Sierra Leone Fellowship of Evangelical Students

SLEFES WEST RLTC 2024
2024-03-07 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
In a sacred atmosphere of unity, the SLEFES Western Region recently concluded its Regional Leadership Training Conference from the 7th to the 9th of March 2024 at Jui – Jesus the Lamb of God Church. Tailored for Christian student leaders, the summit revolved around the theme “Emphasizing Christ’s Leadership Mandate on Campus” (Judges 7:17), offering a spiritually enriching experience.Pastor Simeon Sembu Koroma, the theme speaker, illuminated Christ’s leadership as a sacred character and responsibility, emphasizing accountability rooted in service rather than the allure of titles. His teachings resonated with the core principles of our Christian faith, providing profound insights for both students leaders and general membership.

Other facilitators shared wisdom aligned with commitment to Christ-centered leadership, tailored for the unique journey of Christian students on campus, home and society.Topics dealt with includes:Biblical Wisdom for Campus Life: The RLTC delved into vital topics such as managing sexual purity on campus, stewardship of God’s resources, contending and conquering as Christ-centered student leaders, and the intertwining of service, excellence, and entrepreneurship from a biblical perspective, providing practical guidance for the challenges faced by Christian students.

Symbolic Handing Over Ceremony:The RLTC pinnacle was a symbolic handing-over ceremony of the Student Representative Council (SRC). Outgoing chairman, Victor Ethelbert, passed the mantle to Ahmadu Barrie of UNIMTECH campus, symbolizing the Christ-centered leadership transition and encouraging graduates to carry forth the torch.The SLEFES – FBC presented a powerful drama on the theme “Life on Campus,” bringing Christ’s teachings to life. A Spirit-led panel discussion allowed student leaders and graduates to share their faith-inspired perspectives, creating a session filled with glory and revelation.

Upcoming Event with Christ at the Center: The summit concluded with an announcement of the upcoming Sierra Leone Students Worship God event, designed as a Christ-centered gathering, and to be hosted at UNIMTECH, extending an invitation to all Christian students and graduates to join in worship and fellowship.Overflowing Blessings: Despite challenges such as exams and university fears, the summit, attended by approximately 43 students, became a sacred family moment. It was a testament to our commitment to Christ-centered unity, learning, and spiritual growth within the SLEFES community. Praise be to Him who strengthens us!

SLEFES @41 Thanksgiving Service
2023-10-23 13:00 - 18:00
Free

33rd National Discipleship Conference
2023-08-29 09:00 - 2023-09-04 17:00
National Discipleship conference is our major Discipleship gathering in the ministry brings together SLEFES Associates and students from different campuses for a week long expository teaching, discipleship training and inductive bible study on a strategic theme that speaks on contemporary issues affect students on campus.

This conference is usually scheduled at the end of the Academic year between August and September.

Free

Regional Leadership Training Conference North Kono
2023-04-06 09:00 - 2023-04-08 17:00
We strongly believe that students on campus today will be the leaders of every facet of society tomorrow. To ensure they are prepared, SLEFES through various platforms such as the annually “Regional Leadership Training Conference” has groom the students in the Jesus model of Servant-leadership. This we believe, will make them irrefutable leaders today on campus and society upon graduation. We build the future leaders today.

REGIONAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING CONFERENCE REPORT 2022

INTRODUCTION

The strategic resources in any institution is the human resources, the level of development and training given to the leaders will determine the impact and growth of the institution. On this backdrop, we see our student leaders as strategic component in achieving the vision of SLEFES in the different campuses. The regional leadership training conference gears towards capacity building for leaders and emerging leaders, this goal was achieved – to God be the glory. This report covers the theme exposition, student attendance, conference topics and the challenges.

THEME EXPOSITION “AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP” PSALM 78:72

The theme exposition for this year’s conference was handled by the Training Secretary of SLEFES, Mr. Joseph Benkutay Conteh. In His presentation we looked at King David as an Authentic leader who shepherd the children of Israel with Integrity of heart and skillfulness of hands.

We looked at the three (3) S of Authentic Leadership:

Self-Preparation

Self-Discipline

Sacrifice

On the second day, we looked at Jesus Christ as an authentic Leader and His approach to leadership. In His journey with the disciples he demonstrated three (3) authentic leadership development models:

Empowerment Model

Servant leadership Model

Transformative Model

ATTENDANCE

The student attendance attracted students from nine (9) Christian unions within the western region, with an attendance of (40) student leaders.

SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

The leadership training conference caters for student leaders in and holistic manner where we developed topics that address issues affecting the different Christian unions, below are the topics covered:

Mr. Joseph Benkutay Conteh Authentic Leadership

Mr. Joseph J. Sesay The power of team work in achieving your goal as an authentic leader.

Mr. Joseph Benkutay Conteh Effective communication, meeting and report writing

Mr. Albright M S Barrie The integrity and influence of an authentic leader.

Mr. Albright M S Barrie The power of the Holy Spirit in developing an authentic leader

Panels Godly relationship that leads to marriage

STUDENTS FEEDBACK

The topics addressed in this conference was timely, the student leaders see the conference as a mandate that they should be authentic as well as develop the next generation of Authentic leaders that will provide leadership for the campus fellowship.

CHALLENGES

The students’ cooperation for the program in term of attendance was good but didn’t have representative from the different CUs in the western region, which was our goal, to train leaders in all the campuses were SLEFES is in operation.

The student constituent direly need to step up in the area of their commitment and responsibility, in order for the effective and efficient running of their lunch time fellowship on campus

We have seen low commitment on our student leaders in the area of acquiring new skills especially on leadership development, integrity management and capacity building.

RECOMMENDATION

We encourage and motivate our student leaders to embrace knowledge acquisition and skill development as the keys towards strategic leadership. Knowledge is a unique tool to build a firm foundation in our leadership development journey.

Our student leaders in the different campuses should prepare to attend leadership development training programs such as the Public Lectures and Regional Leadership Training Conference.

CONCLUSION

To God be the glory! The regional leadership training conference was successful, By God’s grace our student leaders are ready to maximize the knowledge gained as well as the required skills needed in the Christian Union base on our mission statement REACHING STUDENTS FOR CHRIST TO IMPACT OUR NATION.

PREPARE AND PRESENTED BY:

Mr. Joseph Benkutay Conteh

Training Secretary, Western region.

Free

Public Lecture
2023-03-31 08:00 - 17:00
The Theme for this Public Lecture is “Mental Health” in collaboration with Mental Health Coalition, Sierra Leone.

Free

Jesus Give Water Campaign
2023-02-24 13:00 - 15:00
Jesus gives living water evangelism was designed to enable students in various campuses share the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ with their colleagues and staff. It’s part of SLEFES inspiring Evangelism drive with the theme: work while it is day John 9:4. The first pilot phase was successful at Milton Margai Technical University Brooks Fields. We reached out to 300 students and lecturers by giving each a bottle of water and salvation tract.

Free

Jesus Give Water Campaign
2023-02-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Freetown, Sierra Leone
Jesus gives living water evangelism was designed to enable students in various campuses share the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ with their colleagues and staff. It’s part of SLEFES inspiring Evangelism drive with the theme: work while it is day John 9:4. The first pilot phase was successful at Milton Margai Technical University Brooks Fields. We reached out to 300 students and lecturers by giving each a bottle of water and salvation tract

Free
