Missions Training 201

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”  – Jesus
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…” – Jesus

PW Mission Statement:  To offer a community atmosphere, alongside long- term missionaries, for discipleship and hands-on training in foreign missions in order to give believers a foundation in God’s word and knowledge of God’s mission to this world.  In this we stand in partnership with – and as a voice to – the global body of Christ in order to share in the biblical commission to develop disciples with a missional life.

“In short –  Potter’s Wheel is an intensive six-month training school located outside of Quito, Ecuador, designed to train up missionaries and to give a foundation in God’s Word (the Bible) and God’s mission to this world” Sandi Youngren, PW Facilitator

Strengths of the Program

Mentoring Approach – Mentoring is an important asset to the learning and discipleship process. PW students are personally mentored by the staff of Compassion Connection.

Academics – To give the student information, skills, and tools that prepare and equip them to live as disciples with a mission.

Hands-on Training – The ability to apply what is learned through the context of local outreach and ministry.  What is learned in the classroom is then immediately observed and put into practice on the field.

Community Living – Living in community challenges the mindset of living to please one’s self.  The struggles and triumphs of living closely in community make us aware of our individual need for and responsibility to the Body of Christ.

“Potter’s Wheel is a time of learning and growing in the ways that every Christian is biblically instructed to.  The setting is intimate, the classes are challenging, the missional training is intentional, providing opportunities to sharpen cultural understanding and to broaden one’s world view.  The discipleship is cause for much honesty and introspection, and living in an atmosphere of community intensifies the need for the centrality of Christ in the lives of believers.”

Students depart as missionaries who know what it means to live a missional life that is grounded in the word of God.  Students also leave with the challenge to be a supportive and effective member of the body of Christ whether living in their home country or living in a foreign one.

Upcoming Term:

July 5 – December 17, 2010

For Informational Packet and Application contact: sandi@compassionconnection.net

Goals For Potter’s Wheel Students

The student will:

• See the character of Christ formed in their life.
• Receive cultural understanding and practical training.
• Receive a strong foundation in the study of God’s word.
• Be exposed to a lifestyle of giving personal time and ministry.
• Learn to identify their own culture’s influence in their lives in light of kingdom culture.
• Value living, sharing, working and ministering together in community.
• Develop a discipleship lifestyle spiritually, physically, and mentally, no matter what country God places them in – their own or a foreign one.

Potter’s Wheel Ministry Involvement

• Students participate with all aspects of ministry developed by Compassion Connection staff.
• Students are encouraged to build relationships both in and around the CC base neighborhood as well as in the Napo Jungle region where CC is involved with bible training and church planting.
• Students partake in a two week home stay with an Ecuadorian family.
• Students travel to the Napo Jungle region monthly for a three day stay with their host family following the home stay.
• Students are involved with the local church.
• Students are involved with all local outreaches.
• Students participate in “M101 Boot Camp” as leaders and staff.

Potter’s Wheel Course Work
Four days a week –  two courses studied daily.  These include:

• “Perspectives on the World Christian Movement”  Ralph Winter & Steven Hawthorne
• Spanish Acquisition
• Inductive Bible Study
• Principles of Interpretation
• Doctrine and Theology
• Old Testament Survey
• New Testament Survey

Potter’s Wheel  Discipleship Themes
The first hour of each week day is spent together in prayer and on practical discipleship themes. These are the topics that are covered

• Servanthood and the Body of Christ
• The Gospel Defined
• Biblical Masculinity and Femininity
• The Bible and Time
• The Bible and Work Ethic & Finances
• Holiness and Godly Character Defined
• Biblical Approach to Sin
• The Body of Christ
• Emotional Maturity and the Believer
• Biblical Understanding of Boundaries
• Bible and Family

Join us in Quito, Ecuador for an amazing six months working alongside long term missionaries, joining our team as we reach the lost, plant churches in unreached areas, and help those that need the love of Christ!

Upcoming Term:

July 5 – December 17, 2010

For Informational Packet and Application contact: sandi@compassionconnection.net