Your opportunity to join in! Zach, the YLI Coaches, and the seven Interns have proposed an exciting 2022 plan. The growth in both Ghana and Nigeria means that next year Zach will be traveling more to Nigeria and he will be delegating more of the Ghana leadership responsibility to Jonah, David and Simon, a YLIContinue reading “2022 MINISTRY GOALS“
Category Archives: Ghana
Naomi Awuni, 1965-2020
Dear Friends of Young Leaders International, November 19th I heard from Sharon Awuni that her mother and our Coach, Naomi, had died suddenly. My friend Naomi was just 55 years old, and joined YLI the same year I did. She was a close friend and a great encourager during some difficult seasons of leadership. WeContinue reading “Naomi Awuni, 1965-2020”
Multiplication at the speed of relationship
This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. John 18:8 In June, I spent four days with our upcoming YLI Interns and Coaches in Northern Ghana. We were camped out in a rented house which afforded us the space to plan, pray, talk, eat and alsoContinue reading “Multiplication at the speed of relationship”
Pass the baton, but don’t exit the race too soon.
Multiply what’s best in you. One of the great things about our leadership transition to Gen-2 Coaches is how the first generation, now in their 40’s and 50’s, are giving of themselves to support the younger leadership. Passing the baton, but not exiting the race. Discipleship and apprenticeship necessarily culminate with a handing overContinue reading “Pass the baton, but don’t exit the race too soon.”
Why what’s happening in Nigeria is so exciting
“In all my time in YLI, I have not witnessed such receptivity and enthusiasm like in this conference. They were open to share from their lives and ready for deeper relationship.” – YLI Coach Constant Adzomani Jim Moye founded YLI in 2002 through a few deep discipling friendships and we’ve chosen to continue that impulse into 2018. Depth ensures we continueContinue reading “Why what’s happening in Nigeria is so exciting”
First discipleship weekend in Burkina Faso, West Africa
“Your teaching has opened my ears to be able to listen to God on my own” – young Burkina Faso leader Ghana shares the northern border with the country of Burkina Faso. Although culturally similar in ways, Burkina is French speaking. Local dialects span country borders, however, which laid the ground for YLI CoachesContinue reading “First discipleship weekend in Burkina Faso, West Africa”
Naomi’s “Van-Bus” Project
Naomi’s love, and expertise as an educator and a discipler, was making an impact, but transportation was needed…. In Africa, it is not uncommon for subsistence farmers to pick up and move in order to find a piece of fertile land from which to feed their families. Wherever they settle, many build impromptu villages inContinue reading “Naomi’s “Van-Bus” Project”
March Madness — for the love of underdogs
a 91 second video: challenging commonly-held leadership beliefs. Are you the type that is drawn to underdogs? Did you inexplicably pick UNC-Wilmington over Duke in your bracket yesterday? Backing an underdog is risky business, but there are few experiences more exhilarating than a David knocking off an arrogant Goliath. Servant leaders around the world, including in Ghana, are ‘Davids’ — underdogs swimmingContinue reading “March Madness — for the love of underdogs”
Yakubu Zacharia: pastor, missionary and disciplemaker
YLI’s relationship with Zac began in 2007. We’ve been watching him for a while, and this year he was invited to become a Coach. Zac is from the Dagomba people of northern Ghana and ministers cross-culturally in a Konkomba community called Naamu. When Zac moved to Naamu he rented a room in the home ofContinue reading “Yakubu Zacharia: pastor, missionary and disciplemaker”
Jonah: clean water for Sedbeni
Sedbeni is a community of approximately 750 people (>50% of whom are children) in Ghana’s northern region. YLI Coach Jonah Manyan and his team planted a church in the community a few years ago, and it became evident to him that a lack of access to clean drinking water was the most pressing issue in the community. DuringContinue reading “Jonah: clean water for Sedbeni”
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