The need
Distance, conflict, language, and persecution can keep people from sustained Bible teaching even after they first hear the Gospel.
Evangelism & Discipleship
Portable Bible Schools.
Two-month discipleship training that Favor brings to rural villages, always moving further outward into the unreached tribes.
Mobilization of heaven's agenda
What this ministry carries into the field.
Favor’s Portable Bible Schools (PBSs) mobilize new disciple-makers into physical and spiritual war zones. Whether a life-time believer or brand-new convert, all come hungry for the Word and for training. These emerging leaders come from hidden corners, of nations restrictive of and hostile to the Gospel, for the two-month discipleship training that Favor brings to rural villages, always moving further outward into the unreached tribes. This ministry helps tens of thousands overcome barriers to study through literacy training and to spiritual maturity through the Holy Spirit and the Word, empowering them to live boldly in their contexts, persecuted or free.
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The field-led response
Each boot camp trains participants to live Biblically in Jesus’s Kingdom and multiply disciples in their context. Taught by national leaders to multiply and accelerate new leaders, each PBS rejuvenates lifestyles around the Word and instills a love for the One behind the words.
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The work continues
Most importantly, each of the tens of thousands of African emerging leaders we graduate through PBSs graduate with a certificate, a physical Bible in their own language, and the training to make disciples and start (or rejuvenate) healthy congregations of people following Jesus together.
The ministry in context
A need, a field-led response, and a path forward.
See how Portable Bible Schools fits Favor’s wider approach to transformation.
Favor’s approach
National leaders carry prayer, Scripture, training, and follow-up into the communities they already understand and can continue serving.
What comes next
The aim is multiplication: believers equipped to disciple others, strengthen congregations, and carry the Gospel further outward.
In the field
Portable Bible Schools, seen up close.
More than one frame is needed to understand the people, places, and daily work behind this ministry.
“Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. ‘Do you understand what you are reading?’ Philip asked. ‘How can I,’ he said, ‘unless someone explains it to me?’ So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him” Acts 8:30-31
Education & Children · October 26, 2023
A Generational Shift
Since the early days of Favor International, it was clear that a major shift needed to occur to restore the potential that Joseph Kony, the evil dictator, was stealing from the younger generation with each child he abducted and turned into a soldier.
We still praise our Almighty Father for moving through our prayers to depose Kony and his demons and to bring a broken generation back to Himself.
Questions
Understanding Portable Bible Schools.
What to know before you explore, pray, or give.
Who carries Portable Bible Schools on the ground?
Favor’s field programs are led and delivered by indigenous staff, teachers, pastors, counselors, and ministry leaders who live in the nations and communities they serve.
How does Portable Bible Schools connect to the rest of Favor’s work?
It belongs to the Evangelism & Discipleship pillar, but it does not stand alone. Favor’s programs are designed to reinforce prayer, discipleship, local leadership, and the long-term health of a community.
Are the details identical in every location?
No. Language, facilities, local leadership, and immediate needs vary by nation and community. This page describes Favor’s published model; current field details should be confirmed with the Favor team.
How can I support this work?
Favor Partners provide dependable, unrestricted support that field leadership can direct where it is most needed. You can also contact the team to ask whether a current designated project is available.
Evangelism & Discipleship
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Each program is one part of a connected, field-led movement.
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Favor Partners give field leaders the flexibility to keep this work moving month after month.