Applications open for West Africa 2026 GCF Leadership Experience.

Applications close.

All applicants are notified if they are successful and further information about the Leadership Experience is sent. A non-refundable deposit of USD$500 is due by 1st June 2026.

Final decisions on applications. Applicants are informed of the outcomes.

A non-refundable deposit of USD$500 is paid. Mentors are contacted and begin this journey with participants.

• Community research and pre-intensive assignments begin
• Supervisors are identified and begin this journey with participants

Please ensure that you email a copy of your proof of travel insurance and health insurance to [email protected] prior to your travel to the residential component of the course at the Intensive Residential Venue.

Balance of USD$1,600 is due for payment.

Participants come together in Togo for a four-week intensive residential where they will learn from one another and expert facilitators. Learning will be biblically-based, interactive and experiential. The elements of the intensive are:

• Biblical foundations: children, family and faith community in the Big Story of God
• The context in which children live: the implications for children’s ministry of the diverse sub-cultures in which a child’s worldview is shaped
• Transformational faith formation in children: bringing hope to children so that they bring hope to those around them
• Godly leadership: the qualities and the skills of a Kingdom leader of children’s ministry

The GCF values of servanthood, generosity, integrity and trust will be the foundation stones of the GCF LE community that is built.

• Regular online course teaching sessions continue
• Regular meetings with mentor and supervisor continue
• Regular online community groups continue with discussions and learning assignments around children’s ministry topics
• Participants complete a Ministry Project as agreed with their supervisor and GCF Leadership Experience Facilitators. This project will intentionally relate Leadership Experience learning to the ministry in which the person is involved

Online Graduation

Graduates are awarded a GCF Leadership Experience Certificate endorsed by the Presbyterian University of East Africa (PUEA). Certificates will be awarded at an online graduation ceremony uniting participants and facilitators from across the globe.