Pam Markey

Why should someone go to a missions training school?
I think a missions training school is necessary for those who feel called to the mission field. It is necessary for those who desire to be equipped and sent out.
A missions training program can provide principles for missions that have been gleaned from the experience of other missionaries. There is a great deal of information on missions available but that information takes on more value when it is applied and demonstrated in practical ways. The information received by the students in this setting can then be used as they establish themselves on the mission field.

Calvary Chapel Bible College Europe offers a Missions Training Program (MTP). Among the required courses for MTP is the Missions Leadership class in which various topics are covered in a discussion setting that will be of practical value to the students.

Some of the topics included are:

Challenges they will be facing on the mission field
Different roles of a missionary ie. as a pioneer, or in various supporting positions
Prayer
Spiritual warfare especially as it relates to being on the foreign mission field
Time is also given for language learning and cultural adjustment

I believe a missions training program, like the one offered through CCBCE, will send out people more prepared to face the challenges on the mission field and will therefore be more fruitful in reaching the nations in the Name of Jesus.