An appraisal of L3 Leadership Incubator Model of leadership development as a process for forming and mobilizing church planters for communities in the vicinity and city of Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

摘要

The purpose of the research was to assess the effectiveness of the L3 Leadership Incubator Model in achieving the program's three key transferrable principles (becoming spiritual leaders in community, creating environments for transformation, and developing processes/systems that produce fruit) among selected pastors and leaders of Bethany Mission Church in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India.;The research started in June 2014, and at the end of November 2014 all the participants launched new fellowship, training, and helping groups to see the members' potential to lead and guide others to become true disciples of Christ, allowing the process to continue and multiply. New ministries launched as a result of implementing the training, such as feeding programs, vocational programs, house-to-house visitations, youth groups, and free Bible distributions. The local church renewed its interest in missions, being challenged, equipped energized to meet the needs, providing meals and clothes to the pastors' families and financial support to missionaries. The vision of having 25,000 disciples with 2,500 leaders for 2015 was divinely inspired as a prophetic voice during a leaders' focus group meeting, and all the participants agreed to work towards the vision. Thus, the project was able to do validate the usefulness of the L3 program for leadership training in Andhra Pradesh.