The church is a contextualized reality, and if it is to flourish, its leaders must be raised up to serve their own communities. Yet our very techniques for teaching and learning are culturally defined. If the church is to be effective in developing the leaders it needs, our approach to training must be informed by its local context.
In this immensely practical text, Joseph Nehemiah combines sound pedagogical research with rich cultural insight to provide a framework for training leaders in an Arab context. Examining principles of adult education in light of Arab cultural dynamics, Nehemiah offers a paradigm for experiential learning that is biblically rooted and contextually appropriate. Informed by the experience of professors in the Arab Gulf, along with extensive interviews from local church leaders, Leadership Training in the Hands of the Church seeks to place the development, teaching, and training of leaders into the hands of the local church.

JOSEPH NEHEMIAH has spent over twenty years in the Arab world and has collaborated with church leaders throughout the region on leadership development and training. He is a professor of practical theology at a regional seminary and teaches courses on leadership, peacemaking, and adult education. He has a doctorate from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, USA.