Devotions & Manuals Archives

Helpers Within Reach, Counseling Skills for Clergy in Africa

By Jennifer Yount|2025-07-28T18:45:15-05:00July 28th, 2025|Devotions & Manuals, Pastoral Leadership|

Dr. Jacenta Muigai of African International University has recently completed and published a groundbreaking manual for TLAfrica titled Helpers Within Reach: Counseling Skills for Clergy in Africa. Building on this resource, she led TLAfrica’s first conference on biblical counseling skills, held July 14–17 at the new Thousand Hills Conference Center in Musanze, Rwanda. The training [...]

Transforming the Slums Through the Power of the Word: Pastors’ Training at Mukuru kwa Reuben, Nairobi

By Jennifer Yount|2025-05-14T00:30:18-05:00May 14th, 2025|Devotions & Manuals, Pastoral Leadership|

In April 2025, the TLAfrica Kenya team hosted a Pastoral Training Conference in Mukuru kwa Reuben, one of Nairobi’s largest informal settlements. Known for its economic challenges and lack of access to theological education, Mukuru is home to many faithful, resilient pastors serving under difficult circumstances. The conference was held from April 23–25 at Agape [...]

Spiritual Transformation: From information to relationship

By Jennifer Yount|2024-05-23T00:52:10-05:00May 23rd, 2024|Devotions & Manuals|

I recall a mental torture that my mum went through before she was baptized. After she received Christ, my mum had to follow catechumen teaching so she could be baptized in water. When I grew up, every evening we would sit around fire and my mum would tell us stories. Her most favorite story was [...]

Preaching Biblical Messages in Kajaido, Kenya || April 25 & 26, 2024

By Jennifer Yount|2024-05-01T16:43:08-05:00May 1st, 2024|Devotions & Manuals, Pastoral Leadership|

In the heart of Oltinga, Kenya where the spirit of community thrives, 38 pastors—men and women alike—converge for a two-day journey of enlightenment and empowerment. Organized by local Pastor Tom Turere, and facilitated by TLAfrica's Kenya office this event is not merely about preaching; it's about igniting a flame of purpose and passion within each [...]

Eureka Part II :: Biblical Illustrations

By Jennifer Yount|2024-02-27T17:15:56-06:00February 27th, 2024|Devotions & Manuals|

During our last discussion, we defined transformation as “a discovery that takes place when one’s eyes are opened by a truth, experience or inner reflection.” This discovery was called a eureka. Eureka through the Truth in the Bible: The Great Commission of our Lord Jesus to “make disciples” (Matthew 28: 19-20) is fulfilled when we [...]

Transformation as “Eureka”

By Jennifer Yount|2024-02-26T11:13:33-06:00February 26th, 2024|Devotions & Manuals|

Transformation is “a discovery that takes place when one’s eyes are opened by a truth, experience or inner reflection” (Ntamushobora, 2015, p. 71). I call this discovery a eureka. Eureka through the Truth: When we encounter a new truth, it opens our inner eyes to a reality that we previously ignored, neglected or simply did [...]

Newly Published PLI Manual and Training in Kajiado, Kenya

By Jennifer Yount|2024-02-27T17:17:50-06:00September 27th, 2023|Devotions & Manuals, Pastoral Leadership|

On September 15th, twenty-six pastors from the greater Kajiado area and its environs gathered together at a local church for a 2-day training seminar. Kajiado, Kenya, is a small town about 100 kms/62 miles from Nairobi with several rural churches. The leader of the Women's Empowerment group in the Kajiado region, Lydiah, recognized the need [...]