Our main way of providing a solution to the challenge of structure is by equipping rural leaders through our leadership development training workshops. We have training workshops each year in April and September. Ministries that receive funding from REAL are required to attend the trainings; however, the trainings are free and open to the public, even if the attendees would not normally qualify for funding from REAL, e.g. non-profits, etc. that are non-Christian and located in urban areas. Each of the two biannual trainings REAL conducts is a 4-hour workshop. After more than a decade, the curriculum has been redeveloped and is based on areas outlined by REAL leaders and consultants as presenting trials to Christian-ministry leaders in rural communities. Individuals who attend all five trainings of the curriculum will receive a certificate. Presenters with experience and/or expertise in each of the areas of training use a shared learning approach to lead the workshops.