Artios
Documents
Application for Admission
The Artios Handbook.
Do you...?
- want to learn more about God beyond what you get Wednesday night and Sunday morning?
- struggle with knowing how to “grow” in your faith, taking the next step?
- pick up the Bible and it feels like an ancient manuel that seems nearly impossible to decipher?
- look at the message your pastor preaches and say, “how did he get that from that passage?"
- want to serve the Lord but have no idea on how to get started?
- feel that you are in a dry spot spiritually with God?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions...please continue reading!
Need for Theological training and Leadership
Saint John Chrysostom said, “if we think wrongly about God, we will live wrongly.” Chrysostom’s aim was “to lead disciples, both by what they do and what they say, into the way of that blessed life which Christ commanded (125;IV.8)."
Chrysostom faced intense theologcial controversies in his day. He knew the vital need for faithful leaders in the true Christian church who were rooted in the foundations of Christian thought and life.
Much like Chrysostom’s day, we as 21st century Christians are bombarded by various thoughts and ideas seemingly Christian thought. Even within the church walls, we cannot agree on the basic foundations of Christian thought and life. How do we know what is sound doctrine and what is not? Do you know?
One who seeks those sound doctrines should never be expected to uproot and leave their community, ministry and family in order to study Bible and theology. Our churches need to be back in the business of training people within our own congregations for the work of ministry. That is Artios at The Vail Church!
Artios is...
A two-year small group that completes 8 ministry courses of Bible and Theology with practical church ministry and spiritual formation. We meet in a small group and study deeply what God has revealed to us from his Word as it makes sense in His creation, all the while learning more about God, each other and myself as an individual. There is no better way to train for life and for a life-time of future ministry than in a doctrinally sound church with doctrinally sound teaching, in a small group format. Artios seeks to push the believer into the "thoroughly equipped" category of 2 Timothy 3:17.
For more information contact nick personally at: , or read the resident handbook or comments from past alumni.