Partnering With Churches
Every church fellowship wants to provide the best opportunities for ministry training and education for the people who attend and serve together there.
We believe in you and your call to serve . . . and we are here to help. We have a cadre of experienced professors and teachers who would delight in helping you help your church membership become better equipped to serve as they have been called. If the desire is there but the resources are lacking, we want to partner with you as you seek to better equip your members.
We know how dynamic a ministry team can be that has learned and trained together. This being so, we have developed several special formulations of our courses that a local church can bring to the people. This way, your members can learn and grow together instead of them studying on their own.
Each course in this program has been formatted as a seminar series to adjust for time and other constraints. They are formatted for week long, multiple weekends, and retreat schedules. If you have a scheduling challenge that you would like us to work around, just let us know. We want to help make this work for you and your fellowship.
We believe in you and your call to serve . . . and we are here to help. We have a cadre of experienced professors and teachers who would delight in helping you help your church membership become better equipped to serve as they have been called. If the desire is there but the resources are lacking, we want to partner with you as you seek to better equip your members.
We know how dynamic a ministry team can be that has learned and trained together. This being so, we have developed several special formulations of our courses that a local church can bring to the people. This way, your members can learn and grow together instead of them studying on their own.
Each course in this program has been formatted as a seminar series to adjust for time and other constraints. They are formatted for week long, multiple weekends, and retreat schedules. If you have a scheduling challenge that you would like us to work around, just let us know. We want to help make this work for you and your fellowship.
Church Partnership Program
Format?
Depending on your location, there are up to three (3) options:
In order to make this cost-effective for churches, we offer each course for the Online Price of $90.00 per-attendee/per-module - a discount of $100.00 per student. All Study Guides, handouts, and other supplemental materials are provided to the church coordinator for the students of the group via PDF. Textbooks are not provided, and, while cost of books vary by course, they are usually no more than $50.00, and often quite less (of course, "used" is often quite a cost-effective way to go)..
(Each Course Syllabus has a list of the
required textbooks for that course. Course-specific Study Guides and supplemental handouts are only available through us, however.)
Criteria for Church Partnership:
Format?
Depending on your location, there are up to three (3) options:
- Having a member of our instructional staff come to your location to teach each class. The location would need to be within a 40-minute drive of Vancouver, WA
- Live-Streaming can be the next most effective way to have the right instructor for your cohort at the right time. This is the option that most churches we work with opt for.
- Self-paced video is the third option available. This is an option for those where the time zone variances or the spacing of the classes make it unfeasible for an instructor to interact directly with the cohort of students.
- All tuition will need to be paid at least one (1) week prior to the first class meeting.
In order to make this cost-effective for churches, we offer each course for the Online Price of $90.00 per-attendee/per-module - a discount of $100.00 per student. All Study Guides, handouts, and other supplemental materials are provided to the church coordinator for the students of the group via PDF. Textbooks are not provided, and, while cost of books vary by course, they are usually no more than $50.00, and often quite less (of course, "used" is often quite a cost-effective way to go)..
(Each Course Syllabus has a list of the
required textbooks for that course. Course-specific Study Guides and supplemental handouts are only available through us, however.)
Criteria for Church Partnership:
- Gather five (4) or more people committed to completing one of our designated Church Partner Program (groups of less than four, plan to attend individually, either onsite at VBI or via one of our online options);
- Select the Church Partner Program you wish to have brought to your church;
- Have the pastor or designated ministry leader contact our Registrar (via email) with specifics itemized below;
- All course and other fees will need to be paid no later than one (1) week prior to the meeting of the first class of the module.
Contact Registrar via Registration Form with the Following:
- Church Name
- Church Address
- Pastor’s Name and contact information
- Contact Person and their information (if not the pastor)
- Church Partner Program preference
- If not in our area for in-person classes, be sure to designate either Live Streaming or Self-paced Video
- Desired timing for the course (Start date, day of week, time slot)
- How many people plan to attend;
