Becoming Like Your Teacher

“. . . overseen by capable supervision.” Apprenticeship’s should be connected to specific mentors, supervisors, or leaders who supervise and oversee the apprentice’s training, assignments and work. Apprentices should report to these supervisors who equip, encourage, and offer regular feedback as to the apprentice’s progress or areas of growth needed to be worked on. “. . . which is designed to equip the apprentice in church planting among the poor.” Apprenticeships are targeted to equip the individual to plant a church among the poor. Apprenticeships are not “special” in the sense of creating some unique and unrelated role for the apprentice. Rather, the best apprenticeship programs are connected specifically to training the apprentice to gain expertise and exposure for the task of planting a church that the church/ministry currently embraces, supports, and enhances the goals and priorities of that church/ministry. Training interns in a wisely-supervised apprenticeship program is an effective means to multiply spiritual laborers for the harvest, and to equip servant-leaders for effective ministry in the church!