Portable Bible Schools (PBS) are equipping and empowering current and future leaders to minister more effectively in the places where God has called them to serve. Portable Bible Schools provide training close to home for men and women who have heard the call of Jesus Christ to serve in their churches and communities. Instruction covers 200 lessons on Bible doctrine, homiletics, and living a holy life. Alongside the Bible, leaders study the textbook Called to Shepherd God's People by Thelma Braun of Evangelism Resources. Amazing ministries are springing up as a result of Portable Bible Schools. Click here to read the story of Oriel Sterling, PBS director in the Cap-Haitien area.

Schools of Evangelism (SOE) began in the fall of 2006 in Port-au-Prince. The intensive nine-month course was the first school of its kind in Haiti. That initial class graduated eleven leaders trained as specialists in biblical evangelism – and generated so much enthusiasm that a second SOE opened in Cap-Haitien in 2009. After the 2010 earthquake destroyed the SOE facility in Port-au-Prince, the students completed the school year in a tent and in the open air. Cap-Haitien is now the site of all SOE classes. Coursework includes methods of sharing the gospel, developing a strategy for a national movement of evangelism, and supervised practical field experiences. 

By May 2011 more than 150 men and women had graduated and now serve in churches and organizations throughout Haiti. To learn more about Schools of Evangelism click here.

Women's Conferences: The Hope for Haiti team has held one-day and two-day women's conferences in Bayonnais since 2004. ICDM's first Port-au-PrinceWomen's Conference took place in January of 2008, with the theme "You Are Witnesses." Women received specific training in methods of evangelism (Wordless Book, Roman Road, etc.), along with inspiration from Thelma Braun from the book of Philippians. Trainees were urged to set specific goals for witnessing and to report their progress after two months. Fellowship and encouragement was a very positive experience for ladies who often lead ministries in relative isolation.

Inductive Bible Study Seminars.  Intensive training in this method of Bible study trains church leaders in OBSERVATION (what does the passage say?), INTERPRETATION (what does the passage mean?), and APPLICATION (how does the meaning of the passage apply to me?). As they learn, their teaching will be enhanced as they in turn teach this method to laypeople in the local church. The Word has power to transform the nation!