PDXi – Portland Disciple Multiplication Institute
PDXi Introduction:
- An initiative to take seriously the responsibility of the local church to develop and train the next generation of Christian leaders.
- A fully-accredited, church-based training program that equips the head, heart, and hands of emerging leaders through an innovative apprenticeship approach to ministry training.
- Open to any believer (man or woman 16+ years old) who is serious about growing their faith and desires to devote themselves to God’s mission in the world. For more information about the curriculum that PDXi uses, go to www.antiochschool.edu.
- Launching as a 5-class certificate-granting pilot program with the possibility of a full Bachelors or Masters of Ministry degree being offered in the future.
PDXi Training Dimensions:
- Head: Rigorous biblical study geared at the level of each student.
- 5 classes taught with highly practical outcomes rather than a grade-based system to determine success: Acts, Epistles, Sound Doctrine, and Biblical Leadership (one class per term).
- New-believer through accredited masters levels offered.
- Heart: Robust coaching and mentorship program
- Personalized Motivated Abilities Test and Life Development Plan integrates with the calling and gifting of each student.
- Holistic assessing tools used to track student development
- Hands: Extensive ministry & teaching practicums build real-life ministry skills.
- Apprenticeships and missional team-based ministry learning
- Freedom and accountability provided for developing new ministry visions.
PDXi Mentorship and Coaching
Mentorship with PDXi is about genuine life-on-life discipleship and not simply a monthly meeting. Mentors will be selected by the elders of the Gathering Community Church and will be assigned to students with whom they will have regular ministry oversight. Thus, the primary context for mentorship will be shared mission. Mentors will be trained by the local certified PDXi faculty member(s) to use the mentorship tools and assessments provided by the Antioch School and will meet one-on-one with a student 1-2 times a month to review these assessment and life development tools.
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