‘Preparation For Mission’
A six month intensive training programme based in
King’s Community Church, Southampton, UK.
The Vision
Here in KCC we have a passion to extend the kingdom of God among the nations, and so to fulfill our part in the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.
The vision behind this training programme is to connect with people, especially internationals, who have a similar passion to serve the Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe we can help equip such people with both a Biblical understanding of the purposes of God in the earth, and also with practical ministry skills with which to lead churches, plant new churches and take the gospel cross culturally to unreached people groups.
We want to help people, especially internationals, to extend the kingdom of God through such means as care for the poor, education, business etc, and also through self sufficiency projects such as micro enterprise, farming etc.
 This training will not just be classroom study, but will take place in the context of a dynamic growing local church, in which it will be possible to gain 'hands on' experience in various activities to practically develop various ministry skills.
Also this training will provide an opportunity to connect up with an experienced missionary minded church which will partner and support viable and godly kingdom and church planting initiatives among the nations.
In December 2009 KCC's International Training Centre was accredited by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education.
More about Kings Community Church
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KCC started in the early 1980's and now over 600 people regularly attend on a Sunday. The church occupies its own purpose built facilities in Hedge End near Southampton, UK and is currently in the process of developing a new 1300 seater auditorium.
Mainly through the senior pastor, Martyn Dunsford, KCC has been engaged with international mission for more than 20 years, serving in over 30 different nations focussing in Europe both east and west, the middle east, Russia and its former republics, the far east, and various African nations.
KCC is a member church of Newfrontiers, headed up by Terry Virgo, a worldwide family of churches with an apostolic vision for the nations. Martyn works in various teams within Newfrontiers, particularly responsible to David Devenish, a senior apostolic ministry in Newfrontiers.
This work has given us international experience preaching the gospel cross culturally, teaching the word of God and training up leaders, establishing new churches on strong foundations, providing fathering relationships to church leaders, raising up apostolic teams to plant more churches, reaching unreached people groups and resourcing international mission generally.
Ministry with the poor is a high priority for us and through our children's charity Care & Relief for the Young (CRY) we support a range of caring works in over 20 nations. More recently we have been engaged in self sufficiency for the poor through small business start ups through our new foundation 'Seed'.
Through our International Training we want to help equip and provide opportunities, especially for internationals with the call of God on their lives, to extend the kingdom of God and play their part in fulfilling the Great Commission.
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Who is it for?
This training specifically provides for internationals from abroad who have a clear call on their lives to serve God. They should have a passion to extend the kingdom of God, have leadership potential and have a capacity for hard work.
It is geared especially towards those who lack opportunities in their home context and who would have difficulty in accessing quality training which would adequately prepare them for Christian service.
It will also provide a useful foundation for those in the UK, or other similar nations, who are planning to get involved in international mission.
All applicants should be committed to a local church and be commended for this course by its leadership. They need to have at least intermediate level English ability and will be expected to complete assessments tests to demonstrate their ability to handle the course.
Aspects of the training will include:
- orientation in the UK
- intensive English language study (with ongoing lessons throughout the duration of the course)
- Church leadership and ministry training. This will be divided into 3 main areas of study:
> 25 % theological including:
· Overview of main Christian doctrines - the Word of God, the nature
of God, mankind and sin, the person and work of Jesus Christ, the
Holy Spirit, the church, the last things
· Old Testament Overview 
· New Testament Overview
· Hermeneutics
· Selected books eg Romans, Galatians
· The kingdom of God
· Foundations of Christian life
> 50% leadership and ministry skills, including -
· Character and devotional life of a leader
· Vision, faith, authority and grace of a leader
· Leading a local church
· Aspects of church life - fellowship, teamwork, serving, giving etc  · Pastoral ministry
· An evangelistic local church
· The gifts of the Holy Spirit
· Cell groups in the local church
· Children and youth work
· Working with the elderly
· Church administration
· Homiletics and preaching skills
· Technical skills that serve the church
· Leading worship
> 25% international and cross-cultural mission, including –  · The uniqueness of Christ
· Understanding other faiths eg Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism etc
· The Great Commission
· Early church development in Acts
· Apostolic ministry and church foundations
· Church planting in different cultural contexts
· Understanding cultures and world views, communicating to oral cultures
· Survey of history of missions and the remaining task to reach unreached
people groups
· The priority of ministry with the poor
· Practical aspects of work with the poor eg street kids, HIV / AIDS sufferers,
drug rehab, refugees, literacy, homeless, medical, self sufficiency projects
eg micro enterprise, farming
· Resourcing mission
Time will also be given for private study and serving opportunities in the church to develop ministry skills. Each student will be assigned a personal tutor for the course and will receive pastoral care from a leadership family in the church.
It is also possible to attend just the intensive English language study programme which will take place during the first 5 weeks of the course. If this is of interest to you please contact the course administrator who will send you the appropriate application form.
Accommodation
 Accommodation will be in a shared house (with shared bedrooms) next to the church known as ‘Glenbourne’ with the other participants on this course. (Alternatively you may be living with a family from the church here if this is more appropriate.) Glenbourne is fully equipped with many resources to facilitate private studying including a library and internet connection with computers. Living with the other participants of the course will be an excellent way of learning from people from different cultures through living life together handling all the cooking, cleaning and washing at Glenbourne.
Finances
You will need to be responsible for all your costs involved in travelling to KCC in Southampton and home again, eg all flights and visa costs. 
Whilst you are on the course we will cover your accommodation costs and will also give you a nominal amount of spending money each month to cover your living expenses. You and your church will be asked to contribute to these costs and this will be discussed in more detail during the application process.
How to Apply
If you would like to apply for this training or just talk over any details of the course please contact the course administrator Lindsey Dunsford
Tel. +44 1489 784333
Address: KCC International Training Centre
Kings Community Church
Upper Northam Close
Hedge End
Southampton
Hampshire
SO30 4BB
UK
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