Competency Based Ministry Training (Years 1-3)
Ministry Training Designed to Meet Your Needs, Right Where You Are...
The first three years of the undergraduate program of the Vision International Education Network is completed via Vision International College Australia, accredited by the Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board (VETAB). Vision International Education Network facilitates the Vision International College Australia program, which focuses primarily on vocational training for ministry. Students who have completed the first three years of study may then transfer into Vision International University USA’s Bachelor’s Degree Completion program.
Vision International maintains a strong commitment to vocational ministry training within the local context. While Vision’s curriculum is deep-rooted in a Pentecostal-Charismatic heritage, it remains open-ended and adaptable to any immediate cultural context. Vision encourages students studying in Resource Centers to apply their educational experience to their church environment, denomination, and faith community.
Competency-based Vocational Training: Learning to "Do the Work of the Ministry" Hands-On
The Australian model for competency-based vocational training perfectly compliments Vision’s commitment to training within the local church and community. The first three years of study are competency-based, meaning that the student is less required to memorize and repeat information, and more required to demonstrate that he or she is competent to perform essential skills for vocational ministry. Competency is demonstrated by collecting and submitting evidence to qualified assessors. We believe that this is best accomplished in the context of the local church. For more information, please see Dr. Ken Chant’s introductory video, The Vision of Vision.
Community Service Emphasis: Putting Ministry Skills to Practical Use
Community Service is an essential component of Vision’s vocational ministry training emphasis. For more information, please see Community Service.
Our Five Values of Competency-based Vocational Ministry Training:
Vision affirms the following values for vocational ministry training, adapted from Dr. Malcolm Webber, Dean of Vision's graduate Leadership program:
All teaching will be centered in Christ – seeking to bring students into a Christ like life and thinking.
Community
Training will be carried out and proven in the context of community life (relationships). The student’s ministerial vocation will be expressed and worked out in the daily life of his or her various communities: family, church community, society, and the broader community of the world.
Building strong character will be the goal of all training, not just an accumulation of knowledge. The indwelling life of Christ expressed and worked out in community will develop godly character.
Will be observed, developed, and proven within the immediate context of the community.
Competency in a particular area of life and ministry is developed and nurtured in the environment of a loving community. Competency is demonstrated by practical, hands-on training in the immediate context of the local church and community.