Barnabas School of Leadership

Barnabas School of Leadership was founded by Rowland and Elaine Forman from Auckland, New Zealand, who have served together in ministry for more than 50 years. Rowland has served as a mentor-coach, educator, pastor, church-planter, and Bible College principal, all with Elaine by his side. By the time he attended the Global Proclamation Congress (GPro) ​in 2016 in Bangkok, Rowland had already begun travelling to Myanmar to train small groups of pastors. At GPro, he was confronted with the startling and disturbing reality that the gospel is flourishing in parts of Asia, Africa and South America, and yet only 5% of pastors in these areas ever receive any form of biblical training. ​