Gary and Laurie Scheer continue to serve in Rwanda through New Creation Ministries (NCM), a ministry they began in 1992 to disciple Rwandan pastors.
The Rwandan church is vibrant in worship, but lacks depth–80% of Rwandan pastors have only a primary school education and no Bible training at all. NCM's four-year program builds into these pastors the knowledge and spiritual depth they need to lead their churches into health and maturity, and is in high demand. The leaders of three church denominations want to send all their pastors through the program.
NCM is on the verge of something new and big: to prepare for Rwanda a new generation of spiritually mature and intellectually sharp Christian leaders, they are starting the Christian Leadership Institute of Rwanda (CLIR). This bachelor's-level program hopes to open its doors in 2011.
“NCM training is a unique combination of classroom learning, personal mentoring and spiritual growth,” says Gary. "We are not just trying to run these guys through four years of school. The years they spend are workshop years – they study for three intensive weeks, and then we send them back to their churches to apply what they've learned. Then they come back for more, then back again to their churches."
Fast Facts
Birthdays Gary (2/21), Laurie (11/3)
Anniversary (6/2)
Family Three grown children: Jamie (8/24), Matthew (8/19), Andrew (5/18)
Education Gary: B.A. in religion, history and psychology, 1973, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado; M.Div. in missions, 1976, Denver Seminary, Denver, Colorado Laurie: B.A. in psychology, 1973, University of Denver
Appointed January 1976
Home Church Galilee Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado
Ministry-at-a-Glance
The People Rwandese who speak Kinyarwanda. Prayer Focus Pray that through NCM the lives of leaders would be transformed, and through them churches, and through them the Rwandan society.
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