FTS TRAINING THEOLOGY

IN “FREE TO SERVE” WE STRIVE TO TRAIN OUR INDIGENOUS MISSIONARIES:

To be CHRIST-CENTERED and to operate BIBLE-CENTERED

To share the LOVE OF THE FATHER HEART OF GOD

To operate under the SENIOR PARTNERSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

To focus on the whole ECOSYSTEM in order to operate in a HOLISTIC MANNER

To FOCUS on the PERSON & NOT ON THE PRODUCT

To built life sharing and hope creating RELATIONSHIPS

To become LEARNERS prior to becoming TEACHERS

To LISTEN to people and OBSERVE their real needs

To IDENTIFY with the people in the mission field

To be CARING, SUPPORTIVE, SENSITIVE and RESPONSIVE to human needs

To live in SIMPLICITY and UNSELFISHNESS

To be FREE TO SERVE the people through SERVICE EVANGELISM

To GROW SPIRITUAL MATURE DISCIPLES OF JESUS

To GROW in LEADERSHIP through SERVICE-DEVELOPMENT

To serve in joint INTEGRATED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT operations between FREE TO SERVE, the SENDING CHURCHES and the INDIGENOUS MISSION CHURCHES

To DISCOVER GOD’S KEY to the specific CULTURE GROUPS & UTILIZE it through Service Evangelism under the senior partnership of the Holy Spirit.

To CONTEXTUALIZE the TEXT of the BIBLE into the CONTEXT of the specific culture group.

To imbed our TRAINING PROCESS in the intimacy and dynamics of the SMALL GROUP relationships.

To invest in a SOCIETY-INTEGRATED TRAINING MODEL rather than an EXTRACTION-TRAINING MODEL.

To TRAIN PRAYERFULLY

To build a strong sense of responsible & accountable TEAM WORK

In order to become more EFFECTIVE AMBASSADORS FOR JESUS CHRIST

"AD MAIOREM GLORIAM DEI"

(To even greater glory to God)

Copyright with FREE TO SERVE – 1995 – Dr Johann Snyman