Vision

Since its inception, Christian Vocational Training School has been committed to teaching and learning. Initially, classes were formed to provide ministry training as a result of the growing need for trained five-fold ministers in the church. This initial phase of the School was to satisfy Ephesians 4:1 (KJV), which encourages us to “walk worthy of the vocation wherewith [we] have been called.” However, over time, classes were formed to meet various other needs of members of our local church community.
 
Now, as CVTS continues to broaden its vision to offer classes that meet the real needs of real people, we are working toward fulfilling a vision that is very promising.

 

We recognize that this vision will take time to fulfill, yet it effectively serves to guide our course development and future planning in very strategic ways:

 

• Community Partnerships
• Five-fold Ministry Training
• Programs of Study
• Life Skills Institute
• Bible College
• CVTS Missions
• CVTS Press

 

 

MISSION

Christian Vocational Training (CVTS) is a small, private Christian school that offers training for adult men and women to realize and advance their Christian vocations. We seek to provide biblical education and training that will facilitate the aspirations of Ephesians 4:1, which exhorts us to “…walk worthy of the vocation wherewith [we] are called” (KJV). We nurture the life of the heart and the pursuit of truth within our school environment through effective teaching, learning, practice, and development. We encourage the continual development of the character of Jesus Christ in each believer’s life.

 

 

APPROACH

In Scripture, men and women devoted their lives to train or “disciple” others who would follow them for a season and eventually lead others. Christian vocational education reflects this type of ministry training. CVTS employs volunteer faculty members with proven proficiency and maturity in their area of ministry who will be able to teach through their own experiences—both failures and successes—and become personally involved in the development of each student. The mentoring relationship between faculty and students remains central to this process.