Training Pastors

Picture this: a group of pastors sitting around a table in the beautiful mountains of Granby, Colorado, sharing coffee, stories, and the kind of honest conversations that rarely happen in the busyness of ministry life. For four days, these church leaders stepped away from their daily responsibilities to invest in themselves, their calling, and each other.

One of the greatest legacies we can leave is to mentor the next generation of pastors, guiding them through the fears and uncertainties that attend the call.

If you received the call to ministry later in life, you actually have a great advantage.

We have data to prove that our training method helps pastors lead churches to new life and new groth.

My fellow laborer and servant in Christ, Thank you for your kind words concerning my humble gift to God's Holy Church, De Doctrina...

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