As you know, this past weekend, we shared a new educational intitiative to be implemented in Tennessee. For those of you who were not in attendance, I will briefly share the three parts of the program.
1. Ministerial Intensives. The annual ministerial intensive has been a tremendous success, and has been the opportunity for seasoned ministers to "pour into" the lives of our newer ministers. These intensives will continue in the future, with particular attention given to SPECIALIZATION. By specialization, I mean intensives for particular people-groups, i.e., deacons, children's workers, youth workers, associate ministers, etc,.
2. School of Practical Ministry/Mentoring. All experts agree that mentoring is one of the long-lost methods of instruction that have fallen by the wayside. In 2005, the Ministerial Review Board implemented a one-year internship for ministerial candidates, and many have participated in, and graduated from their internship. We will expand the internship program to other disciplines and hold period Schools of Practical Ministry across the state.
3. Partnership with Beacon University and Tomlinson Center. This will give a structured approach to those ministers desiring to earn ministerial degrees from a diploma to an Associates, Baccelaureate, Masters or Doctoral degree. This will be accomplished by online study, in home extension classes, and localized schools.
All three portions of this program will rely on the anointing of the Holy Ghost as well as proper presentation.
I am hoping that as this develops, our ministry will accept my challenge to UPGRADE their ministry. God bless.
1. Ministerial Intensives. The annual ministerial intensive has been a tremendous success, and has been the opportunity for seasoned ministers to "pour into" the lives of our newer ministers. These intensives will continue in the future, with particular attention given to SPECIALIZATION. By specialization, I mean intensives for particular people-groups, i.e., deacons, children's workers, youth workers, associate ministers, etc,.
2. School of Practical Ministry/Mentoring. All experts agree that mentoring is one of the long-lost methods of instruction that have fallen by the wayside. In 2005, the Ministerial Review Board implemented a one-year internship for ministerial candidates, and many have participated in, and graduated from their internship. We will expand the internship program to other disciplines and hold period Schools of Practical Ministry across the state.
3. Partnership with Beacon University and Tomlinson Center. This will give a structured approach to those ministers desiring to earn ministerial degrees from a diploma to an Associates, Baccelaureate, Masters or Doctoral degree. This will be accomplished by online study, in home extension classes, and localized schools.
All three portions of this program will rely on the anointing of the Holy Ghost as well as proper presentation.
I am hoping that as this develops, our ministry will accept my challenge to UPGRADE their ministry. God bless.
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