Transformational Education Network

How Africans Are Inquiring

There are two categories of training for TEN3’s 2010 Curriculum for Africa workshops this summer in Nigeria: curriculum and administrative operations. Church involvement and activities, spiritual life, professional information, and references are the four main sections listed on the curriculum workshop inquiry form. Still, this first step for applicants interested in attending is more than just a form. “We want to work with the writers not just as professionals in a program, but as brothers and sisters in Christ with a vision,” shares JennyBeth Alford, the technical writing editor for TEN3.

TEN3 is using the Nehemiah method of breaking down a vision into many small pieces. The inquiry form is a piece that is naturally attached to many angles of one of TEN3’s core values: relationship building.

Building upon and nurturing our relational history, dozens of trusted African leaders were contacted by TEN3 and asked to get involved. They were asked to keep a pulse on those whom they thought might be interested in rising to the challenge of blazing the path of transformational education in their respective communities. Each prospect then responded to TEN3 by submitting an inquiry form, earmarking the beginning of new relationships.

Change In Worldview, Change In Heart

“This is the trip I’ve been waiting so long for,” shares Ben, a Nigerian who was discipled by Anthony Petrillo over 20 years ago. Today, Ben is committed to starting a school in Africa that models the guiding principles of TEN3.

Quick—go back to basic arithmetic—what is 3x4? How about 2x6? Because the law of mathematics is certain, the answer to both equations is, of course, 12. Now, imagine you learned arithmetic incorrectly. Imagine whatever was influential in your life during the time you learned arithmetic wasn’t 100% accurate. Because your worldview of math was distorted, you’ve spent most of your life believing 3x4=10, and 2x6=9. How confused would you be, and how much hope would you have for success?

Ben’s testimony is a voice of why youth often feel like there is no hope. “I didn’t understand why the word of God applied to me,” Ben shares. “Because my father was a Pastor, I thought it was their duty, not my concern.” Spiritually, Ben was at the mercy of other influences in his youth, including his own assumptions. “Pastor’s are also often poor,” he continues, “and I wanted to be rich in this world.” Without the knowledge of God’s word regarding what makes someone truly rich, Ben naturally made strong assumptions that wealth was tied only to material possessions. Ben’s worldview concluded that 3x4=10.

“When Anthony arrived in Nigeria,” Ben explains, “he took interest in me, my brother, and my friends. He started a bible study group and then started discipling and mentoring us.

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