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T-Net College of Pastoral Leadership 1 2013-14 Handbook

College Handbook 2013-14

Updated Appendix - October 2013

An Associate College of the Minnesota Graduate School of Theology

Training and coaching pastors and church leaders

to finish the Great Commission.

An Associate College of the Minnesota Graduate School of Theology

T-Net College of Pastoral Leadership


T-Net International Country Leaders and Staff – Fall 2012

T-Net International

Aurora, Colorado

www.Tnetwork.com



2013-14 Handbook (October 2013 Update Appendix)

Contents:

T-Net’s Mission and Vision

The History of T-Net International

T-Net’s Strategy - Theological Education by Extension

What Others say about T-Net

Course Descriptions

Requirements for Application

Requirements for Graduation

Affiliation and Accreditation

Appendix o Application for MGST o Sample Diploma o Sample Transcript o T-Net Checklist and Cover Page o T-Net Instruction Sheet o T-Net Application for Graduation o T-Net Course 10 Data Sheet o Update: New Doctor of Ministry and Masters Degrees o Update: Policies and Pricing for U.S. Training Centers


T-Net’s Mission and Vision

... to coach pastors and church leaders to finish the Great Commission in their own congregations, their own regions, and in every country of the world.

FINISHING the Great Commission

Christ’s last words to the church were the Great Commission –“Go and make disciples of all nations!” That command was meant to be finished, and Jesus promised that it would be finished. Mt. 24:14 states, “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations and then the end shall come.”

The early church understood that this command was meant to be finished. Jesus disciples traveled to the ends of the earth and all but one, the Apostle John, died a martyr’s death thousands of miles from Jerusalem. Paul even stated that he had finished this command from Jerusalem to the Adriatic Sea. But after the first century, Christians seem to have forgotten Christ’s command and have focused more on building their own church than on finishing Christ’s Great Commission to make disciples of all peoples.

After 2000 years, why have we not already finished the Great Commission?

No Responsibility – Most churches and denominations practice “FUBU” (For Us By Us). They do not take responsibility for anything that does not build their own local church. They have no value for finishing the Great Commission. Do you?

No Disciples – Finishing the Great Commission requires disciples, not just converts, but most churches do not know how to effectively transform converts into disciples, so churches are limited to what the pastor and a few leaders can do by themselves. Have you ever been trained how to make the kind of disciples Jesus made?


No Strategy – While a few churches have a strategy to saturate their neighborhood plus a few remote places, hardly any have a strategy to reach the entire world. If you could reach the entire world, would you be interested?

To obey our Father and finish the Great Commission we face the following overwhelming challenges:

Train 1 million pastors to make disciples Plant an additional 13 million Disciplemaking

churches Make 700 million new disciples of Jesus Christ Then, each disciple must share Christ with 10

friends

Over the past decade TNET has expanded its focus beyond US churches to the many developing nations of the world where TNET trains pastors who otherwise have limited opportunities for training in Bible study methods and ministry skills. Instead of simply training pastors to transform their churches, TNET trains them to train other pastors to do that, and to multiply. It is the simple principle found in 2 Tim. 2:2, “Teach faithful men who can teach others also.” TNET saw this work in the Philippines, then India, then Zambia, then in country after country with ministry multiplying by 50% to 100% a year so that in only 10 years TNET was in 24 countries.

TNET leaders realized that in any country, this kind of multiplication could actually finish the Great Commission if that multiplication continued through only 7 generations and this could be done in less than 20 years.

The Vision of T-Net International

1. To send a trainer to start a training center for disciplemaking pastors in each of the 230

countries of the world.

2. To train the first 20-30 pastors in that country to become a team to finish the Great Commission

there.

3. To coach these pastors to train succeeding centers through 7 generations of training until:

Every neighborhood is saturated with disciplemaking churches

Every person has been invited to trust Christ as savior and

Every willing convert is in an intentional disciplemaking process that leads to full maturity

And the Great commission is finished!


The History of T-NET International

The vision for T-NET began with Bill Hull a pastor committed to returning his church and others to their disciplemaking roots. While establishing his own church in disciplemaking, Bill wrote several books showing how the gospels describe in detail Jesus own method of making disciples and how we can use His method. Hull brought in church consultant, Bob Gilliam, to develop the process for instructing churches and in 1991 T-NET (short for Training Network) was born. Nurtured under the umbrella of the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) T-NET is now an independent interdenominational ministry.

The method Hull and Gilliam would use was to gather several churches each bringing a group of their own leaders to be challenged, inspired, and instructed in making disciples Jesus’ way. They began with three centers involving 42 churches. Then in 1998 Bob Gilliam took over as President while Bill Hull returned to the pastorate. T-NET continued to expand and develop under Bob’s leadership. “As we have progressed over the last 12 years,” Gilliam says, “we have learned a great deal about what works and what

doesn’t in helping churches bring people to fullness in Christ.” Consequently the program has changed considerably over the years with eleven revisions incorporating new insights both from lessons learned in T-NET churches as well as those gleaned from other ministries.

Since T-NET helps churches apply biblical principles it is equally applicable to independent Bible churches, Charismatic churches or churches from mainline denominations. Over 1200 churches in North America have completed T-NET's US training which now serves under the name “DisciplePath Church Training.”

In 1999 Bob Gilliam was invited to take T-NET to India. There, he began a similar process of learning what principles were applicable in that setting. Since then T-NET has continued to expand its focus beyond US churches to the many developing nations of the world where T-NET trains pastors who otherwise have limited opportunities for training in Bible study methods and ministry skills.

Instead of simply training pastors to transform their churches, T-Net trains international pastors to train other pastors, and to multiply. It is the simple principle found in 2 Tim. 2:2, “Teach faithful men who can teach others also.” T-NET saw this work in India, the Philippines, then Zambia, then in country after country with ministry multiplying by 50% to 100% a year so that in only 10 years T-NET was in 24 countries. T-NET leaders realized that in any country, this kind of multiplication could actually finish the Great Commission if that multiplication continued through only 7 generations and this could be done in less than 20 years. This continues to be the focus and strategy of T-NET International.


TNET Strategy - Theological Education by Extension

T-Net College of Pastoral Leadership has a unique strategy and role in Theological Education by Extension. T-Net’s goal and strategy is entirely focused on Finishing the Great Commission of Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:19-20) in each nation of the world by empowering indigenous pastors. T-Net is NOT in competition with traditional Bible Colleges and Seminaries. In fact, T-Net’s core materials have been taught at a Masters and Doctoral level by several of the most prominent evangelical seminaries in the world – Bethel Seminary, Columbia International University, Dallas Theological Seminary, Trinity Divinity School, Western Theological Seminary, West Africa Theological Seminary, Hindustan Bible Institute and many more. Therefore, T-Net offers only two degrees that are complimentary to those offered by other institutions - a Bachelor of Arts in Ministry (B.A.Min) for those with a high school diploma and a Master of Arts in Ministry (M.A.Min) for those who already have a Bachelor degree. Or, pastors can participate in our training on a certificate level.

T-Net’s College of Pastoral Leadership curriculum has been used by thousands of pastors spanning over 50 denominations in 25 countries. It has been endorsed by Equipping the Saints Worldwide ministry of Africa and SE Asia. T-Net International has partnered with Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru) in both Africa and South America and is a charter member of T.O.P.I.C. (Training of Pastors International Coalition).

There is no other way we can finish the Great Commission. If we wait for schools to train all the pastors needed, we will never have enough schools nor will we have enough pastors who can afford to attend those schools. That is why the majority of pastors in your country have never attended a Seminary or Bible School. We need a way to train pastors who then will train other pastors who in turn will train other pastors. Let us show you how that can look, if we were to take it seriously and determine to multiply in this fashion. That means we will train you and at


the same time train you to train others. After five courses, we will have equipped you to train a small group of pastors just as you are being trained.

What are the benefits?

Personal training in using your church to make disciples

Increase in weekly giving of 50%-150%

Increase in conversion (evangelism) growth

50% - 85% of your members in weekly intentional disciplemaking small groups

10%-40% of members graduate to higher spiritual maturity level every year

Effective lay leader development process in your church

Training for church planters – Every church plants 2-4 new churches every 2 years using trained lay leaders

Denominations multiply their churches

Exceptional, certified training for pastors

Theological education by extension that is made affordable to all

Degree or course credit

You become a pastoral trainer

Obey Christ’s command

Finish the Great Commission in your lifetime!


Cameroon, Africa is an Illustration of the T-Net Training Process

Step One: In the first 16 months a proven practitioner trained the first students in Courses 1 through 4, one week each by returning every four months. The students implemented what they had learned and prepared to teach others.

Step Two: After Course five the first generation students/pastors started 14 second-generation centers with 148 new pastors/students. They continued as student in Courses 6 -10 while also team teaching the second generation in Courses 1 - 5.

Step Three: As the first generation students finished Course Ten the fourteen second generation center students launched 21 third generation centers, with 288 new students.

Step Four: The 21 third generation centers are in the process of multiplying to 60 fourth generation centers with 325+ new students. They have also already started training in Togo and Benin and are working toward launching training in Niger. All are fully funded from within, have a business plan, an indigenous board and a national director.

Multiplication Continues!

Here are the results after 4 years, from the first 16 graduates and their 16 churches:

• Over 1700 new conversions (an average of 26 new believers per church, per year)

• 136% numerical growth, on average

• 226% increase in weekly giving (Praise God!)

• 116 new “disciple-making”

groups with 50% of church

attendees in groups

When the current 500+ churches in

T-Net International Training

Centers in Cameroon graduate,

there will be 3,492 new disciple-

making small groups and 147,492

new salvations!!! But their goal is

not 500 churches. It is 18,000

disciple-making churches in

Cameroon!!!


What Others Say About T-NET

"Bill (Hull, founder of T-NET Int'l) understands that the way to grow healthy, balanced churches is through a people-building process, rather than church programs. Listen and learn from him!"

- Rick Warren, Saddleback Community Church, Mission Viejo, CA

"I don't know of anyone who has written more, worked more, and created more tools for helping churches make disciples than Bill Hull. His life's mission is to help return the church to its disciple making roots. Go with him on a journey that could transform your ministry."

- Dr. John Maxwell, President INJOY Ministries

"Leadership is passed on from one leader to others. It is modeled . . . T-NET uses an approach which trains a team of leaders in your church over a long period of time. It is not just a seminar, but a training process to equip and coach leaders until your church has an ever expanding team of disciplemakers."

- Dr. Howard Hendricks, Dallas Theological Seminary

"T-NET is the most church-friendly, lay-involved, disciplemaking spiritual growth program that I have encountered. This is more than a program – it gets lay leaders involved in the purpose of the church. Examine T-NET; it works because it makes sense."

- Dr. Kenneth Meyer, former Chancellor, Trinity International University "I am convinced, from close observation and through the many testimonials from churches, that T-NET is in the forefront of disciplemaking ministries. Many such programs make large claims, but fail to deliver. T-NET is organized in such a way that it continues to evaluate itself and thereby regularly improves its effectiveness. It is a user friendly, hands on program that is changing the nature of churches. I had opportunity to personally witness the effectiveness of T-NET. I was present for all of the sessions during the initial two-year training program here in Dallas, Texas. There were more than twenty churches involved. In my years of ministry as a senior pastor and a teacher of pastors, I have seen many people start with enthusiasm and then quickly lose interest. I was amazed to see the same people returning for the sessions during the entire two-year process. Their zeal was contagious and the result of the program in these churches was excellent. I am pleased that T-NET is an international organization. I believe that the program is transferable to a world-wide ministry helping churches fulfill the Great Commission."

- Dr. John W. Reed, Director of D. Min Program, Dallas Theological Seminary and Senior Professor of Pastoral Ministries, Emeritus


Course Descriptions

Course One - Introduction to Finishing the Great Commission

MIN 101/MIN 501: 40 hours of class; 12 academic credits (1 semester credit hour equals 3

hours of class time and 20 hours of research/ministry implementation)

In this course, students learn. . .

1. How to finish the Great Commission in their lifetime, including: a. What finishing the Great Commission looks like b. A strategy to equip the student to finish it in their own lifetime c. A Biblical approach to fund this effort

2. How Jesus, Himself made disciples, including: a. A study of the Great Commission b. The training phases of Christ c. How to develop revival and reformation in churches

3. How to begin the process in their own church by training disciplemakers, including: a. Small group dynamics and curriculum b. How to train initial disciplemakers c. Practice in leading small groups d. The student will make their own individual plan to start this training

4. How to lead their church to increase commitment and financial stewardship 5. How to recruit the next generation of pastors for the student to train 6. How to teach this course to others

As a result of this course, the student will be able to. . .

Teach the next generation the importance of finishing the Great Commission

Begin to transform their own church by starting to train disciplemakers (T-Net

provides the student with free curriculum the student may reproduce for small

group Bible Study)

Raise money to

support their own

costs in the

strategy,

increasing their

weekly giving by

20% -200%.

Begin to recruit others to join the student in the effort

Know how to teach this course to others


Course Two - Church Planting

MIN 102/502: 40 hours of class; 12 academic credits (1 semester credit hour equals 3 hours of

class time and 20 hours of research/ministry implementation)

In this course, the student will learn . . .

1. How to apprentice 25 – 80 lay leaders to become effective church planters 2. How to plant 1-4 new disciplemaking churches every 2 years, which will each

plant 1-4 more churches every 2 years. 3. How to manage a network of church plants


Train and deploy church planters forever

Manage a network of churches that the student lead

Recruit even more pastors to help finish the Great Commission

Course Three - How to Teach Bible Study Methods and Sermon Preparation




1. How to teach untrained pastors to study and interpret the Bible correctly 2. How to teach their own leaders to study and interpret the Bible correctly 3. How to teach untrained pastors to develop a solid, Biblical sermon or lesson

directly from God’s Word, instead of simply preaching what others have told the student God says

4. How to continue to recruit other pastors to join in their strategy


Train other pastors to truly understand and teach the Bible

Train all their own church leaders to understand and teach the Bible

Recruit even more pastors to help finish the Great Commission

Continue to train and deploy church planters forever


Course Four - How to Teach Evangelism and Disciplemaking Training




1. How to train untrained pastors in the doctrine of salvation 2. How to train their entire church to effectively share the gospel with others 3. How to train their entire church to use the “Jesus video” and other tools 4. How to train their leaders to start effective evangelistic small groups 5. How to train leaders in their church to begin to disciple all new converts, using a

free curriculum 6. How to prepare to start their own pastoral training center


Train their entire church to share their faith

Win 80 to 150 new believers to Christ and their churches, collectively in the next 4 months.

Disciple these new believers effectively

Protect untrained pastors from spreading a “false gospel”

Prepare to begin training 20–30 pastors themselves

Course Five - Coaching Leaders and Multiplying Ministry




1. How to start their own center and teach Course 1 to other pastors. For their center, the student will begin teaching this next generation on ______________________(date)

2. How to coach their own church leaders as well as the pastors the students are training to be fruitful and successful in ministry

3. How to develop their own life mission statement and succeed in fulfilling it


4. How to study Narrative material in the Bible and turn this into Biblical lessons and sermons

5. The student will get individual coaching as a trainer for course one


Personally start the training of 20–30 more pastors to finish the Great Commission using Course 1

As a class, start at least 5-10 new training centers with at least 125 – 200 pastors in training

Win another 80 to 150 new believers to Christ and their churches, collectively in the next 4 months

Move successfully to complete God’s mission for their own life

Coach their leaders to greater success as well

See their 125 2G pastors begin to recruit 500-700 3G pastors to train

Launch 25 to 100 new church plants each of which are training 1-4 CP apprentices too.

Course Six - Developing the Foundation for a Disciplemaking Church




1. How to develop a concrete “recipe” for making a disciple from the Bible 2. How to redesign their own church programming to make this recipe most

effective 3. How to understand the way God has designed the church to grow and to how

use the church correctly in disciplemaking 4. How to teach Course 2 (Church planting) to their 125 pastors in training so they

will begin to train 100 – 400 more church planters. 5. How to help their students effectively recruit their own students for a (3G) third

generation.


Develop their own recipe for a disciple, just as Jesus did

Restructure their church to make this kind of disciple effectively

Significantly improve the numerical growth of their church

Effectively train 125 pastors how to train 100 – 400 more lay leaders to plant churches

See their 125 2G pastors begin to recruit 500-700 3G pastors to be trained

Win an additional 80 – 150 converts to Christ and their church.


Course seven - Developing Leaders and launching disciplemaking ministries




1. How to train leaders in their church to lead all kinds of small groups to make disciples effectively from spiritual birth to heaven

2. How to move 60% - 95% of their church members into these weekly intentional disciplemaking small groups

3. How to use apprentice training to multiply leaders in their church 4. How to lead their church through change 5. How to teach Course 3 (Bible study methods) to 125 pastors in their 2G center 6. How to help their students effectively continue to recruit their own students for

a (3G) third generation. of 500 – 700 more pastors 7. Continue to coach the 25 – 80 new church plants and coach their 150 2G pastors

to coach their 150 – 400 church planting apprentices.


Train disciplemaking group leaders for their entire church

See 50%–80% of their people in intentional disciplemaking groups every week

Train 20–30 pastors to study and preach the Bible

Train 20–30 pastors to continue to train 20 – 80 church planting apprentices

Continue the planting or training of 200 to 500 church plants and church planters

Win an additional 80 – 150 converts to Christ and their church (Now a combined total of 250 – 500)

Course Eight - Managing and multiplying Disciplemaking churches




1. How to develop a disciplemaking philosophy of ministry for their church 2. Develop a ministry community to disciple their disciplemakers


3. Develop apprentice training for all leaders in their church 4. How to understand principles of church health and growth 5. How to heal their church and others of unhealthy church diseases 6. How to train mid-size group leaders to teach the Bible 7. How to teach course 4 to 125 pastors


Protect their own church from disagreements and church splits

Effectively disciple their disciplemakers

Develop apprentice training throughout their church and multiply leaders

Understand church health and keep their church healthy

Learn how to teach Course 4 to 125 pastors

See these their 25 churches win an additional 80 – 150 new believers into their churches and their 125 2G churches win 400 – 750 new believers into their churches – for a total of 500 – 900 new converts over this four month period and a total of 750-1250 since the student began their training. To this, the student may also add 200 to 800 new converts won by their church plants for a total of close to 2000!!!

Course Nine - How to teach the entire bible to the entire congregation




1. How to teach their small group and mid-sized group leaders to teach every book of the Bible to every person in their congregation.

2. The student will be taught 15 books of the Bible and will be given lesson outlines for every book of the Bible including Bible walk-throughs and Bible overviews for their teachers to use.

3. The student will be coached to coach their 125 2G students in their 5-10 centers to launch 25 – 100 new 3G centers with 500 – 2000 new students

4. The student will prepare to graduate with a certificate, BA.Min or MA.Min degree



Teach many pastors and lay leaders to understand, for the first time, and to teach the Old Testament and New Testament to their entire congregations in less than 10 years

Teach course five to 125 pastors

Coach their 2G pastors to train over 500 3G pastors

Continue to see un-numbered churches planted

See un-numbered new converts won to Christ and enter disciplemaking small groups

Course Ten - How to teach Survey of Bible Doctrine




1. How to teach Survey of over 100 Bible Doctrines to other pastors (and to everyone in their church)

2. How to teach course 6 to 125 pastors who are teaching course 2 to their 625 students

3. How to train 625 pastors to begin to apprentice 700 – 2000 church planters


Teach many pastors and their entire church to understand Bible doctrine for the

first time

Continue their training of over 800 pastors

By this time, see as many as 4500 – 5000 new converts in their churches and church plants since the beginning of their training.

See as many as 2000 new multiplying, disciplemaking, church plants started

Choose their own indigenous board and national director that will be self-funded by their own ministry

Continue this multiplication until the Great Commission is finished in their country.


Requirements to Apply

A Bachelor of Arts in Ministry requires a high school diploma or equivalent

A Masters of Arts in Ministry requires a College Degree

Certificates are offered to those who choose to take this training for its outstanding coaching

and training and to honor those who have completed this rigorous program of learning but do

not have a high school degree.

Requirements for Graduation

For persons graduating from T-Net College of Pastoral Leadership with a certificate only (for

those who have not completed high school or the equivalent prerequisite for a BA Min)

1. Completed every assignment 2. Filled out Application for graduation (the last page in course 10) 3. Filled out data sheet for course 10 (New version) (which includes data from all 10

courses) – I have attached this new version 4. Sent these to T-Net office in the USA

For persons graduating from the T-Net College of Pastoral Leadership program of study but who

cannot afford or do not wish to receive an accredited degree from T-Net College of Pastoral

Leadership / Minnesota Graduate School of Theology, T-Net International will provide an

unaccredited diploma acknowledging the academic level of completion obtained.

1. Completed every assignment 2. Filled out Application for graduation (the last page in course 10) 3. Filled out data sheet for course 10 (which includes data from all 10 courses) 4. Sent these to T-Net in the USA along with a transcript from their previous school


For persons graduating from T-Net College of Pastoral Leadership with the accredited degree

from the Minnesota Graduate School of Theology (and T-Net) either BA.Min or MA.Min

1. Completed every assignment 2. Filled out Application for graduation (the last page in course 10) 3. Filled out data sheet for course 10 (which includes data from all 10 courses) 4. Filled out Application for Minnesota Graduate School of Theology 5. Sent these to T-Net along with a $25 USD application fee and a $75 USD

graduation fee (a total of $100 USD)which goes to Minnesota Graduate School of Theology

6. (student pays all fees related to sending this money. This must be sent as a wire, a certified check or a money order in US dollars. No personal checks or currencies are accepted)

Certificates and degrees from T-Net or Minnesota School of Theology will arrive within 60 days

of receipt of this information in the T-Net office. You will also receive a copy of your transcript.

The best way to get documents to T-Net is to scan them and attach them to an email. The email

address is: [email protected]

Grading for all levels

All the T-Net materials are essential to the curriculum and therefore are presented to all the

pastors and church leaders who attend. However, different levels of academic mastery and

ministry implementation are required for the three levels of recognition:

Certification Exams: There is an exam that is completed for previous course material at the

close of the first day of the each new course:

To pass the exam and earn a certificate, students must make a score of 65% or higher.

For a BA.Min, students must score 75% or higher.

mailto:[email protected]


For a MA.Min, students must score 90% or higher.

Assignment Grading: Using the following five point scale Certificate and B.A. Min students must

receive a course grade of “3” or higher while M.A. Min students must receive a course grade of

4 or higher to earn a degree:

Grading scale (1-5) for evaluation below is as follows:

5 = Exceptional work – in the top 25% of my students

4 = Good work – represents the top half of my students. Meets all requirements for this

assignment at MA.Min. level

3 = Acceptable work – meets all requirements for this assignment at certificate and

BA.Min. level

2 = Assignment must be re-submitted to receive any credit. Student is warned to re-do

or complete assignment or face probation

1 = Very unacceptable work. Student is on probation and must complete this

assignment by next course or be dismissed from team

“I” = Incomplete. Student must complete work before receiving a grade


Affiliation and Accreditation

Affiliate College of the Minnesota Graduate School of Theology

The Minnesota Graduate School of Theology (MGST) is an evangelical training institute with over 4,000 students on extension campuses worldwide. T-NET International's College of Pastoral Leadership is an operating as an associate school of the MGST.

Accreditation Minnesota Graduate School of Theology and the T-NET

College of Pastoral Leadership offer an advanced

degree program for international pastors that is

affordable, accessible, academically sound and

accredited with the Accrediting Commission

International for Schools, Colleges and Theological

Seminaries.

Appendix

Application for MGST

Sample Diploma

Sample Transcript

T-Net Checklist and Cover Page

T-Net Instruction Sheet

T-Net Application for Graduation

T-Net Data Sheet

Update: New Doctor of Ministry and Masters sDegrees

Update: Policies and Pricing for US Training Centers


PERSONAL DATA Name (Last/First/Middle) Date

Address Email Address

City State Zip Place of Birth

Date of Birth Age Sex Marital Status Number of Dependents

If we had to contact you by telephone, what is the best time, and at what numbers?

Cell ( ) Home ( )

Present Church Position

Address of Church City Country

What specific Degree Program are you applying for? MAJOR FIELD Degrees Offered: o Bachelor of Arts in Ministry

o Master of Arts in Ministry

Minnesota Graduate School of Theology


Mailing Address: PO Box 460579, Aurora, CO 80046

Email: [email protected]

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION

PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY & USE BLACK INK

FORMAL EDUCATION (Information must be complete with exact dates given on each entry)

Please attach copies of transcripts or have them forwarded as soon as possible Photo copies are acceptable for evaluation.

High School City Country Graduation Date

College/University Name City and Country

Attendance From To

Major

Degree or No. of Credits

Other Awards

Number of Months Attended

Technical/Trade and Vocational Schools

Extension/Home Study Courses Correspondence Schools




IMPORTANT LIFE EXPERIENCES

JOB RELATED ACHIEVEMENTS AND RELATED SKILLS

FORMAL EDUCATION (Continued)

Other Academic or Specialized Education

Attendance From To

Major

Degree or No. of Credits

Other Awards

Number of Months Attended

OTHER FORMAL OR INFORMAL EDUCATION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS On The Job Training, Seminars, etc.

Date Conducted Month Year

Total Hours

What was the Purpose of the Program?

Awards

BRIEFLY SHARE HOW YOU BECAME A CHRISTIAN.

Describe any languages you speak, read, or write (other than English) and to what degree

Books or Articles or Patents Published


MINISTRY EXPERIENCES DATA SHEET

Membership in Professional or Trade Associations

Years Offices Name of Organization Active Held Activity

WRITE OUT YOUR VARIOUS MINISTRY EXPERIENCES

Pastoral Credentials & With Whom

1. 2.

3. 4.

I hereby make application for admission to T-Net International & Minnesota Graduate School of Theology. The academic and financial requirements have been fully explained to my complete satisfaction. I understand that all fees and tuition must be paid in full prior to graduation. I also understand that T-Net International & Minnesota Graduate School of Theology is a private seminary and college and that as a student of T-Net International & Minnesota Graduate School of Theology, the hours that I academically earn may or may not transfer to the college of my choice.

TRUTH STATEMENT I hereby certify and affirm that all information and documentation is true and correct. I do acknowledge that deliberate falsification or misrepresentation of information or documentation will be sufficient grounds to nullify and void any credit/degrees awarded or granted by this institution.

Applicant's Signature Date

PLEASE ENCLOSE A RECENT PHOTO OF YOURSELF **PLEASE SEND THE $25 APPLICATION FEE WITH THIS APPLICATION, PAID TO MINNESOTA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

(MGST)

Accepted Date

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Sample Diploma

Sample Transcript


T-NET COLLEGE OF PASTORAL LEADERSHIP CHECK-LIST AND COVER PAGE FOR CONVEYING FORMS NECESSARY FOR GRADUATION

Full Name of student _____________________________________________________________________ Email address of student ____________________________________ Cell # ________________________ Name of person sending these forms ________________________________________________________ Email address of person sending these forms _________________________________________________

Name of form Date Received from student

Date Sent to T-Net Date Received by T-Net

Data sheet from course 10

Official transcript

T-Net College of Pastoral Leadership application for graduation

MGST Application

Fees sent to MGST (amount ____________)

Fees collected for graduation in your country (amount ____________)

Any other important information: Please keep this sheet until all forms and fees are collected. Then send this sheet as the cover sheet to convey the forms above for each student.


T-NET COLLEGE OF PASTORAL LEADERSHIP INSTRUCTION SHEET REGARDING FORMS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION

To be eligible for graduation, the following forms must have been received in the T-Net International office.

1. One data sheet with all blanks filled in for course Ten – received in International office at least 60 days

before graduation.

2. One official transcript of prerequisite degree (if any) received at least 60 days before graduation. (This is

obtained from the school you previously attended and graduated from.)

3. One T-Net application for graduation filled out and signed – received at least 60 days before graduation (1

page).

4. One Minnesota Graduate School of Theology (MGST) application for admission filled out and signed –

received at least 60 days before graduation (4 pages).

In addition, the application for graduation (from T-Net College of Pastoral Leadership) must indicate that all

fees have been paid and any fees to MGST must be sent in USD to MGST. MGST charges $25 admission fee and

a $75 graduation fee – a total of $100 USD (please visit www.tnetwork.com to check for updates on how funds

may be sent the Minnesotta Graduate School of Theology or email [email protected] for specifics).

It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that T-Net International has received all of these forms. These

may be sent in any of the following ways, though scanning and emailing them is most desirable:

o E-mail – We prefer this method! (You may scan these forms and email them, but they

must contain original signatures) – [email protected]

o Fax # - +720-886-0739

o Address: T-Net International, PO box 460579, Aurora, CO USA 80015

Students may determine whether all forms have been received by emailing the T-Net Office directly. If forms

are not received, no diploma will be issued. T-Net will not take responsibility to determine whether all forms

are received. Again, this is the responsibility of the individual student.

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T-NET COLLEGE OF PASTORAL LEADERSHIP - APPLICATION FOR GRADUATION

Student name as it should appear on Diploma (given/middle/Surname)

(Print legibly) _______________________________________________________________________________________

Church Name _______________________________________________________________________________________

Church Location (city/province/country) _________________________________________________________________

Location of training center ____________________________ Training center number (Ask country leader) ___________

Trainer’s name ________________________________________ Date form filled out - (dd/mm/yyyy)________________

Level of certification or degree applied for (circle one) Certificate or BA.Min. or MA.Min

I affirm that I have completed the prerequisite academic degree: _____________________________________________ (Student must send copy of official transcript for previous degree.) Student signature

Course Grades for each course:

Course # Grade Course # Grade Course # Grade

1 5 9

2 6 10

3 7

4 8

I affirm that I have fulfilled all requirements for all ten T-Net courses: __________________________________________ Student signature

I affirm that this student has completed all requirements for all ten T-Net courses and the above grades are correct.

Trainer signature _________________________________ Trainer Name (Print): ______________________________

I affirm that this student has:

Completed all requirements for all ten T-Net courses as required world-wide – Country Director’s initials: _____________

Paid all fees for all ten courses required in this country- Country Director’s initials: ________________________________

Paid all fees for graduation required in this country- Country Director’s initials: ___________________________________

Signature of Country director indicating this student is eligible for graduation: ___________________________________

Date this form was emailed or faxed by country director to T-Net International office _____________________________

Date of Graduation ceremony ______________________


T-NET COLLEGE OF PASTORAL LEADERSHIP DATA SHEET COLLECTED - COURSE TEN

Name ____________________________________________________________ Date filled in ______________ Church Name ___________________________ Country ___________________ Training center # ___________

Attendance

1. If you are senior pastor of a network of churches, how many local churches are a part of it? _____ NOTE: For this and all future data, pick just one local church to report on in this data sheet. The name of the local church I will report on is _______________________________________

2. On the average week, how many persons attended this local church? At Course One ________ At Course Two ________ At Course Three _______

At Course Four ______ At Course Five _______ At Course Six _______ At Course seven _______ At Course eight _______ At Course nine _______ At Course ten _______

3. Please give the following statistics for your church right now: 1. Average weekly church attendance as of last T-Net meeting _________ 2. Number of persons who quit regularly attending since last T-Net meeting _______ 3. Number of new (already Christian) persons who started attending since last meeting _______ 4. Number of new (newly converted) persons who started attending since last meeting _______ 5. Average weekly church attendance as of this T-Net meeting _______

Stewardship

4. Have you implemented all nine steps to increase your giving, as presented in class in your church? _________. If not, please explain:

5. What was your average weekly giving, from your church including the value of gifts of all kinds?

At Course One ________ At Course Two ________ At Course Three _______ At Course Four ______ At Course Five _______ At Course Six _______ At Course seven ______ At Course eight _______ At Course nine _______ At Course ten ____

6. Have you re-taught the Stewardship Module to your church a second time? (Yes No) Leader Training

7. How many major leaders do you have in your church?


At Course One ________ At Course Two ________ At Course Three _______ At Course Four ______ At Course Five _______ At Course Six _______ At Course seven ____ At Course eight _______ At Course nine _______ At Course ten ____

8. How many major leaders (were or) are still in your first model BAG ?

At Course Two ________ At Course Three _______ At Course Four ______ At Course Five _______ At Course Six _______ At Course seven ____ At Course eight _______ At Course nine _______ At Course ten ____

9. How many persons (both major leaders and others) were and are still in your first model BAG? At Course Two ________ At Course Three _______ At Course Four ______ At Course Five _______ At Course Six _______ At Course seven ____ At Course eight _______ At Course nine _______ At Course ten ____

10. How many of these persons (#9 above) have graduated from this first model BAG and have finished the McConnell BAG material, all 21 weeks of BSM lessons and all 10 weeks of evangelism training?

At Course Four ______ At Course Five _______ At Course Six _______ At Course seven ____ At Course eight _______ At Course nine _______ At Course ten ____

11. How many persons do you presently have who are leading: Covenant Groups __________ BAG Groups __________ OAG Groups________

12. How many of these leaders (in #11 above) are apprenticing one or more others to lead a small group? At Course Four ______ At Course Five _______ At Course Six _______ At course seven ____ At Course eight _______ At Course nine _______ At course ten ____

13. What is the total number of persons (from #12 above) being apprenticed by your leaders to lead

small groups? (Do not include persons being apprenticed by you in your first model BAG) At Course Four ______ At Course Five _______ At Course Six _______ At course seven ____ At Course eight _______ At Course nine _______ At course ten ____

Disciplemaking Group multiplication

14. Have you done your congregational launch? (Yes No)

15. How many of the following kinds of groups do you now have? Covenant Groups __________ BAG Groups __________ OAG Groups________

16. How many (give a number) of your adult attenders are presently attending either a COV, BAG or OAG every week?

At Course Two ______ At Course Three _____ At Course Four _____ At Course Five _____ At Course Six _____ At course seven ____ At Course eight _____ At Course nine _____ At course ten _______


17. What percent (give a percent) of your adult attenders are now attending either a COV, BAG or OAG every week?

At Course Two ________ At Course Three _______ At Course Four ______ At Course Five _______ At Course Six _______ At course seven ______ At Course eight _______ At Course nine _______ At course ten _______

18. What percent of your adults have graduated into a COV, + from a COV to a BAG, + from a BAG into an OAG in the last 12 months preceding:

Course Three _______ Course Four ______ Course Five _______ Course Six _______ Course seven ______ Course eight _______ Course nine _______ Course ten _______

Evangelism Training and BSM

19. I have ____________ major leaders in my church. I have now started teaching Bible study methods to (number)_______________ of these leaders.

20. I have finished teaching BSM to _______ major leaders in my church. 21. I have now finished teaching BSM to _______ other members in my church. 22 How many of your attenders have you now trained through the ten week training to share the

Gospel? Course Six _______ Course seven ______ Course eight _______ Course nine _______ Course ten _______

23. I have now built evangelism training into the curriculum of our COV’s and BAG groups (Yes/No) _____

24. I have now built Prayer/Care/Share and Matthew party training into the curriculum of our COV’s (and BAG’s) (Yes/no) ____

25. How many persons have been both converted to Christ and now attend your church (This does not

include persons who were already Christians before they began to attend your church) This answer

should match your answer in question 3.4 :

Between Meetings One and Two _________ Between Meetings Two and Three ________ Between Meetings Three and Four ________ Between Meetings Four and Five _________ Between Meetings Five and Six __________ Between Meetings Six and Seven __________ Between Meetings Seven and Eight _________ Between Meetings Eight and Nine __________ Between Meetings Nine and Ten __________


Church Planter apprentice training

26. The number of persons I am presently apprenticing to be church planters is: At Course Three _______ At Course Four ______ At Course Five _______ At Course Six _______ At course seven ____ At Course eight _______ At Course nine _______ At course ten _______

27. The number of churches my apprentices have planted is: At Course Four ______ At Course Five _______ At Course Six _____ At Course seven _______ At Course eight _______ At Course nine _______ At Course ten _______

28. The number of Church planters I have trained who are now apprenticing other CP’s are : At Course Four ______ At Course Five _______ At Course Six _____ At Course seven _______ At Course eight _______ At Course nine _______ At Course ten _______

Legacy, Recipe, and Curriculum

29. I have written and perfected my personal legacy statement (Yes/no) ______ 30. The number of times I have communicated with my accountability partner is:

Between Meetings Five and Six __________ Between Meetings Six and Seven __________ Between Meetings Seven and Eight _________ Between Meetings Eight and Nine __________ Between Meetings Nine and Ten __________

31. I now have a finished recipe for a disciple in the printed form of a tool for our church (Yes/No)_________

32. Every major leader has copy of this recipe and I have trained them how to use it.

(Yes/No) __________

33. I have given a copy of this recipe to (almost) every member and trained them how to use it. (Yes/No) __________

34. I have a finished copy of the DM curriculum for COV’s and BAG’s and all these groups are using it.

(Yes/no) ______ Ministry Community, POM and purity of leaders

35. I have a written disciplemaking Philosophy of Ministry with all 6 parts (Y/N) _________ 36. This POM has been approved by my entire church (Y/N) ________ 37. The percentage of the major leaders of my church who are truly committed to this POM is

________%.


38. I have a Ministry Community now functioning in my church (Y/N) _________ 39. Including the MC meeting, what % of your small group leaders and ABF leaders meet at least twice a

month for their own growth in discipleship At Course Six _____ At Course seven _______ At Course eight _______ At Course nine _______ At Course ten _______

Teacher Training 40. I have _____ small group and ABF leaders. I have trained _____ of them in _____ of the 10 teacher

training sessions I learned in course 9. I have trained ____ of them in teaching Bible doctrines from course 10.

Great Commission Expansion

41. I have recruited the following number of pastors to be trained in my training center At Course One ________ At Course Two ________ At Course Three _______

At Course Four ______ At Course Five _______

42. I have now finished teaching Course _____ to ______ students on (Date) ________ in (Location) ________________________________, and (Name) ______________________ is assigned to help me recruit and teach. I plan to teach Course ____ to _______ students on (Date) ________ in (Location) ________________________________, and (name) ______________________ is assigned to help me recruit and teach.

43. The training center I am teaching has adopted the following part of my country in which to finish the

Great Commission ____________________________. We plan to begin promoting there on the following date _____________________ and start the first training center there on the following date __________________

44. I have evaluated our church for Numerical growth, and made an intentional plan to improve in this

area. (Yes/no). ________ 45. I have evaluated our church for spiritual growth, and made an intentional plan to improve in this area.

(Yes/no). ________ 46. The training center I am teaching has multiplied and my students have started _____ more training

centers with ______ total students. 47. I have applied for and paid all fees associated with receiving a Bachelor’s/Master’s

_________________ degree from T-Net International, and I plan to graduate and receive this degree on (date) ________________.

New Doctor of Ministry and Masters Degrees

The Minnesota Graduate School of Theology (MGST) and T-Net College of Pastoral Leadership

has approved the creation of a new program of study for T-Net Training Center graduates called

Organizational Management for Ministry Multiplication. The goal of this degree is to improve

the management and multiplication of T-Net Training Centers and the resulting disciplemaking

church plants for the entire T-Net process through 7 generations in each country. It will

address functional issues of leadership, management and financial accountability.

Our T-Net Training Centers focus on making our students effective as disciplemaking pastors

who apprentice church planters. The Organizational Management for Ministry Multiplication

program will focus on making successful disciplemaking pastors effective as overseers of an

expanding network of disciplemaking churches and new church plants. Those who have

graduated with a Master of Ministry degree can take this program to earn a Doctor of Ministry

while those who have graduated with a T-Net Bachelor of Ministry degree can take this

program to earn a Master’s degree. The following outline will give an overview of what has

been approved:

Prerequisites:

Successful completion/implementation of the T-Net College of Pastoral Leadership Training Center Degree Program. No student can apply for the DMin without the successful completion of the 10 Course T-Net Training Center program of study.

Continued proven effectiveness in multiplication of T-Net trainers and training centers.

Continued proven effectiveness as a disciplemaking pastor or overseer.

Continued integrity as outlined in the qualifications listed in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus.

Academic Issues:

Current MA.Min graduates have 60 graduate level credits banked toward a further degree. These credits form the foundation of the DMin by providing 60 of the 90 credit hours required for the degree.

Students must take an additional 30 academic hours to complete the DMin. These will be a combination of 8-12 courses of studies (24 hours) and a project demonstrating and documenting successful multiplication of Training Centers and church plants to 3 or more generations (6 hours).

Each course will likely be 2 or 3 credit hours depending on the amount of material covered in each course.

Those who have the T-Net BAMin will be able to obtain a MA.Min by completing the

same 30 hours described above (30 hours being the minimum number of hours required

for a Master’s Degree).


Courses under Consideration for this degree program:

Reporting and Data Management -

Communication skills -

Coaching and Mentoring of leaders

Team Building – Motivation,

Leadership Development – Theological Foundations, Biblical Leadership,

Advanced Spiritual Development

Church Health and Consulting - Leading Change, Handling Conflict*

Issues in Organizational Management – ministry expansion, managing networks

Supervision and Accountability -

Ethics in Ministry - Financial Integrity, Character, Spiritual Health, Code of Ethics

Cross-Cultural Ministry -

Conflict Resolution* – Peace building, Parliamentary Procedure, Policy making

Human Resource Management – Management of Volunteers

Strategic Planning -

Grading and Graduation Requirements:

Course Grading: Each course will have a 1) Certification Test, 2) appropriate course assignments to help students apply the course content, 3) final Course Grading Sheets, 4) Data Sheets specific to the multiplication of church plants and Generations of Training Centers, 5) Portfolio Projects will be added to courses where possible in order to provide ways to demonstrate the student’s proficiencies to others outside of T-Net.

Project Description and Grading: Six hours are dedicated to the degree project. This project must be designed primarily for the results it produces – the multiplication of disciplemaking churches and generations of T-Net Training Centers. This is the most important component of the student’s DMin portfolio. It must be designed to demonstrate effectiveness in organizational management and ministry multiplication. It will require a greater emphasis on data management and analysis than on writing ability. It is a documentation of successful implementation of a most difficult and rarely achieved mandate, the multiplication of disciples beyond one or two generations.

Graduation: Students must successfully pass a comprehensive exam and submit to an

outside review of the final project and an interview by a committee of three members

made up of T-Net country staff and program graduates. The student will be prepared to

explain the final project to a committee and respond to questions regarding the project

and any issued raised by the comprehensive exam.

Implementation Time-line: The goal is to begin offering courses by spring of 2014

If you have further questions please contact the Academic Dean. Email: [email protected]



Policies and Pricing for United States Training Centers

The T-Net College of Pastoral Leadership has been training thousands of pastors in over 27

countries of the world for more than a decade. Now, recent immigrant and minority pastors

within the United States have expressed interest in going through the 10 Course T-Net Training

Center process and earning Bachelor or Master degrees through T-Net’s associate school

relationship with Minnesota Graduate School of Theology. The following outlines the pricing

and policies that are needed to adapt this program to the United States context:

Policies:

1. The International Ten Course T-Net Training Center curriculum must be taught and implemented as written unless exceptions are spelled out in this handbook statement.

2. Students must train Church Planters and plant churches to graduate, but they do not have to recruit and train other pastors, as stated in the curriculum, to earn a degree.

3. All training must always be done in the language of the trainer. If there is no experienced trainer that speaks the language of the class, a qualified bilingual student must be chosen, trained in each class, and must apply the class before teaching it- which will take several months. Then he will be the presenter to the rest while his (English-speaking) mentor is present to answer questions and give guidance.

4. The Senior Pastor of a church must be a student in good standing for an Associate Pastor or other leaders to participate in the Training Center. Assignments within the training program require implementation of disciplemaking ministries within the church. The participation and cooperation of the Senior Pastor is mandatory to avoid misunderstanding, conflict or the appearance of insubordination.

5. Courses will usually be taught on Saturdays or three evenings a week for 5-6 consecutive

weeks.

Pricing:

1. As an Associate College of the Minnesota Graduate School of Theology (MGST), T-Net College of Pastoral Leadership will use the MGST standard course fee structure for the United States.

2. Because immigrant and minority Pastors have such a disparity of income and financial resources T-Net has made provisions to award scholarships equal to as much as 50% of the cost of each course.

3. Application fee is $50 4. Course fees will be on a per-course basis.

$75 per course for certificate

Undergraduate Credits (Bachelor Level) – $25 per credit hour or $300 for a 12 credit-hour course ($150 per course with the 50% Scholarship Award)

Graduate Credits (Masters Level) – $35 per hour or $420 for a 12 credit-hour course ($210 per course with the 50% Scholarship Award)


5. The cost of student manuals is covered by the tuition payment – a $30-50 value for each of the 10 Courses.

6. Students will be set up for monthly payments to avoid the hardship of large lump-sum payments. Example: BA Level, three courses per year would cost only $37.50 per month with the 50% scholarship. Even without the scholarship the most a Master’s level student would pay for the full degree is $4200 in tuition. This is due, in part, that our trainers volunteer or raise missionary funding to serve and our facilities provided for free by participating or supporting churches. Our administrators also raise missionary funding so that no costs are passed along to students in developing countries, and therefore, to minority and immigrant pastors in the United States of America.

7. Graduation fee is $200

Implementation Time-line: The goal is to begin offering courses by spring of 2014

If you have further questions please contact the Academic Dean. Email: [email protected]


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