Leap Discipleship Year (formally known as Timothy Ministry Training) is a one year intensive discipleship training programme focussed on training men and women of God for life and ministry. As a ministry of Joshua Generation Church (JoshGen), we firmly believe in the role of the local church and the value of being part of a church family. Because of this our training takes place within the context of the local church, with a focus placed on both theoretical learning and practical application through direct experience.
Jesus is our model in all things and it is our goal to model the way we train our students, on the way He walked with His disciples on a day-to-day basis.
There are three main ways that Jesus trained His disciples, which we incorporate in the way that we train and equip people. We see from His life that He showed them what to do, then He did it with them, and lastly He sent them out to do it – what a powerful recipe!
Jesus spent a lot His time with the disciples teaching them, and explaining the nature of the Kingdom to them. Likewise, a large part of our training is focussed on teaching and equipping our students about the ways of the Kingdom. These key learning times are facilitated by a variety of men and women that have proved to be not only knowledgeable in different areas of ministry and church life, but have faithfully walked it out in their own lives.
Jesus did not merely teach His disciples the ways of the Kingdom, He modelled the lifestyle of a citizen of the Kingdom and showed them how to exercise their authority. After showing them, He sent them to do likewise! Why did he do this? So that the concepts taught could go from intellectual head knowledge to a new way of life. At TMT students are more thoroughly equipped for life and ministry by being exposed to a diverse group of gifted men and women, and by being given the opportunity to practice what they have learnt. But it does not stop there – they are encouraged to do the same in organised outreach times, as well as in their everyday life.
In the three and half years that Jesus lived with the disciples they shared life in every aspect. They had deep meaningful relationships, which made it possible for Him to speak the truth in love and directly into their lives. At Leap it is not our intent to be a distant lifeless training institution, but a place where we ARE family, where we care for one another and know each other. Everything we do is garnered towards building this. We value community living, with deep meaningful relationships at its core and believe that without relationship, effective discipleship cannot take place.
I am extremely excited about Leap and the impact it will have on your life and on the lives of others through you. We are raising up a generation of Timothy’s and Titus’s within an apostolic household; already many who have gone before are serving God and making an impact in other nations! Our passion is to see each person who completes this year of training, walking into his or her God-given destiny. Join us for a year that will change the rest of your life!