve
others, which Jesus demonstrated
when He “made Himself of no
reputation, taking the form of a
bondservant, and coming in the
likeness of men. And being found in
appearance as a man, He humbled
Himself and became obedient to the
point of death, even the death of the
cross” (Philippians 2:7-8).

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 Christian Leadership Principles
1. Love
God is love (1 John 4:8) and “the love of God has
been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit
who was given to us” (Romans 5:5). Expressing
the power and influence of the love of God is
difficult to overemphasize. In 1 Corinthians 13,
Paul famously wrote about the transformational
nature of love and how it is greater than spiritual
gifts like faith and hope. Jesus told His disciples
that other people will know them by their love
(John 13:35).
Love is central to Christianity and every Christian.
Any Christian leader should be driven in his or her
life by the love of God in anything that he or she
does. In this light, may other people recognize the
heart and motives of that leader.
2. Modesty
“We’ve all encountered the know-it-all leader, the ‘submit-or-else’ type
of leader,” according to writer Brent Rinehart at Crosswalk. But
Proverbs 16:5 says the proud of heart are “an abomination” to God.
Being arrogant does not help model or demonstrate Christ’s interests.
Rather, it is in direct conflict with Christian leadership.

Pride goes before destruction,

And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly,
Than to divide the spoil with the proud.– Proverbs 16:18-19
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o3. Self-development
oJesus Modeled Self-development, According To Ron
Edmondson, Pastor Of Immanuel Baptist Church In
Lexington, Kentucky. Jesus Often “Constantly Slipped
Away To Spend Time With God.”
oChristian leaders can follow Jesus’ example of seeking
God for insight into His will and for strength. Becoming
more righteous is a lifelong process for all Christians, and
leaders need to make time to grow spiritually.

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4. Motivation
Instead of misleading or exploiting
people, good leaders motivate others,
Grunlan said.
In Nehemiah 2:17, “Nehemiah fearlessly
motivated the people to rebuild the walls
of Jerusalem,” Grunlan wrote.
“He laid out a vision, he shared a plan
and he reassured God’s people that God
was with them. When we are moving
people for our benefit, we manipulate and
exploit them. But when we call people to
a higher purpose, we motivate them.”
• 5. Correction
• Correcting others in the right way is important for all Christians. Many passages in
Scripture speak to this principle, as the following examples illustrate:

• “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not
forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but
exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching”
(Hebrews 10:24-25).
• “And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over
you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love for their
work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those
who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all” (1
Thessalonians 5:13-14).
• “But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. And a
servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in
humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them
repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses
and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will” (2
• How can Christian leaders approach correcting
others in the right way? Lawrence offers the
following tips:

• By understanding their temperaments

• By respecting their concerns
• By believing in their gifts
• By supporting their dreams
• By challenging their flaws

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• 6. Integrity
• Good leaders practice and value integrity.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings,

And they love him who speaks what is right.– Proverbs 16:13

• “People don’t follow leaders who lack integrity,” Grunlan

said. “Integrity involves actions as well as words. Now, I am
not so much referring to things like not stealing as I am to
hypocrisy. Integrity involves practicing what we preach,
being consistent and dependable, doing what we say we will
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• 7. Follower of God’s Will
• “Is there anything more important in a leader than he or she seeking
God’s direction?” Rinehart asked. “A good leader seeks the Lord,
commits his way to the Lord and the Lord establishes the next steps.”

The preparations of the heart belong to man,

But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. …
Commit your works to the LORD,
And your thoughts will be established. …
A man’s heart plans his way,
But the LORD directs his steps.– Proverbs 16:1, 3, 9

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Biblical Foundations of Leadership
• The New Testament gives instruction on the qualifications
for a church elder (and deacon) in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.
Churches would do well to take those lists more seriously.
• Too many churches appoint leaders based on capacity
instead of character, and not every church survives to tell
the tale! I have never seen a church thrive without leaders
that fit those qualification lists, and I have always seen
churches struggle when one of the leaders falls short of
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Those lists in Timothy and Titus further focus our thoughts
in four areas:
• (1) The leader’s response to stress.
A more mature me will not release pressure in fits of
rage. Leadership is not a ministry practiced in
tranquil moments of calm, but often it will be
required in moments of stress and tension.

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• (2) The leader’s relationship to family.
• A more mature me will not neglect my marriage
or parenting in order to chase my own ambitions
… it is concerning to see Christian leaders with
dysfunctional home lives – whatever our culture,
may we model a Christlike devotion to spouses,
children, parents, etc. as a top priority.

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• (3) The leader’s reputation with outsiders.
• A more mature me will gradually be seen more
favourably with members of the community.
Interestingly, there may be some folks whose reputation
earned in their pre-conversion days might never be fixed
post-conversion … or perhaps they need to spend a
season as evangelistic witnesses rather than leaders so
that their old community can see the change!

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• (4) The leader’s handling of revelation (i.e. the
Bible).
• A more mature me will be increasingly someone who
can handle the Bible well, submitting to it, and able to
share it with others for their encouragement or to
challenge them. I don’t believe this is saying church
leaders must have a specific spiritual gift. Whether a
leader can preach well or not, they must be able to
handle God’s Word like a mature believer!

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Types of leadership styles

• Authoritarian leadership (autocratic) In an

autocratic environment, the leader makes decisions
without input from the rest of the team
• Participative leadership (democratic)
• Delegative leadership (laissez-faire)
• Transactional leadership (managerial)
• Transformational leadership (visionary)
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 JOSEPH R. TOLE MANG’OLA

thank you
0716587110
[email protected]