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What's it all about? The name should say it: "Make Disciples Training Program." We are a group of Christians dedicated to training men and women to teach their neighbors about the soul-saving gospel. It's that simple. Training began in February 2018. Be sure to subscribe above to receive updates.
GOAL
The goal of MDTP is to help you develop a set of skills and boost your confidence for personal work and enable and excite you for the rest of your life about making disciples who grow, remain faithful, and make disciples.
PROGRAM
The training program is a 10-week program that works best in groups of 6-15 people. We can meet in church auditoriums, classrooms, or even in the lounges/living rooms of homes. The trainers will require full commitment of all students, as attendance of every class and homework every week are requirements of all students.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND HISTORY
Much of what MDTP is has been inspired by what the men at Fishers of Men Ministry have been doing since 1977. They have been training men and women for personal evangelism all over the world. MDTP is certainly not a competition of Fishers of Men. If anything, it is an outflowing. All of the original authors of MDTP have taken FOM and have encouraged scores of people to do the same. It is a fantastic program.
At the end of 2016, some Christians in New Zealand began to meet to discuss the future of evangelism training in New Zealand. Seeds of a worldwide disciple-making program were planted at those meetings. We wanted to see a training program that incorporated all of the good things from other programs we have seen, plus a few ideas of our own, all while implementing 21st century technology. The program was built for an entire year until it was first taught from February to April 2018 in Wellington, New Zealand.
The goal of MDTP is to help you develop a set of skills and boost your confidence for personal work and enable and excite you for the rest of your life about making disciples who grow, remain faithful, and make disciples.
PROGRAM
The training program is a 10-week program that works best in groups of 6-15 people. We can meet in church auditoriums, classrooms, or even in the lounges/living rooms of homes. The trainers will require full commitment of all students, as attendance of every class and homework every week are requirements of all students.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND HISTORY
Much of what MDTP is has been inspired by what the men at Fishers of Men Ministry have been doing since 1977. They have been training men and women for personal evangelism all over the world. MDTP is certainly not a competition of Fishers of Men. If anything, it is an outflowing. All of the original authors of MDTP have taken FOM and have encouraged scores of people to do the same. It is a fantastic program.
At the end of 2016, some Christians in New Zealand began to meet to discuss the future of evangelism training in New Zealand. Seeds of a worldwide disciple-making program were planted at those meetings. We wanted to see a training program that incorporated all of the good things from other programs we have seen, plus a few ideas of our own, all while implementing 21st century technology. The program was built for an entire year until it was first taught from February to April 2018 in Wellington, New Zealand.
Instructors
We currently have instructors in the United States and New Zealand.
We are also looking to increase the number of instructors for MDTP. If you are interested in becoming an instructor of MDTP, please contact us.
We are also looking to increase the number of instructors for MDTP. If you are interested in becoming an instructor of MDTP, please contact us.
John Jones: Director, Instructor
Henderson, Tennessee, USA
Henderson, Tennessee, USA
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John Jones and his wife Erin have three children: Anna, Lydia, and Luke. John works as a professor of Bible at Freed-Hardeman University. He graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor's Degree in Biblical Studies, a Master's Degree in New Testament in 2013, and a Master's Degree in Divinity in 2019 from Freed-Hardeman University. He and his family lived in Porirua, New Zealand as missionaries for six years.
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Lance Mosher: Director, Instructor
Porirua, New Zealand
Porirua, New Zealand
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Lance Mosher has been a Christian since August 2003. He married Kristen Rich in 2008 and began publicly preaching and teaching the same year. He earned his bachelor's degree in Fine Arts in 2009 and his master's degree in Ministry in 2011 from Freed-Hardeman University. He currently works as a full-time evangelist in Porirua, New Zealand, director of Bear Valley Bible Institute-New Zealand in Wellington, and worldwide trainer of Make Disciples Training Program. In addition to managing many Bible-related websites, he is also the author of Transformed: A Spiritual Journey, which is his story of faith told for evangelistic purposes. Lance and Kristen have two sons, Silas and Asher.
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Mark Reynolds: Instructor
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Memphis, Tennessee, USA