Coaches and trainers choose studies from a User's Menu. Apprentice shepherds and church planters learn from these studies, on-the-job.

Since June of 2017, these studies are being revised and improved by their author,
Dr. George Patterson. Updated pages or studies are labelled 2017. Improvements include these:

1. Nicer pictures, though not suitable for all culture groups.
2. No print layout formatting, since many users prefer to do this themselves.
3. Clear theme verses, with teaching, learning and outcome objectives.
4. Material in two sections: Basic and Advanced, for better time management.
5. Stories consistent with a study's theme.​
6. ​Clumsy English syntax smoothed up a bit.​

Click on a ministry listed below to see a menu of training studies:

1. Get started: Guidelines for trainers, coaches and learners, User's Menu
2. Give assurance: Visit and counsel those who need comfort
3. Learn the Bible: Background, survey, interpretation and application
4. Plant churches: Reproduce cells and congregations, track outcomes
5. Make disciples: Teach loving obedience to Jesus
6. Save the lost: Salvation from sin, death and hell, baptism
7. Give freely: Stewardship of all that God gives
8. Grow in Christ: How God transforms character, spirituality
9. Review history: Events in Jesus' live, overview of Christian history
10. Love God and others: Family life, serving the needy, fellowship
11. Send workers: Go to neglected communities, work in other cultures
12. Prepare for action: Lead others, manifest spiritual gifts
13. Pray in Jesus' Name: Faith, healing, enduring persecution
14. Teach biblically: Communicate, story-telling
15. Coach leaders: Mentoring, coaching, uniting training with ministry
16. Worship the Almighty: Lord's Table, holidays and special celebrations

Or click on a study booklet number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2728 
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88 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 108 109 110 111 112 113 114
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that is how these lessons came about.

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