The vision
The Philippines, and beyond.
A new partnership is forming: sixteen pastors, nine training trips, three years. And the pattern behind it has already been proven.
Why the Philippines
The church in the Philippines is growing far faster than its pastors can be trained. Most of the men shepherding these congregations will never have access to a seminary — not because they lack the desire or the gifts, but because the schools, the books, and the teachers simply aren't there.
Josh has already taught extensively in the Philippines — hermeneutics, biblical theology, Old Testament narrative, the Gospels, the Psalms, Ephesians, Isaiah. The new partnership turns those individual trips into a sustained, sequential program.
The plan
Sixteen pastors. Nine trips. Three years.
01
A cohort, not a conference
Sixteen Filipino pastors, walking together through a multi-year curriculum that covers the whole counsel of God — how to understand the Scriptures, and how to preach them.
02
Nine trips over three years
Roughly three training trips a year, each building on the last. Between trips, the pastors put the training to work in their own pulpits and report back.
03
Trained men training men
Every pastor in the cohort is urged to pass the training on to others. The aim is a multiplying movement of expository preaching that outlasts the trips themselves.
A proven pattern
This has worked before.
Over the past eight years, Josh coordinated training for ten Pakistani pastors — men who could not be reached in their own country, so the training met them in Dubai and Amman. Today, six of those pastors continue to work with Josh monthly as they move through the ordination process.
The Philippines partnership applies the same patient, relational model — and partnerships beyond it are already being explored in Africa and Asia.
Pray for the work
Please pray for wisdom, and for the provision of funds and teachers. Then consider whether your church might share in the work itself.
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