God desires whole-hearted disciples who worship Him fully with their hearts and minds — but we can’t love God if we don’t know God. To grow in our worship, we must grow in our understanding of Him and His Word.
EVENTS
Institute Lectures
Christ Covenant Institute Lectures are opportunities to hear from scholars, authors, and leaders on topics relevant to faithful Christian living in the modern world. These lectures will challenge attendees to think more deeply about their Christian faith and practice. They also provide an opportunity to interact with leading figures in their areas of expertise.
Institute Classes
Christ Covenant Institute Lectures are opportunities to hear from scholars, authors, and leaders on topics relevant to faithful Christian living in the modern world. These lectures will challenge attendees to think more deeply about their Christian faith and practice. They also provide an opportunity to interact with leading figures in their areas of expertise.
Ministry Training Programs
Where better to train for ministry in and through the Church than in the context of a local church?
The Christ Covenant Institute offers aspiring pastors and missionaries the opportunity to gain real-world ministry experience, to pursue seminary-level theological training, to receive intense personal discipleship, and to discern their calling and vocation, all in the context of a healthy, vibrant, and growing local church in the heart of Atlanta.
Summer Internship
The Christ Covenant Institute’s Summer Internship is a 10-week program designed to deepen the participants’ walk with the Lord, expose participants to the ministries of Christ Covenant, and challenge participants to consider their place in God’s global work.
During the Summer Internship, participants will:
- Build up the church by serving the ministries of Christ Covenant
- Experience ministry in an urban context through our Bless the City
- initiatives Proclaim the gospel on a Reach the World global mission trip
- Attend the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention
- Take a seminary-level Christian leadership course
- Learn from various ministry leaders with decades of experience
- Be personally discipled by a Christ Covenant staff member
Who is the Summer Internship for?
Those who want to be equipped for a lifetime of faithful ministry and invest their summer in serving the Church, in reaching a global city, and in seeing the gospel go to the ends of the earth.
Apprenticeship
The Christ Covenant Institute’s Apprenticeship is a two-year program designed to grow participants in their:
- Character : Deepening a love of God and neighbor through intense personal discipleship under Christ Covenant elders and staff. (Heart)
- Convictions : Understanding God and all things in relation to God through rigorous seminary coursework. (Head)
- Competencies : Honing practical skills in leadership and ministry through real-world ministry experiences overseen by a ministry coach. (Hands)
- Calling : Discerning one’s personal vocation and being deployed on a lifetime of fruitful ministry through Christ Covenant and our network of partners. (Feet)
During the Apprenticeship, participants will:
- Have a salaried staff position within one of the ministries of Christ Covenant
- Participate in regular staff and elder meetings of the church
- Be discipled by a Christ Covenant elder or staff member
- Receive rigorous seminary-level academic training
- Experience ministry in an urban context through our Bless the City initiatives
- Proclaim the gospel on a Reach the World global mission trip
- Attend the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention
- Be deployed through Christ Covenant or one of our ministry partners
Who is the apprenticeship for?
Those who feel the Lord leading toward vocational ministry and have been affirmed in that calling by their local church by recognizing character qualifications for the office of elder or deacon as described in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.
For questions,
Email Chris Smith
Our Director of Training and Development
