Anglican Center for Theological Education and Training

We prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up. For this reason we have developed advanced discipleship training of local church leadership and a course of study to prepare pastoral candidates for their ordination test.

With the explosion of the Information Age in today's society, while the message must remain the same, ministry must be ready to be adaptive to the ever-changing cultures. If the church is to be effective in evangelization, discipleship, and ministry in that society then it is imperative that it has the tools with which to accomplish the task. The Anglican Center for Theological Education and Training (or ACTET) has accepted the challenge of training both clergy and lay-leadership in the work of the church. ACTET accomplishes this in two ways.

First, ACTET offers a 14 - 16 course certificate course of study to train the lay leadership in the church. This course of study is designed to equip the student with both principle and current methods. In as much as methods will change from culture to culture, generation-to-generation, etc. the principles as well as the core values should and must remain the same. Students will be trained to recognize when methods need to be either modified or changed while maintaining the core value of the content. Likewise, the students will be trained to adapt ministry methods to the culture - context so that ministries can be developed in multi-cultural settings. A graduate of the Lay Leader Certificate program will be trained to work in all areas of ministry within their local church.

The second way that ACTET accomplishes the ministry educational challenge of today is to provide the ministerial education required for ordination in the Anglican Church through a Directed Studies Program. The Directed Studies Program is a 24 course program designed to meet training requirements for professional ministry in the Anglican Church as approved by Pastoral Ministries. The students are men and women, who for whatever reason are unable to attend a formal seminary in preparation for a full time ministry career and ordination within the Anglican Church. Although we may occasionally have younger students who have not already earned a Bachelor's degree, most of our students are already career individuals whom God has called into full time Christian service as a pastor.