CIM in partnership with Global Trust Partners (GTP), organised a seminar on Biblical governance for churches and NGOs. The one-day event was held in Hyderabad with 32 participants from all around the country. The seminar was facilitated by Dr. Aby Alexandar, Executive Director of CIM, Dr. Gary G. Hoag, GTP President & CEO, USA, Dr. Sanjay Patra, GTP Board Member & MD, CPA Services and Dr. Joycia Thorat, GTP Regional Facilitator for South Asia and CEO of NobleRank.
GTP and CIM serve as official partners connected by a shared vision which is affirmed by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Dr. Aby served as host and facilitated the discussion. Mr. Gary taught on the four councils in the Biblical record and shared the GTP Diagnostic Tool and Templates to help the participants put their houses in order. Mr. Sanjay explained how to apply these insights to the Indian context, and Dr. Joycia shared about the NobleRank standards and accreditation process.
The participants rated the session 8.9 on a scale of 1-10, 10 representing “very helpful”. Respondents celebrated the teaching, the Q&A, the reflective sessions, the templates, and the discussion.
“More of such kind of sessions with practical exposure will help to connect the dots…between the world and the Bible and bring down the gap” said Johnson K. of the Glove Society, Chennai.
“Time here has been a great validation of the journey I am in…”, mentioned Ragland Remo Paul, a participant from Malkangiri.
Dr. Aby Alexandar, the Executive Director of CIM, in his comments, mentioned that CIM was privileged to partner with GTP to organise the event and that the participants showed great enthusiasm in the way they asked questions and engaged with the resource people. He also mentioned that this seminar marked the first public programme of CIM in its 25th year. “I'm sure this will be the beginning of a great movement in the days to come”, said Dr. Aby ending his talk.