Uganda’s Theological Education by Extension (TEE) program is very grateful for Shepherds Global Classroom and their desire to see Christ-centered training everywhere. We began partnering with SGC in 2021 as our TEE program was searching for a new curriculum for our Diploma program. We have since integrated 16 of the SGC courses into our 2-year training of pastors and leaders in our extension center in Northern Uganda. We have students who are refugees from South Sudan, as well as Ugandan nationals who have greatly benefited from the courses.
Our desire as a TEE program is to provide easy-to-read, biblically grounded, and applicable materials for the leaders in our area. Our partnership with SGC has allowed us to print these materials and place them in the hands of eager students who immediately apply what they are learning. It is a joy to train leaders who take what they learn on Saturday and immediately put it into action on Sunday.
We have graduated one round of students and will begin our new cohort in June 2025. One of the great joys of working with SGC is their openness to hearing back from the field about how the material can be improved, what courses could be added, and even receiving visits from SGC to see their material in action. They have been a great encouragement to our program not only through providing material but also by encouraging our teachers and students.
While the SGC material has been a great resource for our TEE program, it has also been used in other programs in our area. A couple of years ago, I was invited to a church leadership training in our area that was not part of our TEE program. I was pleased to see one of my students was one of the trainers that day. I was even more pleased to see that he was using one of the SGC courses for his teaching. The material is being used widely beyond just our classroom.
Another additional benefit of the SGC material is its emphasis on training in as many languages as possible. I have a number of pastors from the refugee settlement who cannot study in our English-based courses. I really enjoy giving them SGC courses in Arabic so they can study on their own. As I follow up with them, they are so appreciative of these high-quality materials in a language they can read.
We greatly appreciate the ministry of Shepherd’s Global Classroom and have seen its impact in our training and in our churches.
In Christ,
Eli Fader
