Lessons learnt fr ASM programme

Lessons learnt in Master of Ministry program of

Asia Seminary for Ministry

Name                                 Dil Bahadur Tamang

Present Ministries           1. Founder & President of Himalayan Bible Study Academy, Kathmandu, Central Nepal

2.   Ordained Elder at Binaya Church, Lalitpur, Central Nepal.

3.   Involvement in various Christian ministries.

First and foremost, let me thank God for this wonderful privilege of being a part of Master of Ministry program organized by Asia Seminary for Ministry, Singapore. I thought it was just the other day that I participated in the modules of Master of Ministry program, but it has already been four years. God is good and I have personally been benefitted by this program in learning to live a Christ-like life. Thiscourse has helped me to know Christ better and walk closer to Him. I have been able to Trust Him more and the course has taught me to grow in my spiritual life. I was in a desperate need of such training, as a leader of a team of emerging leaders in the newly started ministry of training, equipping and empowering the leaders. It has enhanced me in the deeper knowledge of the Word of God. My knowledge in the Word of God is sharpened, and leadership skills enriched more through this training. In other words, this training has transformed my thinking, attitude and leadership skills in order to lead the group of leaders in a more effective way for the glory of God. I, as the coordinator for Nepal, had a privilege to learn together along with my colleagues and other contemporary pastors of Nepal.

I am thankful to God for granting me this wonderful opportunity of being a part of this program and pray that many more leaders of Nepal would get this kind of opportunity in the days to come.

As our ministry is a newly started training ministry requiring a lot of organizational development, we were in need of such  On the Job training for the staff members for their personal and organizational development. I chose the fresh theological graduates to join the team of teachers in this training ministry and wanted to give them a Shape or build them in the way I liked which was a big challenge to me. Choosing new and fresh graduates and lead and develop them in teaching and leadership skills was not a matter of joke. It was really challenging effort to me. Nevertheless, God is good and He provided like-minded partners like Dr. Goh Seng Fong and the team to conjure up this vision. It has been my pleasure to see my colleagues studying and growing along with me. I am glad that six members of our faculty team will be graduating in this forthcoming first graduation in August. What a pleasure for a leader to see his colleagues, the faculty members getting opportunity to have On the Job training for their personal growth and academicexercises.

Besides the development of our faculty members through this program, it has been my privilege to get other pastors of different church groups involved in it and develop an effective partnership in the ministry, as we all complete rather than compete in the ministry. The program has brought us more closer to each other.

By the grace of God and with the co-operation of my colleagues in the ministry, I have been able to start THREE RESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTERS in Nepal in the last six years and have trained more than 300 grass roots leaders of Nepal from this five month residential training centers. Besides these 300 leaders, we have been able to train, many grass roots leaders and the church planters in more than 500

sessions of Mobile based training/seminars have been trained beginning from 2002 January. Master of Ministry program of Asia Seminary for Ministry has trained us more to develop Christ-like character, enhance biblical knowledge and develop leadership skills, and we are optimistic in our efforts of Developing more National Leaders for the better leading of the churches in Nepal and plan many morechurches in the days to come.

The Lord willing, we would like to see our tent being Extended in the coming five years and start two more Residential Training Centers in the remaining two Development regions of Nepal too to help the Nepalese churches grow and reproduce more churches in this land. Besides these two more training centers, we plan and pray to hold about 200 training seminars on the mobile basis to train, equip and empower the Nepalese leaders so that they could Feed, Lead and Protect their flock in more effective ways.

Final Remarks

Lastly, not the least, let me thank you all for your faithful labor to the success of this program and a collective gratitude to Rev. Dr. Goh Seng Fong and other faculty members and board of Directors. We owe you for your faithful prayers and sacrificial giving to the ministry of Asia Seminary for Ministry which has trained many leaders like me in the third world and may the Lord of Harvest bring forth manifold blessings to you so that many more leaders would be trained in the days to come for the glory of God. God bless you.