Our Pastoral Training Fund
This week we launched a new fund here at the church — our pastoral training fund. We’d love for you to pray about participating in it.
The First Step
We’re beginning this fund with a specific need to invest in Brayden Peterson as he heads to the Sovereign Grace Pastors College this fall. He is a young man with a heart for ministry that has seen him graduate with an undergraduate degree while also serving in college ministry in Lubbock.
You can hear Brayden’s testimony and about his heart for ministry in our Sunday service:
This year will be a foundational one as Brayden explores God’s call on his life and seeks to be equipped to serve the church. While we don’t know what is next for Brayden after this Pastors College year we do know that this year will prepare him to serve the church wherever the Lord takes him.
SIGN UP TO RECEIVE UPDATES FROM BRAYDEN’S JOURNEY
All funds collected right now will go toward Brayden’s year at the Sovereign Grace Pastors College. Brayden is seeking to raise $1,400 per month to attend classes full time for the next 10 months and currently has about 10% raised. We’d love to send him to the Pastors College fully funded if we can. Please consider giving by the end of the month of July so he’ll know where he stands.
Give to the Pastoral Training Fund
The Fund
Beyond Brayden this fund will specifically aim to invest in young men who are exploring pastoral ministry and desiring to pursue it. This fund will specifically go toward things like:
Students attending our Sovereign Grace Pastors College
Men traveling to events like the Pastors Conference, RELAY, or other events exploring pastoral ministry
Pursuing other kinds of pastoral training such as seminary classes, Simeon Trust events, etc.
Resources and books for men exploring ministry
The Need
In our city and across the world there is a great need for men to rise up in gospel ministry. Our heartbeat at the church is build the church, reach the lost. That is a call for every Christian. But there we pray God would specifically raise up those with a heart for preaching the Word and equipping the saints for ministry.
The Opportunity
Located where we are in El Paso Del Norte people often end up here from around the country and beyond — brought by the military, federal work, migration, or university studies. We also have many born here in El Paso who know what it is like to live among and minister to dechurched and unchurched people, rapidly the kind of world America is becoming. We see these as God-given opportunities.
May the Lord raise up many faithful brothers who will lead the way in seeking to build the church and reach the lost in the years to come.