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THE WORK 4 A LIVING STORY

We launched our first training center in 2007, equipping people with skills to help them find jobs and start businesses. WE FAILED. People quit their jobs, didn’t stay committed, didn’t show up for work, or never even got started. It was a disaster. Then, we began learning about a Biblical Worldview through our church in South Africa.  Watch the full story below.​

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THE LORD CHALLENGED US ON DISCIPLESHIP. 

 

In response, we established small discipling communities around each W4AL Hub—to disciple new believers who give their hearts to Jesus every three weeks.
 

These groups become "The Church":

  1. A new church community is created/planted to ‘catch and disciple’ the newborn believers. 

  2. An existing church community partners with the Hub to ‘catch and disciple’ the newborn believers. 

  3. A new church community made up of small small discipleship groups "D-groups" that use Discovery Bible Study (DBS) as a powerful discipleship tool. 

 

Ultimately this creates a family of believers, that gather together regularly. 

THE WORK 4 A LIVING MODEL

Our mission: People working & discipled! 

We equip ordinary, missional individuals to establish income-generating skills centers, known as "W4AL Hubs." These Hubs transform lives by providing employment opportunities, teaching the truth of God's word, teaching excellence in the workplace and facilitating discipleship.​

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Each Hub starts as a business & ends as the church.

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A W4AL Hub  

An access ministry in the form of a training Hub that engages the community through economic opportunities and skills training. 
 

A Hub:  

  • Teaches a Biblical Worldview 

  • Presents the Gospel 

  • Helps people find employment through our jobs database and employment network 

  • Provides an income for the facilitator/church planter 

  • Fosters continuous discipleship 

  • Gets people working and starting businesses

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Every W4AL Hub is a potential church that pays for itself. People give their lives to Jesus during the W4AL programs (over 18 000 new believers so far). The church needs to be there to catch the newborn believers! 

TOPICS COVERED:

  1. Work Ethic

  2. Interviews and job search

  3. Professionalism

  4. How to get promoted

  5. Excellent communication

  6. Financial Literacy – debt; good credit vs bad; creating wealth etc

  7. Belief systems and their impact on work

  8. What to expect on Day 1

  9. How to start a business and grow it

  10. Costing in business

  11. Breakeven point

  12. Marketing your business

  13. Record-keeping and costing

        And more....

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STARTING A W4AL HUB

PROCESS TO START A W4AL HUB:

1. Attend Poverty Impact Training (PIT) – a 6-month journey: 

  • 5 moths of online, meeting weekly

  • If in South Africa, 2 weeks in person at the end of the training, for accreditation

         Join the PIT training! 
 

2. Start the W4AL Hub

  • 1 month of regular online mentoring while running the W4AL Hub and starting the discipleship process. 
     

Once your Hub is established, we continue to mentor you through regular meetings and check-ins, connecting you with an existing network of facilitators to learn and grow together.

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REQUIREMENTS TO START A HUB:

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  • Deeply committed to Kingdom building.

  • Passionate about discipleship – recognising its transformative power and believing it is the key to overcoming poverty.

  • Flexible in their approach to disciple-making, open to using various tools and methods beyond a structured six-week church program, and eager to utilise Discovery Bible Study as a disciple-making resource.

  • Passionate about serving and impacting the poor.

  • Willing to commit fully to building God’s Kingdom—bringing the lost to Christ and empowering the poor to work. This is a full-time commitment, requiring the capacity to run a Hub full-time (Monday to Friday).

  • A natural teacher.

  • Possesses grit and resilience!

  • If possible, take part in a W4AL program at an existing Hub during this time.

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What does thriving look like?

Ezekiel 47:9-12

"There will be swarms of living things wherever the water of this river flows….

Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along both sides of the river. The leaves of these trees will never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, for they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for healing.”

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