The following Syllabus is used at various Seminaries in SE Asia. It helps graduate students training to be pastors to understand the biblical basis for persecution — and how to respond in the manner of our Lord Jesus Christ – and His disciples.
TOPAD – 01 May 2017 – Malaysia-Indonesia-Bangladesh Review Copy
In our TOPAD class, we note that our Lord equipped 12 Apostles to reach the known world population in 30AD of 225 million people (UN projected world population for 30 AD). The parallel number of Apostles to reach 7.5 Billion would be 400. That’s it: 400. But, each would have to fulfill four factors:
1. Believe Jesus is ALIVE from the dead.
2. Believe Jesus died as the Passover Lamb for their salvation.
3. Be filled with The Holy Spirit…and one more…
4. …and be willing to die for their belief that Jesus is Alive!
Responses by Participants from Bhutan
Content:
* Having us make a presentation made us work harder. (Suggestion: Make mini-modules we do 30 minutes — 15 was too short 🙂
* TOPAD is very relevant to our context.
* When I face persecution I now have a totally different perspective on what it means.
* Thanks for the story of “This is Good!” — very helpful.
* I now understand how to tackle the situation when it (persecution) comes.
* The entire 5-days were an eye-opener about persecution and discipleship.
Teaching/Learning Style:
* Thanks for making the learning interactive and involving us in the learning.
* I like your teaching methods of getting everyone to participate.
* I learned much from your methods and style of teaching. Thanks.
* Your lessons were easy to understand, lots of visuals and variety of methods.
* Very relevant to Bhutan — look forward to teaching our people in Bhutan.
* Discussions were good and helpful.
* The articles etc on the USB stick are fantastic – very helpful – thanks.
* We appreciate your heart and passion.
* Our expectations were fulfilled with the helpful notes.
* You have a good sense of humor and I loved the interaction with you.
