“Understanding the Gospel”

JUNE 7-14

Brackenhurst

Limuru-Banana Road, Limuru – Kiambu, Kenya

A “by invitation only” conference featuring a week of intense Bible study at the beautiful Brackenhurst facility in Kiambu, Kenya.  It is a 7-day conference filled with Bible teaching and a day to enjoy the beautiful African landscape.  21 Bible sessions over the clarity of the gospel.  We are extending an invitation to Brother Samuel Matieso of Kisii, Kenya and to brother Charles Masanja of Igunga-Tabora, Tanzania to each attend our conference and to each bring 2 other men with them.  We encourage each of you to bring men who best fit the qualifications for pastors laid out in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9 and who are most suitable for teaching what they learn at this conference to your church at home.  We are NOT requiring that the men you bring be able to speak English as we will employ English to Swahili translators at Brackenhurst, but being able to speak English would prove to be a great advantage to whoever you bring.

Here is what we are offering to you.

Each registrant will receive:

• A conference workbook
• A conference shirt
• Lodging at Brackenhurst for the full stay
• All meals and snacks included
• A day trip to enjoy the beauties of Africa
• A certificate upon completion of the course material

We will also be giving one MacArthur commentary set to each group.

• One 33 volume set for the men from Tanzania placed in the charge of Brother Charles
• One 33 volume set for the men from Kenya placed in the charge of Brother Samuel

In addition:

• We are offering to cover travel expense up to $300 per person to assist with you coming to Brackenhurst and to returning home. You are responsible for making all of your travel arrangements.
• We are allowing Brother Charles to invite up to 2 other men to attend with him and Brother Samuel to invite up to 2 other men to attend with him. Please understand that our rooms are double occupancy which means that you may be sharing a room with one of the men from the other group.
• We will be securing the employment of translators who can translate from English to Swahili so you may bring men with you who do not speak English.

What we require of you:

1. Register for the conference. Either fill out the online registration below, or print the paper form at the end of this sentence, fill it out, take a picture and send it back to us via WhatsApp. African Pastor’s Conference Registration
2. A commitment to follow through and come to Brackenhurst. We will be paying up front for the use of the facilities and if you do not arrive we will have wasted a great deal of money.
3. A commitment to send pictures of the receipts of purchased passports, bus tickets, etc. as proof that money sent for travel is being spent accordingly.  You are responsible for securing your travel plans to and from Brackenhurst.  You should plan to arrive by 17:00 on Thursday, June 6.
4. A commitment to pray for God to prepare your heart for the teaching.
5.  A commitment to hold a conference in your local church upon returning home to teach, with our oversight, the doctrines we will be teaching you during this week.
6. A commitment to take up a love offering in your church for the poor in Nairobi, Kenya which you will bring with you to the conference. There is no expectation of how large the offering you bring is, but it is important for you and your congregation to contribute in some way to work of the gospel in other places, just as the Philippians contributed to Paul’s ministry though they were very poor.

“Now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia, that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality. For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord, begging us with much urging for the favor of participation in the support of the saints, and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.” (2 Corinthians 8:1-5)

ONLINE REGISTRATION

I commit to the following requirements: 

• To pray for this conference
• To pray for the conference leaders (Rory Mosley, Stephen Butts, Logan Heinrich, Zech Mosley)
• To send pictures of receipts of all travel money sent
• To hold a conference with my local church teaching these doctrines when I return
• To lead my church in weekly offerings leading up to the conference for an offering to assist the poor in Nairobi, Kenya to be brought with me to the conference.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: 

Friday – June 7

• Arrive at Brackenhurst and check in
• 18:00 SESSION 1
• 20:00 Dismiss to rooms

Saturday 8th, Sunday 9th, Monday 10th, Wednesday 12th, Thursday 13th

• 7:30 Breakfast
• 8:30 SESSION
• 10:00 Break
• 10:15 SESSION
• 12:00 Lunch
• 13:00 SESSION
• 14:15 Break
• 14:30 SESSION
• 16:00 Break
• 17:00 Supper
• 18:00 Evening Discussions
• 20:00 Dismiss to Rooms

Wednesday – June 11th

• 7:30 Breakfast
• Day Trip to the Nairobi Game Reserve Park (all costs included)
• 20:00 Dismiss to Rooms

Wednesday – June 12

• 7:30 Breakfast
• 8:30 Depart for home

WHAT TO BRING:

Brackenhurst will supply all bedding and towels.

You need to bring a Bible (please inform us if you do not have one)

Dress attire will be informal, we will likely be wearing jeans and no tie.

Understand that your group will be receiving the 33-volume MacArthur commentary set, please give some thought to how you will transport all of these books back home.