Overview

PI Schools

The Schools of Prepare International have been established with the Christian Worker of Europe in mind. Most of them cannot go to a bookfull-time Bible school because of time and cost. Therefore, we have endeavored to bring a Bible/School of Ministry directly to them.

Each school is built just a little differently but the underlying principles are. . .

  • Schools meet on a long weekend for 2 – 3 days with 8 – 12 hours of teaching, discussion, and many other learning activities involved.
  • Schools meet three times per year in the Winter/Spring season and two times per year in the Fall season.
  • Each weekend is an entire course with a fully translated teaching manual, follow up reading articles and practical study assignments once at home.
  • In the in-between sessions two month period, small groups meet to discuss and apply the teaching to their lives.
  • The teaching team is made up of our full-time PI staff, Pastors / key leaders from America and Europe and leaders from the nation the school is held within.
  • Each weekend is very intense involving listening to lectures, doing guided Bible Studies, group discussions and other practical guided exercises.

It is highly recommended that a pastor attend the school with the current and emerging leaders within the church.  If this is not possible, pastoral involvement in other ways is recommended.

The PI Curriculum consists of Courses to be chosen from in the following categories:

Intense discipleshipPrepare International Course Catalogue:

BIBLE AND THEOLOGY (THL)

[THL 100] The Kingdom of God:  A Foundational Course Focusing on the Revelation of God and His Kingdom in the Scriptures  (10 or 25 hrs)

[THL 101] NT Themes: A Brief Study of Some of the Major Themes of the New Testament  (10 hrs)

[THL 102] Bible Doctrine:  The same content of NT Themes plus many other themes such as:  The nature of God, the Authority of Scripture, The Creation, The nature of man, Etc.  (25 hrs)

[THL 103] The Holy Spirit & His Gifts:  Discovering the Holy Spirit and His Gifts  (10 hrs)

HISTORY (HIS)

[HIS 100] The Forces That Shaped Us:  An Overview of Historical Events That Shaped Christianity  (8 hrs)

CHURCH PLANTING (CHP)

[CHP 100] Church Planting—Beginning Steps:  A Brief Study of the Foundational Principles of Planting New Churches  (10-15 hrs)

[CHP 200] The Antioch Church:  Developing the DNA of Church Planting in the Local Church & Developing Church Planters  (10 hrs)

[CHP 300] How to Plant a Church Part 1:  Practical steps in the year before and the first year of planting a new church  (10 hrs)

[CHP 301] How to Plant a Church Part 2:  Practical steps in year two and three of planting a church  (10-15 hrs)

GENERAL MINISTRY COURSES (MIN)

[MIN 100] How to Study the Bible:  Principles of Effective Bible Study  (10 hrs)

[MIN 102] Winning Others:  How to win others for Christ, Jesus’ Way (10 hrs)

[MIN 103] Secret Life with Christ:  Learning to develop our “secret time” with God and learning how to study scripture in both devotional and disciplined study settings.  (8-10 hrs)

[MIN 200] Making Disciples & Spiritual Fathering: How to Make Disciples of Jesus Today  (10 hrs)

[MIN 300] Preaching & Teaching:  Bringing God’s Word to the People  (10 hrs)

[MIN 301] Real Issues of Life in the Ministry:  Carrying the Cross, Dealing with Difficulties, Handling Conflict, Etc.  (10 hrs)

[MIN 400] Spiritual Warfare:  Learning to Become Kingdom Warriors  (10 hrs)

[MIN 500] Kingdom Relationships  (10 hrs)

[MIN 505] Kingdom Finances  (10 hrs)

SUPERNATURAL MINISTRY COURSES (SNM)

[SNM 100] Divine Communication: Hearing The Voice of God:  A Comprehensive Study of Hearing God and Growing in Prophecy

(10 hrs)

[SNM 101] Living By Faith:  Learning to Live in God’s Supernatural Realm of Faith   (8-10 hrs)

[SNM 200] Power Ministry Today:  Healing the sick and Casting out Demons  (10-15 hrs)

LEADERSHIP COURSES (LDR)

[LDR 100] The Personal Life of a Leader:  Maintaining a healthy soul, Family, and character   (10 hrs)

[LDR 101] Principles of Leadership:  General Principles to Grow As Leadership  (10 hrs)

[LDR 200] Strategic Leadership:  Fulfilling God-given Vision   (10 hrs)

[LDR 500] Advanced Leadership:  Avoiding costly mistakes many leaders make  (10 hrs)

MISSIONS AND CROSS CULTURAL MINISTRY (MIS)

[MIS 100] Committed to God’s World: Discovering God’s heart to reconcile the world to himself.

[MIS 101] The Missionary God:  An Introduction to World Missions for the Local Church

[MIS 102] Cross Cultural Ministry:  Discussions of how to learn to minister in another culture

[MIS 103] Cross Cultural Living:  How to adapt a family to living in another culture

[MIS 104] Support Raising and Missions: Learning to raise financial support, prayer support and ministry relationships God’s way.

[MIS 105] World Religions: Understanding the religions of the world.

[MIS 200] Spiritual Warfare in Missions: Specific application Spiritual Warfare tools in a missions context.

LOCAL CHURCH (LOC)

[LOC 100] Church Growth:  A Discussion of Recent Church Growth Research and the Practical Conclusions  (10 hrs)

[LOC 102] The Ministries of the Local Church  (10 hrs)

[LOC 103] Pastoring a Local Church  (10-20 hrs)

[LOC 101] New Wineskins: A study of church structures and their ability to hold the presence and movements of God.

TRANSFORMATIONAL TRUTHS (TRT)

TRT 100 The Power of a Transformed Mind:  How to renew your mind to work together with God  (10 hrs)

TRT 200 The Life God Blesses: Living in a covenant mindset with God (7 hrs)

When PI enters a nation, they spend several years building relationships that our schools can be founded upon. We are NOT there representing the Ministry of PI, but rather the ministry of the local church network or movement. The national leaders of the schools help determine the structure of the school, the actual courses to be used, and often who teaches in the schools.

As of this writing, we have had 12 schools and trained over 700 people for the ministry.  The PI staff travels many weeks per year to minister in these schools around Europe with the help of men and women from Europe, the USA and beyond.