MTI Intro Series: What are the Tracks? Blog post by Matt Larkin, MTI Program Coordinator The first two years are the core courses, then students choose a specific track. While every student going through the Ministry Training Program experiences the same core courses during the first two years, we offer ministry-specific training during the last […]
MTI Intro Series: What is a Mentor? Blog post by Matt Larkin, MTI Program Coordinator Mentors are the eyes and ears of the MTI program. As a competency based program, the Ministry Training Institute desires students to sincerely consider the various topics and concepts they are learning in our courses. Theological education is more than […]
MTI Celebrates First Graduates (L to R) Josh Alves, Ashley Bardsley, Isaac Bardsley, Matt Larkin, Glenn Rice On Sunday, we at MTI celebrated our first graduates! Isaac and Ashley Bardsley celebrated their completion of our 30-credit Ministry Endorsement program with their church family at Oak Hill Bible Church in Oxford, Massachusetts. This 30-credit hour program […]
MTI Intro Series: What is a Field Office? Blog post by Matt Larkin, MTI Program Coordinator Field Offices are Regional Touchpoints for the MTI Program As a program designed to support the local church in its crucial calling of leadership development, the Ministry Training Institute has established regional field offices in four different locations around […]
The Need for Leaders is Great Executive Director Steve Lawson As the end of August approaches, we see that the need to recruit more students for the Ministry Training Institute is vital. Through the pandemic, we have continued to lose pastors to retirement and to the struggles of trying to be a pastor in our […]
Remember to be Loving Executive Director Steve Lawson What should we do? Who should we believe or trust? These are questions that we all face in light of the pandemic and the rise in new COVID cases. Unfortunately, individuals have very strong opinions on the issues we face and have gotten brutal in their responses […]
Alton Bay Selects New Board Executive Director Steve Lawson This past weekend I had the privilege of attending the Alton Bay Camp annual meeting. On Friday evening, the board gathered and finished up items of business before the meeting and a new board would be selected. It has been a busy year working with this […]
Catherine Rybicki Hired for New MTI Position Over the last few years, the Ministry Training Institute (MTI) has seen a great deal of growth and development, even in its infancy. This program exists through the collaborative effort of ACGC, Berkshire Christian, and many other Advent Christian churches and ministries. Recently, as part of that development, […]
Berkshire Trustee Meetings and MTI Progress Pastor Tom Moe (Magnolia ACC) and Rev. Jesse Stevens Meetings have become a way of life for me in this position but now Zoom adds a new slant to going to meetings. The week before last, I participated in three days of Berkshire Christian trustee meetings. A great part […]
MTI Student Begins Interim Pastorate Wayne Dunn It has been such a blessing to see the Ministry Training Institute continue to grow and develop over the last two years. Matt Larkin and his team have done a great job of developing the courses and organizing the program even through the unexpected pandemic. The first-year students […]