Preface -- v
The World Evangelical Fellowship Missions Commission.William Taylor -- xiii
1. Building Consensus on Training Commitments. Robert Ferris -- 1
2. Developing an Outcomes Profile. Jonathan Lewis and Robert Ferris -- 23
3. Transforming a Profile into Training Goals. Robert Ferris and Lois Fuller -- 43
4. Writing Learning Objectives. Stephen Hoke -- 65
5. Designing Learning Activities. Stephen Hoke -- 85
6. Evaluating Training Outcomes. Robert Ferris -- 105
7. Starting a Missionary Training Programme. Lois Fuller -- 121
8. Fighting the Enemy with New Methods. Rodolfo Girdn -- 139
APPENDICES
A. Biblical-Educational Commitments to Guide Missionary Training -- 145
B. Missionaries'Competencies Profile: Argentina -- 147
C. Qualifications for Indian Missionaries -- 153
D. Profile of Asian Missionary Trainers: Philippines -- 161
E. Essential Attributes of a Missionary Trainer: Pasadena Seminar -- 167
F. Principles of Curriculum Planning -- 171
G. Lesson Planning Sheet -- 173
H. Sample Course Evaluation Questionnaire -- 175
I. A Brief Review of Programme Evaluation in America -- 179
Reference List -- 181
Index -- 187

Robert W. Ferris has done God’s global church a great service, particularly those committed to effective ministry training. In this manual he and his internationally experienced colleagues walk educators and trainers through the path to start new ministry training programmes, as well as to strengthen existing ones. In February, 1994, the World Evangelical Fellowship Missions Commission convened the International Missionary Trainers’ Seminar at the USCWM in Pasadena, California. Here is the result of that event.
While this book focuses particuarly on missionary training, the underlying concepts and their application directly relate to every form of ministry training. So whether you initiate new programmes to train pastors or missionaries, or whether you are strategically revisiting the entire curriculum and educational process of an existing school, you will find this book of singular value.
This practical manual serves as a companion volume to the other WEF Missions Commission publications released in 1995 through William Carey Library on the critical topic of missionary training.