One of the great joys of my recent trip to India to teach at the Asian College of Cultural Studies (ACCS) was being able to spend time with my friend R. Jeyaraj. I have known Jeyaraj for many years, having met him when he was a part of the faculty at Bethel Bible Institute in South India.
Once I moved to Cortland, NY to be senior pastor at FBD (Now GRACE Community Church), I lost touch with Jeyaraj for a long time. During that time he took a position as director of the M.Div. program at ACCS and has been there for about ten years.
Last year, through a "chance" and very brief meeting when I stopped in Bangalore, India to visit a university, there was Jeyaraj who had come down to visit the school. We connected, I gave him a business card and we talked about Leadership ConneXtions International. The next contact I had was when he emailed me to ask if I could be a replacement professor for a course at their school. I was delighted to do that.
This is just one of our many examples of networking and partnering. God is creating all kinds of relationships and networks and we want to join in with that work for the purpose of promoting leadership development around the world.
Thanks for all you are doing to develop leaders in your places of work and ministry and for your friendship and partnership with LCI.
Brian Rice