Raising Leaders in Chad
May 7, 2026

“We started teaching our WHMI Bible Institute to a group of 200 pastors and church leaders in N’djamena, Chad in early 2022. I went there 3 times to teach and to prepare to graduate in June of 2025. When the US government stopped approving visas from Chad, the Chad government reciprocated by refusing US citizens visa approval and I missed the graduation. However, my team of leaders in Cameroon were able to fly in my place and perform the graduation and hand out diplomas. Since then, our local Chadian council leader, Pastor Miaki Nestor, began to seek replication to make WHMI accessible to all of Chad, as is our mission and vision according to Jesus’ mission and vision for His Church in Matthew 28:18-20 and 2 Timothy 2:2.In the last 6 months they’ve vetted 7 of our graduates to become national/local instructors and have opened 5 new locations with 6 more signed charter agreements to start in2026 with a total of 300+ new students. In the pictures below, you will see Pastor Nestor’s latest trip sequence as he traveled to Fianga, Chad, to teach a newgroup of students. He started in the back of a pick up with about 20 others. Then 6 hours later, got into a boat to cross the river. On the other side, it was a motorcycle ride of 3 to reach Fianga. After 3 days of teaching, they took a student “family” pic.” - Craig Kendrick, Director of Francophone West Africa

