CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION - We offer a two-year program of study integrating five cores of academic study: Bible Survey, Applied Discipleship, Church Life, Ministry Skills, and Leadership. Each of the thirty-six courses is designed as a unique six hour immersion training experience.

WORK-SERVICE - An additional core, the Work-Service Core, is an applied skills program of study. It requires two hours of mentored, on-the-job training each week in one of the ministry arms of the local church.

BIBLE REQUIREMENTS - Over the two-year program, each student will memorize 72 selected verses from Scripture plus read and complete a Devotional Workbook on the entire Bible.

Each of the above requirements are an integral part of the program of study, therefore a prerequisite for graduation. Graduates of the School of Ministry will have successfully completed 470 hours of combined classroom and applied skills training, plus over 500 hours in devotional study of the Bible, certainly an achievement of which any student could rightfully be proud.

OBJECTIVE OF THE SCHOOLS:

"To equip the saints for the work of ministry"

• To assist each believer in discovering, developing, and deploying their spiritual gifts and ministries.
   
• To supply the Kingdom of God with a dedicated core of well-trained workers.

TIME CONSIDERATIONS FOR A LOCAL SCHOOL OF MINISTRY:

• School meets one evening a week - 6:30pm to 9:30 pm
   
• Three courses are offered each session
   
• There are six weeks per session
   
• Six sessions per school year
   
• Normal holidays off (Thanksgiving, Christmas/New Year's, and Easter)
   
• Summers off