The goal of the HHTN workshop

This three-day workshop (usually Friday evening to Sunday afternoon) which was first developed in post-genocide Rwanda, aims to equip people to experience inner-healing and reconciliation with themselves and others to become agents of healing and reconciliation. A combination of interactive teaching, group sessions, ministry times and participant interaction is used. Each session builds upon previous sessions, so full participation is essential. Intercession for the workshop must undergird everything, as division and disunity between people are spiritual strongholds. This workshop, first developed by Dr. Rhiannon Lloyd, is now being run actively by Africans in Rwanda, Mauritius, Congo, Burundi, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia; by Asians in India and Nepal, by Hungarians and Roma in Hungary and by Ukrainians and Americans in the ex-Soviet block. Other countries are now training teams as well. The workshop seeks to bring healing and reconciliation to communities suffering from division and hatred. People from differing backgrounds are invited to encounter God and one another at heart level. In a safe environment, they are encouraged to experience healing and are able to develop new perspectives and attitudes. They are equipped to influence others to demonstrate new perspectives and attitudes and can also use the same principles to address other divisions.

HHTN Workshop topics include:

• God’s original intention for relationships
• The awful power of prejudice
• A restored identity in the Holy Nation
• The Church, God’s plan for healing the Country
• Suffering and a God of love
• Knowing God as a Loving Father
• The Thief
• The Wounded Spirit
• Healing Inner Wounds
• Taking pain to the cross
• Forgiveness – what it is and what it is not
• Personal and corporate repentance
• Pronouncing blessings

Why are these workshops needed?

• Too often the church is part of the problem instead of being part of the answer
• Often there is no difference between the church and the community in terms of beliefs, prejudices, behaviour
• There are foundational Biblical truths which are overlooked or not understood
• Church leaders also get wounded in ethnic conflicts
• Before the church can be an agent of healing it must first be healed itself

Workshop materials

A teaching book called “Healing Hearts, Transforming Nations” is available by internet in pdf format on https://hhtnglobal.org/  (Click on the “Resources” tab). You will be able to freely print out copies for personal use or for workshop participants. It cannot be sold for profit, though you can of course cover your printing costs. We are also happy to negotiate with you the terms for translating this handbook into your local language(s). Please email info@hhtnglobal.org for more information about translating the handbook.

What we want to achieve through the HHTN workshop:

• a new/fresh encounter with God and with one another
• revelation of truth that sets people free
• an opportunity for people to hear each other and express their pain in a safe environment
• healing of heart wounds at the cross, enabling people to forgive or ask for forgiveness
• removal of prejudices and judgements and an ability to see the beauty in each other
• dividing walls to be demolished between peoples, nations, races and churches
• a new hope that the church has a crucial role to play in the healing of the nations
• everyone to leave the workshop feeling loved and affirmed
• a determination to live out the reconciliation practically in their churches and communities