Preaching Training Course
“Follow me, I will make you fishers of Men” (Mt.4:15). Jesus gave this penetrating command and promise to his very first couple of disciples. And Paul addressed Timothy as he passed on to him the mantle of the great gospel deposit ‘Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.’ (2 Tim.2:15)
This need for ‘approved workers’ is more critical today than ever in the Church. And the Lord is still giving this invitation to anyone who would, to come after him and be ‘made’ by the means of His Word, into an instrument to fulfill His purpose for and through His Church.
This course simply seeks to contribute to meet this need.
Content
| Level 1 (1st year) | Level 2 ( 2nd Year) | |
| Objective | Exposing and modeling how to expose the Gospel from the Bible according to different genres. | Equipping Students with the practicalities of Word ministry in the Context of Rwanda. |
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Term 1: January – June |
– The authority of the Scriptures – Gospel Frames – How to Study New Testament Letters – Book Study: Romans |
How to preach New Testament Letters
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| Term 2: March-June |
– Bible Overview – How to study Old testament Narratives – Book study: Exodus |
How to preach Old Testament Narratives |
| Term 3: July- September |
– How to study Old Testament Prophecy – Book study: Isaiah
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How to preach Old Testament Prophecy |
| Term 4: October- December |
– How to study the Gospels – Book study: John’s Gospel |
How to preach New Testament Gospels |
Class days:
- Weekend Classes: Friday 17h30 to 21h00 and Saturday 8h30 to 13h00.
- Two weekends each month, generally the 2nd and 3rd weekend of the month.
- Mid-Weeks activities includes men’s and women’s Bible studies on selected days.
- Application open till 30th October 2022.
Testimonials
I joined PTW (which later on came to be WIM) after campus. From the very first classes I was very excited to be part of it because I was eager to learn and to know more of Christ; not only to learn but also for my life to be changed through it all.
That has indeed been my experience throughout this year. I can summarize one aspect that impacted me most. I have discovered how God’s wisdom surpasses ours: what we like to call basics of the Gospel are in fact the essentials and deep doctrines which are hard to correctly grasp though most of the time we are tempted to think we know them. Sometimes when a truth which you already know (like say FAITH) is spoken, you feel like saying; “let’s jump this, we all know that, let’s talk about something more profound and sophisticated”. That’s what comes to our carnal mind full of pride. It sometimes happened to me but my prayer was always to overcome such evil thoughts because I knew it would happen so, my mind was at war.
I eventually came to realize the Gospel is not like the newspaper which expires just after it is read. Rather, it is always new, amazing, interesting, challenging. All this is because the Gospel is not our story, it is God’s story and since it is His, it surpasses us and probes us so deep we never get fed up with it. I thank God Almighty for giving me opportunity to be a part of WIM classes in the first year and I hope for further and greater grace in this second year.