ABOUT PDN

PDN - Pastors Discipleship Network - is a ministry that equips pastors and strengthens the African church.

PDN is a registered nonprofit 501c(3) organization established in 2008 to train and equip pastors and their wives with critical ministry and life skills to help them lead and teach their congregations while fostering personal development.

To bring training to untrained pastors to deepen the church and advance the gospel through healthy churches.
— Our Mission Statement

OUR REALITY

• 70% of pastors in Sub-Saharan Africa have no theological training

• 70% of the 70% will never attend Bible school in their lifetime

• Most pastors in Sub-Saharan Africa will blend a message from television with some elements of African culture and deliver it on Sunday as a message from God. Consequently, syncretism, shallowness, and cultural Christianity are on the rise in Africa. The church continues to struggle, and we must join God in deepening the African church.


How is this reality affecting the spread of the Gospel and the African people?

We are seeing

  • A great inhibition in the proclamation task.

  • Making of disciples is sporadic and hindered since pastors are untrained.

  • Increasing idolatry, widespread false teaching, unchallenged false teachers.

  • Abuse of the poor and vulnerable.

  • Politicization of faith.

Specific identified causes of the above problem:

  • Lack of theological training for pastors and frontline ministers.

  • Extreme poverty among pastors.

  • Lack of “growth groups” (discipleship hubs) for pastors in Africa.

  • Lack of ministry resources.

  • Lack of basic ministry skills for pastors and their spouses

 

THE FUTURE

During the next three years, we will continue to build on this momentum and expand our reach and resources.  Our goals are to:

  • Train 20,000 more pastors and 10,500 pastors’ wives in all our programs.

  • Develop additional curricula, materials, and manuals that cover our programs more thoroughly.

  • Build the capacity of our staff to fully understand and carry out ministry to pastors in the African context.

What’s more, we plan to network and partner with other individuals and organizations whose programs complement or share a thread with our efforts. And we have already embarked on an exciting project to build a University – Cornerstone University.

Ultimately, we aim to take pastoral training and education to new heights, to strengthen the church in Africa. By God’s grace, and with all of our partners working together, this vision can become a reality.

We see the church in Africa, TRAINED, ROOTED, and EQUIPPED to bring the TRUE gospel to her nations and the world.
— Our Vision

PROGRESS

During the past twelve years, we have successfully trained and equipped over 15,000 pastors in East Africa – providing quality theological education by gifted facilitators, securing and delivering high-quality ministry resources to African church leaders, effectively following up with pastors after training, and building networks for pastors across East Africa to facilitate accountability and fellowship.

In our special business training program, we have provided more than 1,600 pastors and their wives with training and resources in small business development, financial accountability, and entrepreneurship.  The goal of this special training is to alleviate the extreme poverty that is common among African pastors.

Our efforts are making a difference:

  • We have received overwhelming feedback from congregation members about positive changes in their pastor’s performance.

  • Pastors have shared their stories of transformation.

  • Communities have been reached more effectively with the truth of the Gospel.

  • Record numbers of pastors and their wives have registered for our programs demonstrating a growing hunger for new knowledge and skills.

Integrity, Christ-centeredness, Institutional Excellence, and Service.
— Our Core Values