Leadership path

Pastoral Formation Course: Fruit in Me First

Full course for pastors · 8 hours

This course is the formative core of the FRUTO Project. It is designed for pastors who, after the sensitization workshop, want to go further: not only recognizing the gap between the accompaniment they give and the one their congregation needs, but developing the mental process and concrete tools to close it. It lasts 8 hours and can be spread across a one-day retreat, two 4-hour sessions, or four 2-hour sessions.

By the end of the course, every pastor leaves with:

  • 1. Clarity about their own situation across the model's three stages
  • 2. The mental process to accompany someone in crisis, with real questions
  • 3. A personal action plan for the following week

Course structure

1. Why we're here

The honest diagnosis

1 hour

2. The model: three stages, one logic

Understanding the system

1.5 hours

3. The inventory: the mirror within

Structured self-examination

2 hours

4. PUENTES: the method in practice

Experiential learning

2 hours

5. The mental process of accompaniment

Forming the thought process

1 hour

6. My action plan

Concrete commitment

30 minutes

Enrollment in this course is coordinated by the VDE team together with a mentor — it is not self-service. If you're a pastor and feel it's time to take this step, reach out to us.

Iglesia Misionera de México