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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

All Nations CPx – Cape Town, South Africa

How long is CPx?

CPx is six months long, three months of teaching and two months of outreach, and then a month of evaluations and debriefing. Depending on circumstances, these time periods may be adjusted by a week or two.

What is the curriculum for the three months of training?

The curriculum covers the following three core values of the kingdom of God:

• Loving God – the Father’s love, our identity in Christ, and nurturing a passionate daily relationship with Jesus
• Loving others who follow Jesus – simple church, community, team, leadership, submission, conflict resolution, forgiveness, servanthood, and being a disciple maker
• Loving those who don’t know Jesus – intercultural mission, sharing Christ with people of other faiths, holistic approaches to winning, gathering, and reproducing disciples for Jesus, starting small, simple, easily reproducible communities

The curriculum also focuses on intercultural skills and attitudes, including the following five practices:

• Pray – personal prayer, team prayer, seeing people through prayer, developing strategies through prayer, hearing God’s voice for specific direction to reach people, discerning God’s unfulfilled promises for a people or place, praying with non-believers
• Meet – how and why to meet people, meet needs without being paternalistic, story telling, serving people, dependency issues, relief and development, job creation, etc.
• Make disciples –making disciples before people come to faith in Christ, selecting a few disciples, discerning who leaders are and how to develop them, teaching the commands of Christ, teaching the Bible chronologically
• Gather – learning gathering strategies, how to fit in with the culture, gathering as a way of building community, preparing for the new community to be started before people come to faith in Christ
• Multiply – why and how to give birth to a church planting movement, how to be a coach without creating dependency, storying the story of God, and more!

The curriculum also helps students think through what church is, how to do simple church (Acts 2:42-47, Ephesians 4:11ff), and how to help new believers discover church without imposing the culture of the church planter.

What happens after the three months of teaching?

Students go on outreach after the teaching phase of CPx. They may stay in Cape Town to work in one of the two townships where All Nations is working, or go to another country. Exact locations of other countries will be decided based God’s guidance, the calling and interest of the students, and practical factors such as team composition and available leadership.

After two months of outreach there will be one month of debriefing and evaluations back in Cape Town.

What happens once a person finishes the full six months of CPx?

Students will have the option to stay on after CPx to do an internship with All Nations or apply to become full time staff members of All Nations. The application process for these two possibilities will begin during the teaching phase of CPx.

Does a person who participates in the CPx three month teaching phase have an opportunity to also participate in other programs run by All Nations?

Students will be given the opportunity to be part of local outreach programs initiated by All Nations staff members in the communities where we work.

What opportunities are there to help with HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention programs?

Students will have the opportunity to serve at Living Hope, a partner ministry that does awareness, prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS patients. Living Hope is a Christian center doing a wonderful work in the townships where All Nations works.

How many students are there on average?

On average there are between 10 and 30 students, normally 20 or so per school.

What is the average age of a student?

25 years of age is average, but there are many who attend who are over fifty and seeking God’s direction for a “second” career in missions.

What is the cost?

We have sought to respond to the economic differences of our students through a sliding scale depending on average income levels of the nation the students are from. We have found this to be the fairest way to address economic differences.

We base our charges for CPx on our budgeted expenses and by taking into consideration the national average Per Capita Income (PCI) of 215 countries and territories.

These countries are assigned to one of three categories based on the PCI. They are:

Category A – Countries or territories with a PCI between US $0 – US $4,000.

Category B – Countries or territories with a PCI between US $4,000 - $10,000

Category C – Countries or territories with a PCI of more than US $10,000

For a complete list of countries and the category they are assigned, please contact our office. The sliding cost scale for the CPx lecture phase found below. This does not include the outreach phase, and all costs are quoted in South African Rand. At present the Rand is about seven rand to one US dollar. The outreach phase will cost R10,000 per person in addition to transportation to the outreach, depending on where the teams go for the two months of outreach.

Three month teaching phase fees:

Category A country of origin – R9000 for singles, R13,500 for couples

Category B country of origin – R14,000 for singles, R21,000 for couples

Category C country of origin - R19,000 for singles, R28,500 for couples

In some countries where there is a mix of all three income levels within the same country, e.g., South Africa, we will ask people to pay according to their personal family income level if they are employed full time. Children under two are free. There is a daily minimal food charge for children over two.

If a person decides to stay on after the CPx is completed what is the process for joining All Nations?

During the teaching phase opportunity will be given to apply to become a staff member of All Nations.

What is your relationship to sending churches?

All Nations is a local church-oriented ministry that plants churches. We emphasize a simple model of church because we believe it is the most effective in reaching the unreached and the poor. Where possible we partner with sending churches to assist them to train and send their church planters, as long as they understand and support the approach we take to church planting.

We believe the church is the hope of the world! We believe the church carries the ongoing presence of Jesus in the world. We believe in church planting movements, church planting, and nurturing a disciple making culture in the churches we plant.

Are All Nations members paid a salary?

No. All Nations staff members are volunteers and are supported by sponsors who contribute to them financially.

What are the living costs for a person who stays on as an intern or staff member with All Nations?

There is a wide range of costs depending on life style and housing preferences. A minimum for a single person would be R5,000 a month. For a couple it would be a minimum of R7,500 a month, and for a family of four it would be a minimum of R12,000 a month. On average for the last 12 months the dollar has been worth R7.00. the exchange has varied over the last two years

What about a visa to come to South Africa?

Once you have submitted your application for CPx and been accepted, our office will supply you with instructions for how to apply for a visitors visit.

For further inquiries write to: allnationssa@gmail.com

FAQ, ANF, CPx, March, ’07