Teacher Training
Training church-building teachers and expanding teaching capacity to promote spiritual maturity for members of a church or a region.
Our Vision & Strategy
Based on our experience, approach, and professional resources we can assist a community, a church or a region in accomplishing the following spiritual goals and needs:
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To explore and understand the biblical qualifications of a church-building teacher.
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To explore and understand the role of the church-building teacher biblically, historically, and culturally.
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To help trainees recognize and develop their unique, God-given gift of teaching to benefit their local ministries.
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To help each trainee mature spiritually in areas of godly character, e.g., humility, servant-leadership, a teachable heart, integrity, and desire for unity.
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To teach trainees how to work with a team of gifted leaders in their local church setting to equip the church members for the work of ministry to build a healthy church.
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To help trainees acquire specific skills as a church-building teacher in the areas of effective teaching, biblical exegesis, spiritual leadership, organic teamwork, and the maturation of disciples in the local church setting.
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To offer Chord Church-Building Teacher Certification for the candidates who complete this program.
Dr. G. Steve Kinnard
Dr. G. Steve Kinnard, DMin from Drew University, is Dean of the Bible and Ministry Department at the Mountain Theological Seminary and former Adjunct Professor of Bible at Lincoln Christian University. He is the General Editor ofTeleios, a journal of holistic Christian spirituality. Steve has trained church-building teachers across the continent of Africa and is currently training teachers in South Asia and the Nordic region. Steve has published more than twenty books, including King Jesus, Getting the Most from the Bible, and a novel entitled Our Struggle. He recently finished translating the Greek New Testament into English in a work entitled The King Jesus Translation. In 2024 Steve received the Teacher of Teachers award from the ICOC Teachers Service Team. He has served in the ministry for Stone-Campbell churches for over 50 years. He and his wife Leigh have two children and two grandchildren.