Encounter Ministry Development School

The Encounter Ministry Development School was established in 2010 to make ready for placement in the five-fold ministry, men and women from local churches in New Zealand. Since then, over 100 men and women have completed the course and many graduates have taken up roles as pastors, church planters, youth and assistant ministry roles throughout the nation.

Beginning in 2016, The Encounter Ministry Development School approach to training changes in two significant ways, to bring more study options, more flexibility and more mentoring.

Firstly, the school is adding a new range of study options: both one year and two year courses, with a wider range of training goals being catered for.

Secondly, the school is changing to be predominately “online” in order to offer students and churches more flexible options for study.

We believe this is a time of great opportunity for the expansion of the Kingdom of God in New Zealand.

Our response to this opportunity is to co-labour with pastors from churches across the country to prepare men and women to lead and serve with faithfulness and effectiveness.