About the MTS
Your plumber and electrician started their careers as an apprentice. The twelve apostles started their careers ‘as fishers of men’ as apprentices.
MTS (Ministry Training Strategy) is an apprenticeship program for people heading into a career of fulltime Christian ministry.
MTS is a nation wide strategy for raising up (under the Sovereign hand of God) a whole new generation of ministers of the gospel who will do the work of evangelism, planting and pastoring churches.
The training is a ‘hands on’ program where trainees learn principles and skills “on the job” as they work with qualified trainers.
The training is normally for two years and is ideal preparation for formal theological study.
MTS is training in the ministry of the gospel. Some training you can do in a classroom, but for Christian ministry training happens on the job with people.
The trainee is set up with groups of people (like a Bible Study group, or a school group, or whatever) and are asked to minister the gospel in that context.
The idea is that by working at evangelism, Bible teaching and prayer, trainees experience first hand, the power of God saving people and building his church. Along the way, they learn all kinds of attitudes and skills – like being a servant, working in a team, running church meetings, maintaining their own spiritual life, and learning how to think Biblically about ministry.
The work of training men and women to serve Christ is ultimately God’s work. Therefore, MTS needs your prayers.
All Saints provides scholarships for full time training, (although some trainees will be self-supported.) The work also needs your financial support to continue offering scholarships for training.
The scholarships provide a basic living allowance, some expenses and training costs – and are valued around $15,000 pa per trainee.
The goal of MTS is to equip evangelists, church planters and pastors for a lifetime of gospel work. These men and women are the future leaders of churches and other ministries.
Some MTS graduates work in the Anglican system, others are Baptists and Presbyterians – while others work apart from the mainstream denominations – in independent churches, on university campuses, and so on. Some are local and others interstate and overseas.
