CAPACITY BUILDING

Capacity building in various areas of development work for churches, organizations and grassroots communities through coaching, consultancy services and such training seminars as

• The Church as an Agent of Change: Basic and Advanced Skills in Community Development
• Integrating Spirituality in Development Work
• Project Proposal Making
• Other experience-based learnings

RESEARCH IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES

Research in Social Development Issues as a contribution to the on-going search for fresh approaches, theories and paradigms in social development practice.  Complimenting this are professional training seminars meant to enhance social wellness, such as:

• Winning Work Attitudes, a value-re-orientation seminar for employees in public and private sectors.  This helps management and workers alike to develop a work ethic and style that makes for efficiency, excellence and competitiveness that is just and sensitive to culture and showcases native talent and ingenuity.

RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN GOSPEL AND CULTURE ISSUES

Research and training in Gospel and Culture issues to enable the churches and mission organizations to more effectively witness to societies in Asia. A sample research is a groundbreaking study of the cross-cultural problems encountered by American Protestant missionaries in the early 1900's, the first study of its kind done by non-western scholars. 

Seminars range from the Gospel, Culture and the Filipino Church, which helps pastors and church workers to rediscover Filipino culture and root the gospel in it; and Making Filipino Culture Work For You, a cultural orientation seminar for missionaries, corporate and development executives and other expatriates seeking to work more effectively by deepening appreciation of Filipino culture and how it can facilitate instead of hinder corporate efficiency.

POLITICAL ADVOCACY

Political Advocacy through publications and various other media for reaching mass audiences.  A long-term program under this is Popular Education for Good Governance, helping to create the social and cultural infrastructure necessary for good governance to flourish.