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APPRENTICESHIP

What does it mean?

In the context of ministry training, an apprenticeship is a model for training that combines classroom education as well as hands-on experience. Unfortunately, most missionaries and church planters that come to Europe have been trained in a context that has not allowed them to gain practical experience.

Another much-needed advantage of this approach is that the local church is involved the entire time.
At the end of the training, the local church can affirm competency and send a fully-equipped church planting team that has demonstrated their calling.

COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION

How does it work?

Like other competency-based programs, the ATI curriculum is designed with the end result in mind.

With the aid of fellow pastors and practitioners the development of the ATI curriculum began with the end goal in mind. Next, the Aquila team worked backwards to identify the full range of competencies necessary to achieve these goals. In this way the result of the curriculum can be more assured than through traditional approaches. The competencies themselves represent a unified body of knowledge, skills, and character traits that, when achieved, ensure the graduate is fully competent for church planting and marketplace missions.

Apprentices and their needs are at the heart of curriculum development, and the program supports and encourages personalisation in response to experience, personality, context, and pacing. The curricular design ensures that the level and complexity of the competencies are congruent with the achievements required.

The chart below explains the stages of development of the Aquila curriculum and how the various components fit together.

PROGRAM PURPOSE

The purpose of the ATI curriculum is to help churches train leaders and church planters who are competent to fulfil their calling through marketplace ministry.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Church planters in Europe must be Kingdom-minded, must have Godly character, and must contextualise their ministry. These make up the Aquila Program Objectives.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Often known as classes or modules, these are the areas of study that embody the Program Objectives. They summarise the knowledge, character traits, and skills that the apprentices will master.

Competency in each Learning Outcome is developed through the following process:

INPUTS

The sources used to build knowledge in the apprentice.

OUTPUTS

The activities that give evidentiary support for the assessment of competency.

INDICATORS

The measurable criteria for evaluating competency.

COMPETENCY

The standards used to evaluate mastery of key areas within a Learning Outcome.

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Introducing the Cross Cultural Communication Learning Outcome

aquila-initiative

Dec 9, 20221 min read

It's easy to overlook just how influential culture is in our lives. For example, everyone receives information according to their worldview, and their worldview is influenced by their culture.

At ATI, we hold this reality in tension with the reality that the truth of Scripture is unchanging, regardless of one's culture. So we developed the Cross Cultural Communication Learning Outcome in the Church Planting Apprenticeship Program to equip an apprentice to enter into a new culture and clearly explain the gospel. Watch the video below, as David Martin takes a closer look at this Learning Outcome.