Tag: training

Training revisited

I recently exchanged some correspondence via Evangelicals Now’s letters to the editor with John Brand, the Principal of Edinburgh Bible College). You can read his original letter here, my response here and his comeback here. I was tempted to respond in detail  and in fact, drafted something but realised there was little benefit in a… Continue reading Training revisited

An open response to an open letter in Evangelicals Now about training future pastors

This first appeared as a letter in Evangelicals Now here. Evangelicals Now have recently published an open letter from John Brand, principal of Edinburgh Bible College. It’s addressed to “church leaders training men for ministry.”  Well, that kind of sounds like me, so I hope that John and EN will accept an open letter in… Continue reading An open response to an open letter in Evangelicals Now about training future pastors

Spotting and developing potential leaders

How do we identify potential future leaders in the church?   A lot has been made of the “Blokes Worth Watching” approach associated with Philip Jenkins, Sydney Anglicans and ministry schemes in the early years of this century. This has been seen both positively and negatively with on the one hand, many in conservative evangelical circles… Continue reading Spotting and developing potential leaders

Training Elders

Tim Suffield writes here on the importance of training elders.  I don’t really have much to add to what he has to say.  I agree with him that we should train and equip all elders at a church, whether they are on staff or not. I agree with him that this is not first and… Continue reading Training Elders

How do you know? – Training Course

One of the aims of Faithroots is to provide accessible and practical training for Gospel work. You can find out the different options for training with us on our training pages here. I’m currently working on developing and updating our online training materials. The first tranche of materials are available with workbooks and videos. These… Continue reading How do you know? – Training Course

Training for Gospel competencies

I’ve argued that we need a different approach to Gospel training if we are to see workers equipped to go into the neediest areas.  One aspect of this is the need to start from outcomes and think about the types of competencies we are looking for in Gospel workers.  A competency is an area of… Continue reading Training for Gospel competencies

Clone wars … when preachers sound the same

On Friday I wrote about whether or not Christian publishers should be putting new books out there when the topic concerned has already been covered helpfully and sufficiently by another book.  This was in response to this tweet from my friend Alistair Chalmers. One of Alistair’s main reasons was that he observed as he read,… Continue reading Clone wars … when preachers sound the same

Why we need a radically different approach to Gospel Training

You will know by now, that I’ve been passionately arguing for -and practically working towards a different approach to training for Gospel ministry.  So, I was interested to see this comment recently from church planter, Jonny Pollock. I believe that Jonny is working in a more rural context in Ireland, so it is fascinating to… Continue reading Why we need a radically different approach to Gospel Training