The first PTI class "Bible Study Methods and Rules of Interpretation" was held this past April. We were blessed to spend five days together in deep study of the course material.
Stay tuned for updates about the next class.
To extend basic non-formal theological training to the world's untrained pastors and church leaders.
Concept and curriculum is designed for the specific purpose of providing basic Bible training for national pastors and church leaders that will adequately and effectively equip them with the necessary knowledge and practical skills for the work of local church ministry. Most PTI students have not been to Bible college or seminary. The focus of the training is on pastors and church leaders becoming more like Jesus Christ in character, conduct, and conversation.
A practical equipping and training ministry. Co-laboring with implementing ministry partners, our goal is to impact the local church in terms of spiritual growth by equipping and training pastors and church leaders.
Providing the "irreducible minimum" for educating pastors and church leaders in basic Bible knowledge and practical ministry skills.
Equipping and training pastors and church leaders to handle and use the Word of God properly and productively in their preaching, teaching and counseling ministry.
Encouraging the personal spiritual growth of pastors and church leaders toward maturity in Christ.
Enabling pastors and church leaders to equip and train others to do the work of ministry.
Exhorting pastors and church leaders to personal obedience and application.
The PASTORAL TRAINING INSTITUTE is designed as a “church-based” equipping and training ministry, not a formal educational institution. The training we provide can be described as “non-formal” equipping for ministry. Practical understanding and implementation of Bible knowledge and ministry skills is the objective—not academic knowledge, credentials, or achievement.
The focus of the PASTORAL TRAINING INSTITUTE manuals is on biblical principles, truths and concepts, not facts and the accumulation of knowledge. An underlying premise in developing the materials is that the content has been reduced to an “irreducible minimum” taking a “bottom line” approach, i.e. if in practice pastors and leaders do not need to know something or cannot use it, then that has been omitted. Obviously, subjective selectivity was involved in the process.
The basic teaching/learning process utilized in the PASTORAL TRAINING INSTITUTE is best described as an “ongoing process of assimilation” of knowledge and skills in a relational/interactive context without the use of traditional testing/measuring devices (i.e. – exams, term papers, etc.). The students hear, see, study and personally practice what they are learning via class time, review and re-statement, the study/reading periods and their ministry involvements. Question and answer times at the end of individual class sessions or the day are often used to confirm learning. The first 11 pages of each manual should be referenced for further guidance on how to approach teaching each course.
Student motivation comes not from grade point averages, or fear of failure on exams, but instead from a of personal desire to be biblically equipped and trained for effective pastoral ministry.
Without written permission the PASTORAL TRAINING INSTITUTE program cannot be taken in part but must be accepted in its entirety with course manuals, an approved Study Bible, philosophy, concept and methodology. Material cannot be deleted or added nor can other educational/academic requirements be imposed. No other textbooks, handouts or library resource materials are used in the PASTORAL TRAINING INSTITUTE. These restrictions are necessary to ensure the integrity of the program, the purity of the teaching, and the transferability of the content.
The curriculum is uniquely Bible-centered, using an approved Study Bible as its main textbook for English applications, along with 10 custom designed, self-contained, and comprehensive course manuals providing the equivalent of a foundational level Bible college/seminary education. The courses are interrelated and integrated. The 10 course manuals and an approved Study Bible will provide an ongoing resource/research library for the pastor or church leader in his ministry.
The PASTORAL TRAINING INSTITUTE is the full course of study of all ten manuals, which is designed for men who are called as pastors, lay pastors, church planters, missionaries, evangelists, elders or deacons. The curriculum makers will not allow pastoral level teaching for women, so this course is for men only.
Total: 520 hours (plus 200-300 hours of study, reading, and assignments)
1. Bible Study Methods & Rules of Interpretation 40 hours
2. Old Testament Survey 60 hours
3. New Testament Survey 60 hours
4. Preaching Biblical Messages & Pastoral Ministry 60 hours
5. Bible Doctrine Survey 60 hours
6. Personal Spiritual Life 40 hours
7. Church Ministry/Administration/Education 40 hours
8. Teaching Principles & Methods 40 hours
9. Church History Survey 60 hours
10. Missions/Evangelism/Discipleship 60 hours
If you would like more information or have any questions, please let us know!
