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Bend, Oregon— Over thirty churches across the nation have launched their own Ministry Training Institutes this fall using our Ambassador Series curriculum and practicum sessions. This equates to over six hundred excited disciples who are truly being equipped to reproduce themselves in preparation for marketplace ministry. The Bend, Oregon Ministry Training Institute was capped at sixty student ministers this year to ensure an ideal mentoring ratio. We have discovered that we can only effectively mentor our students based on a one-to-five ratio—one well-trained, Spirit-filled leader to every five disciples. We accomplish this by appointing two leaders and an apprentice to oversee and train a practicum group of ten student ministers. The thirty-six week institute encompasses studying seventy-two jam-packed lessons and learning six personal, hands-on ministry skills that include ministering to others in the power and supernatural revelation of the Holy Spirit. Our book, Doing What Jesus Did is the practicum guide that ties everything together. We are entering our twelfth year of providing this kind of ministry training that pays dividends in the personal lives of Christians for years to come. ♥
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