"Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me." - Colossians 1:28
The Petra School of Ministry (Plantar) flows through each of the churches across all of our locations to provide Bible, theological, and ministerial classes and resources to train kingdom workers to become successful pastors, elders, deacons, evangelists, missionaries, worship leaders, and lay leaders. God is training many leaders through Plantar and is sending them out for the planting of new works!
There is a common philosophy of ministry in the U.S. that to be equipped for the mission field or serving in the church that training needs to take place outside of the local church (through seminaries, parachurch ministries, etc.) and is often knowledge based. Although these pursuits can be supplemental, we believe biblically the main training, equipping and sending should flow through the local church, as the Petra School of Ministry does, and should be practical, obedience based, and biblically contextualized (Ephesians 4:11-13). The focus is on both character and competency development.
Petra is currently working on building out a bilingual online platform of 32 classes that will train and equip hundreds of leaders across generations for the multiplication of more Christ-centered churches in the U.S. and Latin America.
There is a common philosophy of ministry in the U.S. that to be equipped for the mission field or serving in the church that training needs to take place outside of the local church (through seminaries, parachurch ministries, etc.) and is often knowledge based. Although these pursuits can be supplemental, we believe biblically the main training, equipping and sending should flow through the local church, as the Petra School of Ministry does, and should be practical, obedience based, and biblically contextualized (Ephesians 4:11-13). The focus is on both character and competency development.
Petra is currently working on building out a bilingual online platform of 32 classes that will train and equip hundreds of leaders across generations for the multiplication of more Christ-centered churches in the U.S. and Latin America.
