TRINITY PASTORS’ COLLEGE3. If you can answer yes to these questions please write / email the TPC...
Transcript of TRINITY PASTORS’ COLLEGE3. If you can answer yes to these questions please write / email the TPC...
• Has God called you to preach the gospel?
• Do you recognise your need of deep training in the Scriptures in order to preach faithfully?
• Do you lament the sad spiritual level of many churches in Kenya because of poor and even false preaching?
• If your answer is ‘Yes’ then the TPC is designed for you!
Contact details:
Postal address: Trinity Baptist Church, P. O. Box 57907, 00200 Nairobi
Telephone (church office): 0728 431 067
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.trinity.or.ke
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What is special about Trinity Pastors’ College?
• You do much study at home so that you do not have to leave your family or ministry while you study
• All of Scripture is studied, with an emphasis on doctrine, to equip you to expound Scripture faithfully, clearly and powerfully by God’s grace
• We teach historic Christianity as summarized in the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith
• The studies are under the oversight of a local church, Trinity Baptist Church, Nairobi
• Students from the three years study together so that first years can get help and encouragement from those ahead of them
• High standard of theology attempted, based on Westminster Theological Seminary
What is the stated purpose of TPC? “To be the means under God to train pastors for local churches who rule well by labouring in preaching and teaching (1 Timothy 5:17)”. This includes being well grounded in all Biblical doctrines (Titus 1:9), knowing the principles of Biblical exposition, and so be able to refute false teaching and build people up in the true faith.
- Elly Achok (2010-2012), Pastor of Gospel Missions Agency, Mumias
The Curriculum:
Year One:
A. New Testament Greek (optional) B. Doctrine (1) – Scripture C. Doctrine (2) – God D. Church History (1) – Apostolic, Early Church and Early Middle Ages E. New Testament (1) – Gospels and Acts F. Doctrine (3) – Man and Sin G. Church History (2) – Late Medieval and Reformation H. Apologetics
Year Two:
I. New Testament (2) – Pauline Letters J. Exegesis and Bible Study K. Preaching L. Old Testament (1) – History and Theology M. Doctrine (4) – Christ: Salvation Planned and Accomplished N. Doctrine (5) – The Holy Spirit: Salvation Applied and Finished O. Church History (3)- Puritan and Modern P. New Testament (3) – General Letters and Revelation Q. Old Testament (2) – Prophets
Year Three:
R. Research Papers S. Doctrine (6) – Ethics: The Christian Life T. Church History (4) – Missions, Africa and Kenya U. Doctrine (7) – The Church V. Old Testament (3) – Poets W. Evangelism and Missions X. Doctrine (8) – Eschatology Y. Cults and Other Religions Z. Pastoral Theology
History: In 1980 Keith Underhill received a plea from the Church of Christ in Africa in Kisumu to help train men for its churches. Trainees were going to overseas institutions but would never return to serve in the church. Because he was only able to be in Kisumu for a few days each month the studies were of necessity largely self-study. The course was started in Nairobi as well, and over the years more than 100 men have participated in the PTC. More than 60 continue to be involved in the ministry of preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ in various places in Kenya, and even outside. We are now in the process of setting up a Board and renaming it Trinity Pastors’ College (TPC).
Faculty: Those who have taught 2014-2016 include:
• Oliver Allmand-Smith – Pastor of Trinity Grace Church, Ramsbottom (UK)
• Martin Grubb – Former pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Charlesworth (UK)
• Ryan Devine – Pastor of Riverside Baptist Church, Los Angeles (USA)
• Geoffrey Thomas – Retired pastor of Alfred Place Baptist Church, Aberystwyth (UK)
• Stephen Turner – Retired pastor from New Zealand
• Keith Underhill – Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Nairobi (Kenya)
The method of study: You come to Nairobi 6 times each year for 3 years. You spend 8 days (Wednesday to Wednesday), with 6 days of lectures, and the weekend in order to participate in the local church. You do much self-study at home, reading and answering questions, at least 20 hours a week.
1997 2007 2012
Cost:
We only charge you Kshs. 6,000 a year, i.e. 1,000 each time you come. We expect you to fund your own transport. A scholarship may be available upon request. You will be lodged at the Trinity Baptist Church premises and all food is provided. We also make available the necessary books (printed and electronic) as well as photocopied material.
Application: 1. As you think about this course of study we ask you to put the following
questions to yourself – Are you sure God has called you to preach the gospel? Is your local church convinced of this?
2. Are you preaching, and have you seen any fruit? Are you able and willing to give 3 years to serious study? Are you willing to do this without receiving a recognized certificate (we are considering if this may be possible in the future)?
3. If you can answer yes to these questions please write / email the TPC Co-ordinator with an application letter, a letter of recommendation from your local church, and a copy of your KSCE / degree certificate and any other
post-secondary education.
4. We will consider if we would like you to join the TPC, and if so, will send you an application form.
" Imagine meeting someone, you kind of hit it off immediately
and get chatting and laughing, really enjoying each other’s
company without really bothering to get to know each other.
Then someone comes along and asks you “Who’s this man you
are with? Do you know his name, his background, his worth”
Imagine the bewilderment, even embarrassment of having to
mutter and stutter, not knowing what to say in response. This
example closely mirrors my experience at the PTC. Here I was
introduced to the Bible, MY BIBLE, a book I had interacted with
almost all my life. Born in a professing Christian family, begun
preaching while in high school and pastoring at age 23, I knew
that the Bible is the word of God, but did I? How and why is
the Bible God’s word, what are the implications of that, to my
life, my faith and my preaching. How am I to approach it, rightly
divide and apply it? Walking with a “strange” Bible in hand
meant that I had no functional theology, no knowledge of the
Biblical gospel and no Christian life to talk about. As a result
I had imbibed and propagated the false wealth and health/
prosperity gospel, got deeply entrenched in the errors and
excesses of the Pentecostal-Charismatic movement etc. In my
3 years at the PTC, I met and learnt under godly, Biblical men,
whose example of faithfulness to and passion for the scriptures
not only steered me to a true understanding of the gospel, but
also instilled in me an attitude of utmost trust in the scriptures.
At the PTC I didn’t just learn theology, I found the Bible, it was
opened to me and in it I found the gospel, the gospel which
saved my soul and which I now preach to the saving of other
souls".
Barnabas
“PTC was to me and will be to every new student an
inoculation (vaccination) against all sorts of false teachings”
Joshua Sitet
Testimonials
- Joseph Mucheru (2010-2012), Pastor Trinity Baptist Church, Miathene
“I wish to register my deep appreciation for the wonderful
teaching given to pastors and other ministers of the gospel at
the TBC PTC. The teachings are well organized carrying the
students from shallow understanding of the word of God to
depth in the truth.
I personally have gained very much. Before I joined the PTC I
thought I knew how to preach, but when I was trained in the
college, I came to realize that I have been preaching a mess to
my shame.
So it was in the college where I learned not only the truth, but
also extracting the truth from the word of God, and putting it
into a sermon or a topic in which I feed the flock. Indeed the
congregation has benefited much from this and therefore we
are growing spiritually.
My prayer is that God may bless the college and all who work
there that they may continue to prepare more workers of the
Gospel as they prepared me and my fellow pastors that the
truth be preached in all the world.”
Joseph Mucheru
- Joshua Sitet (2000-2002), Kasei Trinity Baptist Church, West Pokot
“The course was an eye-opener for me and this has enabled
me to preach Biblical messages as opposed to before when
I used to put my mind into the scriptures, now I let the text
speak for itself. This has blessed the work and enabled me to
study the Word of God more and more!”
Eric Ngala Mutumbi
Barnabas Kuogo Olare (2012-2014), Pastor of Gospel Missions Agency, Mombasa.
- Eric Ngala (2007-2010), Pastor Africa Inland Church, Bumala