Forge Mission Training Course

A Midlands-based Mission Training Course will begin in mid-January and continue throughout 2023. ‘Forge’ cultivates missional community by identifying, developing, and training missional leaders, teams and practitioners. It trains ordinary people to become missional and thrive in whatever context to which one is called. This may be in pioneering new things, church planting, working in and through an already-existing church, or serving in a local community, professional or relational network.

Through a 10 – 12 month programme involving missional training, practice-led coaching, personal development, the forming of a supportive learning community, and networking events, Forge is operating in missional centres across England and Wales to help birth and nurture the missional church, using Zoom workshops. Forge champions and connects missional pioneers through a wide and varied network that brings together innovative leaders, missional agencies, theological colleges, churches, and a number of major denominations. The Forge network is led by active missional practitioners who are able to offer significant experiential training in pioneering contexts.

Through a series of integrated, practical and reflective online workshops, participants learn how to join with God in His mission through discerning their own particular life context. Forge practitioners develop further through exploring missional wellbeing, spiritual formation, and healthy practices that shape and sustain missional practice. The ongoing journey moves finally to providing the skills for cultivating missional leadership, discipleship cultures, and the forming of new communities. Each Forge participant receives coaching sessions throughout the year, by a coach to help them connect the training with everyday living. Every person that embarks on Forge joins an online Peer Group that meets for shared learning, support, prayer, reflection and encouragement. Each Forge missional practitioner will explore new missional opportunities within their existing or new life setting. This is where the training and coaching can be lived out practically. Everyone is encouraged to develop theologically and spiritually through the training and coaching, ongoing reflections and social media that are designed to support life and missional formation.

The first training weekend in 2023 will be Friday 13 January (6:30pm – 9:00pm) and Saturday 14 January (9:30am – 12:30pm). The topic will be ‘Discerning God’s Mission in my life context.’ The opening weekend will be followed by four Monday evening sessions. The Spring term will begin over the weekend of Friday 21/Saturday 22 April and the third term on Friday 8/Saturday 9 September. The cost is £495 for the year, which includes all costs of the training, coaching and resources that participants will be given. Forge encourage participants to explore opportunities for funding from local churches, sponsors, family members and sponsoring Churches.

For more information about the training, follow THIS LINK, or e-mail Andy Mackie at THIS ADDRESS. The sign up form can be found HERE.

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