Global Intent’s and Tent International’s GO Equipped courses experienced exponential growth before Covid 19 hit the world. Now the courses are gaining speed again.
“This course had a great impact on us and gave new perspectives when we took it six years ago. It has still been good to come back. Much of the course has been renewed. So even though many of the subjects are the same, it feels like we are at a new course,” say two sisters who came from France to take part in the recently held GO Equipped course in Bergen, Norway.
They point out the teaching on biblical basis for tentmaking, hospitality and how to keep your life in balance had a big impact on them when they took the course in 2016.
“The best thing is however that the course forms a whole and covers a lot of subjects that are all very useful,” say the sisters.
Record attendance
Global Intent’s and Tent International’s GO Equipped courses had record attendance every year before Covid 19 hit the world. 404 participants took the course in 2019. This nearly doubled the numbers from 2018. The course in Bergen, Norway has been regarded as a flagship course and had been run annually since 2003. Due to the global corona pandemic, the course was however canceled in both 2020 and 2021.
“It is good to be back and start training people again,” comments Tent International’s director, Steinar Opheim.
This year’s Bergen course gathered 14 participants from four nations. Earlier this year, Tent had courses in Liberia, Niger and Nigeria as well.
New opportunities
“It is a joy to train people who want to share Jesus through their work. Right now, we are finalizing plans for the last six months of this year. Things are not fully back to normal after Covid 19 yet, and several nations still have travel restrictions. We do however rejoice that we will have many more courses and train more people this year than in 2021. The international job market is also gaining speed again, thus giving new international opportunities for everyone who wants to serve God through their jobs cross-culturally,” says Opheim.
By Steinar Opheim