Simple Church School 2008/09
Gareth Duffty who now leads the "Together" group of churches (formerly CMI) has welcomed and encouraged some of his leaders who are exploring the simple church route. Now they are pioneering some classroom based training for others actively involved in planting simple churches. Here's their spiel:


What is church? How does it work? And how does it grow and multiply?

The Simple Church School of Covenant College is a part-time programme for those wanting to be trained and equipped within all aspects of simple church and simple church planting.

Those involved with Covenant College recognise that this kind of church expression is rapidly growing in the UK and across the world. Simple Church represents an exciting vehicle for the rapid advance of the Kingdom of God in our day, and we recognise a specific need to train and empower those on this journey.

This course is designed for practitioners and led by practitioners. You will be empowered for your journey and equipped for church multiplication and growth… as we seek to fill the whole nation and beyond with the good news of the Kingdom of God.

Over seven weekends during the academic year you will journey together with others, learning, sharing and discovering together through a variety of informal and conversational sessions. Teaching and leadership of the course comes from those currently involved in expressions of simple church; with two weekends during the year involving key well-known simple church practitioners from overseas.

Course Content
The programme consists of seven weekends including bible teaching, guided learning, application and practical discussion, mentoring and support, prayer, worship, personal study, reading and case studies.

The teaching component of the course includes the following: Being like Christ in our communities; Reproducing ourselves and planting churches; Listening to the Holy Spirit, knowing His strategy and working with Him; Integrating into and transforming our culture; Raising up leaders in church and society; Producing an apostolic and prophetic people.

We will also be exploring the many practical aspects of simple church, including: finance, involving children, prayer and worship, facilitating small group meetings, leadership, pastoral issues, administration/communication, reaching new groups of people and impacting communities.

The year programme also includes an ‘onsite visit’, where students will be visited by a course teacher, to encourage and inspire them in their current situation.

Course Dates
Weekends are all residential and fully catered, taking place at Nettle Hill, Coventry. Each weekend will commence with breakfast together on the Saturday, and finish after lunch on Sunday. Dates for 2008/09:

Weekend One: Saturday 1st – Sunday 2nd November 2008
Weekend Two: Saturday 6th – Sunday 7th December 2008
Weekend Three: Saturday 24th – Sunday 25th January 2009
Weekend Four: Saturday 21st – Sunday 22nd February 2009
Weekend Five: Saturday 28th – Sunday 29th March 2009
Weekend Six: Saturday 25th – Sunday 26th April 2009
Weekend Seven: Saturday 30th – Sunday 31st May 2009

Course Cost
Course fees for the academic year 2008/09 are £700 residential and £525 non-residential. This includes all course costs (tuition, books, resources etc) and catering costs (plus shared accommodation for residential students).

To apply for the Simple Church School please download and complete an application form from www.covenantcollege.co.uk, and send with a deposit of £50 (made payable to ‘Covenant College’) to Covenant College, Nettle Hill, Brinklow Road, Ansty, Coventry, CV7 9JL.

For further information, please email info (at) covenantcollege.co.uk or contact the Covenant College office.

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