Hiren Rana (India) : "I thank each of the trainers for their great input into my personal life and ministry skills development."

Rev Brian Walker (New Zealand) : "This has been one of the best leadership training courses that I have ever attended. I wish this had been available to me 20 years ago."

Dr Roger Lang (Australia) : "I wish I had taken the course years earlier. After years of managing intuitively, I now feel that I have at my fingertips the skills and confidence to train and build a leadership team … I don’t know of any other course available which has the potential to change your entire ministry."

Ian Orton (United Kingdom) : "I would recommend this course because it stretches the mind and includes lots of practice time. It teaches tangible, logical yet expansive methods of structuring organizations, empowering individuals to change themselves and then to change their organizations."

Terry Jarvis (USA) : "God gave me a clearer vision and desire for my own
ministry in the years ahead."

Hans Strom (Sweden) : "If you want to take a course that will be a highlight in your life, to build you up, encourage you and make you a better communicator, you should go to this one."

Anand Pillai (India) : "The principles taught in this course are so profoundly simple that they are simply profound."

Joop Strietman (OM, Holland): "I wish I has some of the tools back in 1977, when I had to start the office for Operation Mobilisation in the Netherlands. I had two bachelor degrees and had three years of mission experience, but I lacked the tools that are passed on in this LMC."

Michael (Germany): "Since I have become field leader one and a half years ago I had many challenges in my responsibilities directing this field with its more than 90 adults, spread over the country in 13 teams. The most important benefits of the course were to me: To have a vision, a clear understanding of our purpose statement and a clearly defined management plan. That is number one for me as a leader. Through many practical exercises the material is not only taught to the brain, but internalised so that it can be put into practice. This makes the course unique. I am leaving this course with new confidence to serve my brothers and sisters on my field in a better way."

Thomas Bucher (OM, Switzerland): "This course comes at a very important time in my life. At the time being I am field leader of OM Switzerland. I have been elected as chairman of the Evangelical Alliance in Switzerland in June of this year and I have taken on the role as an Area Leader of Western Europe as of August 2003. Sharpening my relational and communicational skills is therefore extremely important for me. The course was taught in a very holistic way. Theory and practice was excellently put together. My confidence in using conversational, relational and communication skills, which got taught got a great boost. I would wish that all senior leadership of OM would go through this course. I am committed to send any people, who I can influence."

Jonathan (Israel) : "It was not easy to make time free for the two weeks Leadership Matters course, but being here has opened my eyes to essential elements in leadership and management. I look forward to implementing these in our ministry. It has also been important to get valuable feedback to what we already implemented."

John King (Wycliffe, Canada) : "Seeing people blossom in confidence and expertise with this training and coaching, excites me to envision how it could be passed on to others. I am encouraged to see that the principles we’re teaching are applicable cross culturally. It is something that will reap immediate dividends both in their own administrative responsibilities but more particularly as they are impelled to reach their own national churches and recruit their own people."

Here are a few comments from other participants :

"The course is excellent and very life changing."

"It is good to set some time apart to get refocused. This is not only for the ministry things I do but also for my personal life. I had a lot of opportunities break my brains over good stuff."

"This course is not only about leadership and how to be a good leader. It includes much more. A lot of management, delegation, planning, decision making, and creative thinking is involved."

"What I liked about the course is that it is not just work oriented. A lot has to do with life planning. We had to ask “What do I want with my life?” “What do I live for? and “What are my goals?"

"For me it was a life changing course. I am so excited to see my goals written down and to discover that I have more gifts. God was speaking to me on my Day of Solitude."

"It was hard for me to take two whole weeks away from my work that I am responsible for but it is worth it. Investing these two weeks has been a long term benefit for my ministry and my life."