Training

Marc and Helen Vloeberghs have more than 20 years experience in train the trainer workshops.

They are the authors of the welknown teaching books:

Christianity Renewed Volume 1, 2 and 3.

THE AUTHORS Marc Vloeberghs was born in Belgium, Europe. He worked many years with United Nations in Africa and Asia. Marc has a strong Catholic background. However, when he was working for the Food Agricultural Organization in Africa he became a Baha'i in 1972. He left United Nations and worked in a worldwide Baha'i rural development project based in Panchgani, India. It is here that he met and married his Australian wife Helen Vloeberghs who was working as a health professional. Marc and Helen pioneered to West Bengal, India where Marc was appointed as ABM. From India they pioneered to Papua New Guinea where Marc became Senior Lecturer Food Processing. He also was an ABM for East and West Sepik. They left Papua New Guinea after 12 years and Marc worked for UNIDO as an international consultant in food processing in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia and Indonesia. After a short stay in Brisbane, Helen and Marc and their children Shirin, Maxwell and Alexander home front pioneered to rural Queensland. Marc was working as a university lecturer and Helen worked as a home-care coordinator for the Department of Health, Queensland. Marc and Helen Vloeberghs also have co-authored a trilogy called Christianity Renewed, which was published under their penname Maxwell Alexander by the Baha'i Publishing Trust of India. The books were an immediate success in the Pacific islands and were instrumental in guiding many Christians to the Baha'i Faith. The success of the teaching books has led to Marc and Helen conducting train the trainer courses on non-confrontational teaching of Christians in many countries. If you are interested to receive more information about the training course please contact us at maxwellalexander9@hotmail.com .

METHODOLOGY of TRAINING COURSE

This course is in a Ruhi style format, an interactive study class, which can be used in small groups with a facilitator. It is visualized as a module within the Ruhi institute framework as a specialized branch on teaching Christians.

The basic course can be conducted as a day or week-end course and if more in-depth information is needed it can be extended over a period of time.
The basic workshop is based on role-plays, and using visual aids in the form of drawings to illustrate the approach. The language is simple and well suited for the large rural populations in Christian countries.

In the basic course the participants learn how to share the Message of Baha'u'llah with the Christians in a systematic and non-confrontational way.
Studying the Baha'i Holy Writings, which praise and glorify Christ helps the Baha'is to convey more understanding and respect for the Christian faith. By using the Word of God in the Bible as the foundation of our approach, it is using the familiar language of the person you are teaching which constitutes the basis of their belief (i.e. the Christian mindset)
This approach is based on Holy Writings especially the Book of Certitude and talks Abdu'l- Baha gave in West.

We are also offering a more detailed systematic train the trainer course, which gives the knowledge and skills to persons who are selected to be future facilitators of the course.

Marc and Helen Vloeberghs can quickly provide a customized curriculum to meet your particular needs. Our fun, hands-on approach using plenty of drawings, will accelerates the learning process and will help you with sharing the Message with Christians.

On-Line Training. If you can sent us a list of e-mail addresses of people interested in our training program than we can conduct personalized training on-line! We can provide you with a basic presentation or a complete package including training materials, ,books and hands-on exercises.

For more information: email : mvloeb@gmail.com

Please click picture below for a free training course (pdf format) which can be used as a specialized branch after Ruhi Book 5.