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11.05.2008
Finding Courage and Rest
John 6 : 1-15
Dave Taylor
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04.05.2008
6 Trustworthy Witnesses
John 5 : 30-47
Pete Greasley
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27.04.2008
Safeguarding Our True Joy
Philippians 3 : 1-9
Bob Mc Can
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1.	Is Sovereign Grace a denomination?
2.	What are the Sovereign Grace primary beliefs and doctrinal emphases?
3.	How are Sovereign Grace different from other churches that identify themselves as Reformed?
4.	How do Sovereign Grace govern their churches?
5.	How do Sovereign Grace train leaders?
6.	How does an existing church affiliate with Sovereign Grace?
7.	I would like to request that Sovereign Grace start a church in my town. How do I make that request?
8.	How can I be alerted when Sovereign Grace start a new church?
9.	How can I find out about the latest developments in Sovereign Grace Ministries?

5. How do Sovereign Grace train leaders?

We believe that the biblical standard for church leadership, on any level or in any position, must include character and integrity, proven through humility and accountability. Gifting is certainly important, but it cannot qualify a man for ministry apart from sufficiently godly character. We believe that the primary responsibility for identifying and training pastors lies with the local church. Using the same criteria mentioned above, pastors have the responsibility to identify and raise up into pastoral ministry men whose character and gifting appear to indicate a pastoral call on their lives (2Ti 2:2). Recognising the limited resources of many congregations, we seek to serve our churches with Sovereign Grace Ministries’ Pastors College. The college exists to train leaders for ministry within our churches, and to support existing pastors with ongoing theological training. Men who display a pastoral call are recommended by their churches and then invited to attend the Pastors College. This is a ten-month program of rigorous academic training within the context of a particular local church, Covenant Life Church, in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The local church context provides a model for the students to participate in, observe, and learn from. Thus we build into them the values for local-church life and ministry that we hope to see replicated in the churches we plant. Graduates of the Pastors College serve in a variety of capacities, from internships to staff positions to leading new church plants. After a period of observation and proven ministry, the apostolic team, in concert with the relevant pastors, oversees an ordination process that involves written and oral testing on the wide variety of biblical, theological, and practical concerns related to pastoral ministry.

Do you want to know more?
If you’d like to know more about our model for identifying and training leaders, you can see “Am I Called? Discerning the Summons to Ministry.” For more information about the Sovereign Grace Pastors College, click here.