Goals:
To develop -
Your Relationship with God
This is the key to the whole of Christian life and service. We seek to help students develop their own personal walk with God through the basic disciplines of time with God through prayer and God's Word.
Your Knowledge of God's Word
God's Word is the standard by which we live and serve. We seek to improve students' knowledge of God's Word through the lecture program. The Bible is surveyed and individual books are studied in depth. Students memoriseScripture.
We seek to empower students so that they can study and apply God's Word themselves.
Our goal is to develop people who will not only know God's Word, but will live by it as well.
Your Skills in God's Service
Our Course has a major emphasis on training people so that they develop skills for service. Our principal for training is:
* Teach the skill in class - through lecture and/or workshop
* Demonstrate the skill in real life
* Involve the student with regular feedback
This enables students to develop confidence and competence in areas of service.
Your Vision in God's World
Students develop a growing understanding of their place in God's world. They start on the path to becoming 'world Christians' - those who are involved in God's Mission of reaching the whole world.
Location
The
GLO Training Centre is located on Tasmania's beautiful north-west coast
in the town of Smithton. The area is a rural centre with a population of
around 4000. Dairy farming, vegetable cropping and processing are the main
industries of the area. Smithton is the commercial centre of the area (Circular
Head) and as such provides shopping facilities, swimming pool, squash and
tennis courts. A primary School High School and Christian School are with
2km of the Training Centre.
The Centre is in the heart of Australia's "Bible belt" and works in fellowship with the surrounding Christian Brethren Assemblies. Students attend one of these assemblies.
Facilities
The Training Centre has good facilities for both singles and families.
Each single students has a room which is furnished with a bed , wardrobe, desk and bookshelves.
The family quarters include bedroom, kitchen and bathroom/laundry. Mothers can listen to the lectures from their flats if minding small children. There is an enclosed play area at the rare of the family flats.
A common laundry.
Off street parking.
Other facilities include offices, kitchen, dining room, lounge room, lecture
room, library, and preparation room.
Staff are also housed on the Campus.
Being in town students have ready access to all of the towns facilities.
Subjects Covered
Bible Studies: Mark's Gospel; Minor Prophets (Haggai, Malachi); Walk thru the OT; Foundations of the Faith; 1st Corinthians; OT & NT Surveys; Galatians; Colossians; John's Gospel; John's Epistles; Acts; Romans; 2 Timothy.
Practical Subjects: Evangelism 1; Homiletics 1, Bible Study Methods, Apologetics, Children's Work; Public Speaking; Small Group Bible Studies 1; Communication, Communicating with Youth; Making Disciples; Caring for People; Leadership; Church; World Missions; Church Planting; The Cults; Christian Camping; Youth Ministry; Evangelism 2.
Practical Training
The Course has a focus in equipping people for God's service. Training is 'hands-on' so that at the end of a year students have developed in their confidence in God's ability to use them and in their competence in ministry skills. They leave equipped to make a solid impact in their local church or elsewhere.
Devotional Life: Training is given on how to maintain a vibrant walk with the Lord. Each weekday students and staff meet to share in praise, feed from God's Word, and intercede for God's Word.
Practical Outreach: Training is given in the following areas:
Local Church Ministries - students work together in teams to take services for churches.
Religious Education in Schools - students take RE on a weekly basis Christian Camping - staff and students work together over a week at a local campsite to reach children for Christ.
Holiday Club - another weeklong outreach with students and staff working
together.
Senior Citizen's Luncheon - a special outreach to the Senior's of the
community
Mission Exposure Trip: Students gain experience in what it means to work in another culture through a visit to either an overseas missionary work, or a cross cultural work within Australia.
