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Have you ever felt called to full time Christian ministry?

If so, this seven session course is designed for you. The course presents nearly 16 hours of fresh and relevant content; all of it representing essential building-blocks for effective ministry. We pray these tools and resources aid you in your preparation and training!

You'll begin by watching video content that will help you explore your calling.
Then, you'll read a variety of materials that will deepen your understanding of ministry.
Finally, you'll complete assessments and receive coaching that will help you solidify your calling.

This course is an essential first step for anyone considering full time Christian ministry.

It is an honor to serve you on this journey in leadership development.

This training was developed by Dave Harvey and the team at the Great Commission Collective to dig deeper into ministry preparation for those pursuing church planting, pastoral ministry, eldership, or ministry leadership.

How does the Great Commission Collective plant churches?

Getting Started

Familiarize yourself with the learning modules.
Get a prayer partner from your local church to pray for you as you walk through this discernment process. This is a person who you can trust to hold you accountable and knows you well. You'll find reflecting on the material with a friend will clarify this discernment process.
Get started with module one: Why Ministry Exists.
Head to Syllabus to get links to the books you will need to secure either at your local library (many are digital copies) or your nearest bookstore.

Introduction to the Platform

The Great Commission Collective delivers its learning content on a top-tier platform called Instructure. Instructure is the best-in-class learning management system, and tutorials for use are plentiful. That said, here are a few pointers to get you started.

On the far left side of every window, you will see a navy navigation bar. It is here that allows you to navigate within the GCC Learning Center, find your Dashboard, check dates in your course Calendar, and message colleagues in your cohort. Learning is asynchronous, which means that most of the content is learner-guided. But, should you be in a learning cohort, such as the Church Planter Training, you will be able to message colleagues using your Inbox.

On the left side of every course, you will see a navigation menu. The options on this menu change based upon the particular course you are in. Should you get lost in any course, you can always click Home to get to the main page of a given course. Should you need to find a section quickly, you can click on Modules.

If you ever get stuck, you can click on the big Help question mark in the navy navigation bar to get support.

We're very grateful to the generosity of the Great Commission churches to make this course available free to any and all who are discerning a call to ministry. If you have any interest in joining the Great Commission Collective to support ministries like this and more, visit us at gccollective.org.