I stumbled across a crusty old list of training ideas for MTS apprentice training. I don't think I'd looked at the list for years, but it is a pretty good list. This is the kind of stuff you can do with a ministry apprentice (see more at mts.com.au) or even as the topic for a workshop at a conference. Here's what it has:
- Basic reading a Bible passage and discussing it together — at an MTS apprentice level.
- Discuss people you are ministering to (Christian, young Christian, trainee):
- What are you doing with them? What can you do for them practically? What can you learn from them? Where are they at spiritually? What's the next step forward for them? How might you help them get there?
- Contact evangelism: as above
- Do some cold contact evangelism and then debrief on it.
- Adopt a book of the Bible for a long period of time and study, discuss and read other books about this book. Listen to and critique sermons on this book. Whenever you have to do any Bible teaching stuff, try to do it from this book.
- Assess what role prayer has in your life and ministry.
- Check in on progress of reading whole Bible.
- Write and review a reading list of Christian, nonfiction and fiction books.
- Saying the Hard Things that need to be said.
- Ministry of the pew
- Different learing styles
- Critique different religions
- Ministry training philosophy and principles
- The doctrine of the atonement
- The doctrine of predestination
- Getting Things Done
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Manager Tools
- Duty of Care and Work Health and Safety and Privacy
- Basics of managing finances for a ministry
- Ecclesiology
- How to do one to one ministry
- How to lead small groups
- How to do follow up
- Review different evangelistic courses
- Men and women in ministry
- Work in a team
- DiSC profile/Myers-Briggs
- Friendship in ministry
- When something's worth doing it's worth doing badly — when it's right to take shortcuts
- Counselling
- Church size barriers
- Ministry to children, youth, young adults, mothers, workers, middle-aged, elderly, sick
- Music ministry
- Diaconal ministry
- Sexual ethics
- Church and culture
- Political theology
- Biblical theology and systematic theology
- Visit other churches and critique
- Why plant churches
- Rest and holidays and pacing yourself
- Gospel-driven godliness
- Church discipline
- Exegesis — perhaps using something like How to read the Bible for all it's worth
- Politics and the English language
- Denominational distinctives: even attend a denominational meeting
- Time use assessment (write down every half hour for 1 working week how you are spending your time and then analyse)
- Delegation
- Coaching
- Reflect on your trainer's ministry style
- Preacing, clarity, gesture, posture, vocal use, illustrations, rhetoric
- New Testament Greek
- Post college plans
- Christian heresies
- Science and faith
- Technology and ministry
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