Training Institute

World Harvest Advance Training Institute

Looking for a way to sharpen your mission mobilization and leadership skills? Consider enrolling for one of our schools. Two incredible weeks in February and October that can change your life and equip you for global mission.

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February & October Sessions
2-Week Intensive Programs
Classroom + Field Training
Mentorship & Community
Flagship Program

World Harvest Advance Training Institute

Our training courses will help your church understand and embrace the call of God to proactively engage in Christ's mission to the world. Through intensive classroom instruction, practical fieldwork, and mentorship, participants are equipped to become effective mobilizers and cross-cultural mission leaders.

Since its launch, WHATI has trained hundreds of pastors, church leaders, and mission mobilizers from across Africa and beyond. Graduates return to their communities with renewed vision, practical skills, and a burning passion to see the Great Commission fulfilled in their generation.

Harvest Force Training
Be Empowered to Finish the Great Commission

Harvest Force Training

Harvest Force Training is designed for believers who sense a calling to actively participate in completing the Great Commission. This program provides foundational strategies and practical tools that enable participants to effectively engage in cross-cultural missions and local outreach. Through immersive teaching sessions, interactive workshops, and hands-on field exercises, trainees discover how to identify unreached communities, build relationships across cultural barriers, and present the gospel in ways that resonate with diverse audiences.

Comprehensive training in mission strategy development and deployment, equipping participants to design and execute effective outreach plans in both local and cross-cultural contexts

Practical field exposure that takes trainees out of the classroom and into real ministry environments, providing hands-on experience in sharing the gospel with unreached people groups

Cross-cultural communication workshops that develop sensitivity and effectiveness in engaging people from different religious, cultural, and social backgrounds

Post-training mentorship and accountability structures that ensure participants continue to grow and apply what they have learned long after the program concludes

Networking opportunities with experienced missionaries and mission agencies, creating pathways for ongoing collaboration and field deployment

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World Harvest Advance Training Institute

WHATI

The World Harvest Advance Training Institute (WHATI) is the flagship training program of El-Rehoboth Global. Designed for pastors, church leaders, missionaries, and anyone passionate about global missions, WHATI provides a comprehensive, intensive learning experience that transforms participants from mission-aware to mission-active. Held twice yearly in February and October, this two-week residential program combines rigorous classroom instruction with practical fieldwork and mentorship to produce effective mobilizers and cross-cultural mission leaders.

Two intensive sessions held annually in February and October, each running for two transformative weeks of immersive training and spiritual formation

Rigorous classroom instruction covering biblical foundations of missions, cross-cultural communication, mission strategy, church mobilization, and leadership development

Practical fieldwork component where participants engage in real ministry situations, applying classroom knowledge in supervised cross-cultural outreach settings

Dedicated mentorship from experienced mission leaders who provide personalized guidance, spiritual accountability, and practical wisdom drawn from decades of field experience

Post-graduation network of WHATI alumni who continue to collaborate, support one another, and advance the cause of world missions together across nations

STEM
Strategic Training for Effective Mission

STEM

STEM (Strategic Training for Effective Mission) is a specialized program that focuses on equipping believers with strategic thinking and practical methodologies for effective mission engagement. In a world where mission strategies must adapt to rapidly changing cultural landscapes, STEM provides participants with the analytical tools and strategic frameworks needed to design, implement, and evaluate mission initiatives that produce lasting impact. The program emphasizes contextualization, cultural intelligence, and sustainable ministry models.

Strategic mission planning frameworks that help participants design contextually appropriate outreach initiatives with clear goals, measurable outcomes, and sustainable implementation strategies

Cultural intelligence training that develops the ability to read, interpret, and appropriately respond to the cultural dynamics of any community or people group

Sustainability principles for mission work, ensuring that ministry initiatives continue to thrive long after initial implementation and do not create dependency

Case study analysis from successful and challenging mission fields around the world, providing real-world lessons and practical insights that participants can apply immediately

Team dynamics and collaboration skills essential for effective cross-cultural mission teams, including conflict resolution, shared leadership, and mutual accountability

Catalyst on World Evangelism
Igniting a Passion for Global Evangelization

Catalyst on World Evangelism

Catalyst on World Evangelism is a dynamic training program designed to ignite and sustain a burning passion for world evangelization within the local church. Many believers understand the Great Commission intellectually but lack the fire and urgency that drives active participation in global evangelism. This program serves as a catalyst — sparking a movement within congregations and communities that transforms passive supporters into passionate advocates and active participants in world missions. Through powerful teaching, testimonies from the field, and interactive sessions, participants encounter the reality of the unreached world and are compelled to action.

Inspiring sessions featuring live testimonies from mission fields around the world, bringing the reality of the unreached into vivid focus and stirring hearts toward action

Church mobilization strategies that provide pastors and leaders with proven approaches for transforming their congregations from mission-aware to mission-engaged communities

Interactive workshops on sharing the gospel across cultural and religious boundaries, including practical role-playing and scenario-based training for real-world situations

Prayer mobilization for the nations, teaching participants how to develop strategic prayer initiatives that target specific unreached people groups and mission fields

Action planning sessions where each participant develops a personalized plan for engaging in world evangelism, ensuring that the inspiration received translates into concrete, measurable action

Bible for Ministry & Life
Grounding Your Mission in the Word of God

Bible for Ministry & Life

Bible for Ministry & Life is a foundational training program that grounds participants in the Scriptures as the ultimate authority and guide for both ministry and daily living. Effective mission engagement must be rooted in a deep, accurate understanding of God's Word. This program takes participants on a journey through the biblical narrative of mission — from God's first call to Abraham to the Great Commission and the book of Acts — demonstrating that missions is not a New Testament afterthought but the very heartbeat of God throughout Scripture. Participants learn to interpret, apply, and communicate biblical truths in ways that transform lives and communities.

Comprehensive biblical theology of mission, tracing God's redemptive plan from Genesis to Revelation and demonstrating that world missions is the central theme of all Scripture

Inductive Bible study methods that equip participants to accurately interpret and apply Scripture for themselves, creating self-feeding believers who can teach others

Practical modules on using the Bible in ministry contexts — from preaching and teaching to counseling, discipleship, and evangelism across cultural settings

Scripture engagement practices that move beyond intellectual study to transformative encounter with the living Word, developing habits of meditation, memorization, and obedience

Training in contextualized biblical communication, helping participants present scriptural truths in ways that resonate with diverse audiences without compromising the integrity of the message

Empowered to Multiply
Making Disciples Who Make Disciples

Empowered to Multiply

Empowered to Multiply is a training program focused on the biblical mandate to make disciples who make disciples — the multiplication principle that lies at the heart of the Great Commission. While many churches focus on addition (adding new members), true kingdom growth happens through multiplication, where every believer is equipped to reproduce their faith in others. This program trains participants in the principles and practices of disciple-making movements, providing proven strategies for initiating and sustaining multiplication that transforms communities and reaches unreached people groups.

Biblical foundations of multiplication, exploring how Jesus' model of investing deeply in a few produced a movement that changed the world and how the same principles apply today

Disciple-making movement (DMM) strategies that have proven effective in sparking rapid, reproducing communities of faith among unreached people groups around the world

Practical training in leading discovery Bible studies, simple and reproducible Bible study methods that new believers can immediately use to lead others to faith

Coaching and mentoring skills for multiplying leaders, developing participants' ability to identify, train, and release emerging leaders who will continue the multiplication chain

Real-world case studies from multiplication movements across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing concrete examples and inspiration for what God can do through ordinary believers committed to making disciples

Testimonials

What Our Trainees Say

Hear from those who have experienced the transformative power of our training programs firsthand.

I have never had such a deep biblical exposition on mission and leadership. It has ignited my missions and intercession and work with vulnerable girls and women in my community and Nation. I will therefore recommend these teachings to churches.

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Maloba Susan

Cameroun

This training has opened my eyes to see the ripened harvest on the field of Nations, characteristics of a good and transformational leader, knowledge of international mission enterprise and renewal of passion for Muslim evangelism.

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Jonathan Olusola Odedele

Nigeria

Without doubts, the training has made me understand the reality of Matthew 28:18-20 which is a great command and urgency for mission, thus seeing the need to evangelize not only to people who are close to me but reaching out to others in the world — this is having a global mindset.

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Johana Fees

Cameroun

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Your Journey in Global Mission Starts Here

Whether you are a pastor seeking to mobilize your church, a believer exploring cross-cultural missions for the first time, or an experienced mission leader looking to sharpen your skills — there is a training program designed for you. Don't wait. The harvest is plentiful, and the workers are few.