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This on-the-job approach in pastoral training, equips people who have a spiritual vocation to live as dynamic and productive servants of God during the training.
• The program puts you on a journey of spiritual, evangelistic, relational, discipleship, and ministerial developments to form five lifetime practices that will translate your ministry calling into a productive spiritual vocation: Soaking In God's presence; living for a higher purpose; support for life and dream; overflowing blessings and success; and, serving God in the spirit.
• Your progress and performance on these areas are assessed for graduation. A transcript of your progress is kept in the dean's office for future reference.
Work Days & Leave
The on-the-job training schedule resembles the working life of a pastor.
• Five 8-hour working days in a week (Tuesday to Saturday), inclusive of teaching sessions.
• Candidates, Trainees and Ministry Assistants are reportable to the dean on their time management.
• Saturday night is for prayer and preparation for Praise Celebration and other ministries held on Sunday.
• Monday is a day of rest and refresh.
• Fourteen days of annual leave subjected to approval are given. Leave must not clash with teaching sessions and special events. Application of leave must be made fourteen days beforehand. No leave may be carried forward to the following year.
• Emergency leave can be granted immediately as to the nature of urgency.
Soaking In God's presence
Personal spiritual fitness is kept by walking with God daily in meditating of God's Word and prayers. Regular attendance of the following is required.
• Apostolic Intercession on Tuesday 9:00-10:30 a.m.
• Pastoral Intercession on Wednesday to Friday 9:00-10:30 a.m.
• Church Prayer on Friday 8:00-10:30 p.m.
• Praise Celebration on Sunday 9:00-11:30 a.m. & 5:00-7:30 p.m.
• A Day in the Secret Place on some public holidays
• Prayer Drives on two selected public holidays
By regularly soaking in God's presence you develop an exclusive relationship with Christ as a serious follower who loves Him above self, others, and practices. You can see your close friendship with Christ, founded on love and proven in faithfulness, opens up a heavenly channel of revelations, overflowing blessings, and habitation of God's presence.
Living for a Higher Purpose
Live for the Great Commission daily and devote much time on evangelism.
• Develop a heart of treasuring the unsaved and win them with the gospel. Intercede constantly for open doors, community transformation, and individuals whom you have befriended.
• Start a Discovery Cell and develop it into a Fellowship Cell to establish a Discipleship Cell for mentoring soul-winning disciples to generate spiritual multiplication. Conduct more Discovery Cells and seeker activities to reach your goal quickly.
• Submit your progress on evangelism for the monthly tabulation.
• Plan and conduct two yearly outreach projects, each in the Harvest Season and the Christmas Season.
• All candidates, trainees, and Ministry Assistants should attend the Vision Day held on alternate months on a Saturday 5:00 p.m.
pastoral development
Pastoral leadership is a relational development in view of forming a team to take the world for Christ. Your developing of a Discovery Cell into a Fellowship Cell and establishing it into a Discipleship Cell will give you a vision team of twelve soul-winning disciples to support your leadership and dreams.
• Move diligently towards a Section of 144 persons to produce numerical spiritual multiplication.
• Discharge faithfully all the responsibilities of Cell and Section. Conduct sectional reunion for the harvest seasons.
• Teach the Discipleship Program 100 after attending a course on teaching the program.
Pastoral leadership involves giving godly influence to the people under your pastoral care.
• Mobilize people to work effectively for the vision and to relate with one another in holy affection.
• Demonstrate self-motivation, effective planning, and productive handling of works. Be decisive, diligent, sacrificial, faithful, dependable, and creative.
• Exercise open communication with higher leadership, fellow workers, and members.
• Hold the image of a minister of God (in conduct, speech, and dressing as fit godliness), a mature person (as loving, wise, and trustworthy) and a spiritual leader (be a godly example and ministry-model) (see 1 Timothy 4:12; 2:9).
curriculum & assignments
The Pastoral Program conducts two to four days of teaching monthly (10:45 am-12:30 pm & 8:00 pm-10:00 p m). Full attendance is necessary.
• Bible Knowledge: Interpreting scriptures; References & tools; Old Testament survey; New Testament survey; Some books of the Bible.
• Christian Belief: Revelation; Scriptures; God; Son of God; Holy Spirit; Angels; Satan & Demons; Man; Sin; Salvation; End time.
• Pastoral Seminars: Health & healing; Deliverance; Boy-girl relationship; Marriage preparation; Relationship management; Personal management; Study & career guidance; Counseling; Crisis counseling; Manage stress & rest.
• Leadership Seminars: Communication skills; Mobilizing people; Handling difficult behaviors; Leadership skills; Manage difficult situations.
• Important Skills: Basic musical training; Basic vocal training; Leading worship; English & writing; Word processor.
• Discipleship Program 100: A course on teaching the program.
• Apostolic Program 500: Attend fully the program, two times during your pastoral training.
• Reading Assignment: Completion of reading three contemporary publications on each of the five areas of equipping (a total of 15 titles) from the recommended titles.
ministerial development
Pastoral ministry is basically serving in the spirit and requires you to operate your spiritual senses to work with the Holy Spirit competently.
• Be proficient in receiving and understanding inner witness, promptings of the Holy Spirit, inner voice, word of knowledge, word of wisdom, prophecy, discerning of spirits, dreams, and visions. Be proficient also in ministering healing, miracles, restoration, deliverance, revelation, godly counsel, and transformation.
Pastoral ministry is by nature a multitasking work. Multitasking is part of your pastoral training. You can offer your loving service to the church in some of the following areas.
• Announcer: Welcoming, making announcement, taking offering.
• Songs & music: Worship leader, guitarist, bassist, drummer, keyboardist, pianist, singer, backup singer.
• Sound & recording: Mixing and control, recording of messages, recording of prophecies, equipments, servicing & replacements, electrical, electricity.
• Projection: Designing and managing slides, projectionist, maintaining LCD projector.
• Logistics & security: Controlling air conditioning, supplying drinking water (dispenser, cups), security during meetings, opening and closing of meeting place, taking attendance.
• Ushering & serving: Greeters (newcomers, senior citizens, special guests, car parking, umbrella service), bulletins for new visitors (sufficient bulletins, envelopes, welcome cards), catchers, preparing and serving Holy Communion.
• Cleanliness & maintenance: Meeting place, office, air conditioners, chairs, furniture, pantry, toilets.
• Administration: Accounts, tax, correspondence, emails, database management, backing up computer data, planner 2008, counting offerings, banking, payroll, assisting in financial planning, costing.
• Productivity tabulation: Sectional-progression and productivity, membership data, membership card.
• Publicity: Website design, website construction, website updates.
• Publication: Graphic design, typography, copywriting, assistance in editorial, proof reading, production of outlines, assistance in research.
• Production & sales: Course books, audio CDs, chord book, updates, stock check.
• Discipleship Program: Organizer, instructor, taking attendance.
• Apostolic Program: Organizer, publicity, registration, course books, sales, transportation, laundry, logistics, leading worship, musicians, singers, sound control, lightings, recording, invigilators, attendance, making certificates, accounts, banking, payments, lodging, immigration, air ticketing, photographers, city tour, etc.
• Children cells: Outreach, teachers' training, helper.
• Conducting baptisms: Water baptism, baptism in the Spirit.
• Ceremonial duties: Wedding, funeral.
• Discipleship Homes: Warden, house leader.
• Organizing meeting: Vision Day, Seeker Gatherings, Video Sessions, co-ordination.
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