Building Leaders
and Changing Communities

Our mission is to cultivate competent Christ-centered leaders through story, symbol, and song, to unleash their potential for impacting local communities with the whole gospel.

In the Horn of Africa, …one of the world’s hardest-to-reach places – we meet Berhanu. A pastor with limited formal training, his only path to leadership was to become like the culture around him, functioning as a leader who prioritized authority, production, and personal agenda. That is, until he was invited to be part of an experience that was about cultivating competent Christ-centered leaders to unleash their potential for impacting local communities with the whole gospel. He journeyed for four days because he was searching for leadership development that works…

The Mission

the Strategy

Berhanu embarked on a four-year journey with other local Christian leaders. He learned through stories, songs, and role-play—methods that resonated with his oral-based culture. He discovered the simple, yet profound, content was easily transferable to others and he soon began making plans about taking what he had learned to others.

0 %

of ministry leaders globally lack basic training.

The Impact

Berhanu was challenged in a new way. There was a change in his thinking, attitude, and behavior towards those he was leading.

As he mentored a new generation of leaders back home, his church and community began to imagine a different kind of future. They dared to dream of a new culture shaped by the Christ-centered leadership he now championed. This wasn’t just a program; this was a story of transformation.

countries reached

leaders reached

The Partners

As a result of a new kind of leadership, healthy systems emerge in the church, healing takes place, and a culture is impacted.

Local ownership is achieved. Berhanu wants to take it to the next level. He has a vision to influence other networks of leaders in the region so he partners with Freedom to Lead to expand this leadership development experience in his region. He invites others to join him in these efforts. And a movement begins…