Training & Schools

Check out info about our schools, info about Argentina, Mendoza and download a form with FAQ’s about schools and life here in Mendoza (at the bottom of this page)!

Join us in Mendoza to find God’s heart! You are important to us. God has a purpose for your life and we want that to be completely fulfilled for you.

Soccer Discipleship Training School (DTS)
Beginning: January 2009
Length: 5 months
Language(s): Spanish, English
Outreach Location(s): To be announced
Description: The Football (soccer) DTS is a place to come to use your natural talents, improve your skills on the field and most importantly go deeper in your relationship with God. The focus of the school is about knowing God, being transformed and applying Godly principles to your life. Find God on the soccer pitch and let Him work in your heart!

Compassion Discipleship Training School (DTS)
Beginning: Every April
Length: 5 months
Language(s): Spanish, English
Outreach Location(s): Argentina and Central America and Mexico
Description: DTS school with focus on mercy ministries, reaching out to unreached people group and learning about God’s heart of compassion

Sports/High adventure Discipleship Training School (DTS)
Beginning: Every July
Length: 5 months
Language(s): Spanish, English
Outreach Location(s): Argentina and a second and third outreach.
Description: Focused on finding out who God is while using sports eg. kayaking, soccer, basketball, mountain biking etc. as part of process. Outreach also has sports focus.

School of Frontier Missions (SOFM)
Beginning: September
Length: 6 months
Requirements: DTS
Language(s): Spanish, English
Outreach Location(s): To be determined prior to each school. Most likely either India or South Africa.
Description: This school will prepare you to go out and work with unreached people groups. Learn how to enter into cultures, how to work in the 10/40 window. Seek God, learn Spanish, and find out how God wants to guide you more into missions.

Introduction to Biblical Counseling (IBC)
Beginning: September 2008
Length: 12 weeks
Languages: Spanish and English
Outreach Locations: Argentina
Description: The Introduction to Biblical Counseling focuses on the following: The Biblical foundation for counseling, greater depth and fullness in the ministry (through the restoration of the personality), and healing in personal relationships. The school is designed for those who are active and interested in ministries of counseling, leadership, mercy work, refuge homes, rehabilitation centers, trans-cultural counseling and family counseling. Other subjects taught by professionals in the field include Mental Health, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Abuse, Child Development, Violence, Sexuality, Deliverance etc.

Write us for more information.

 

Argentina

Argentina is a diverse country in many ways. Since it was colonized by Europe it has influences from both Europe and indigenous societies.

It’s a large country that incorporates physical diversity. Argentina has deserts, glaciers, rainforests, mountains, coasts and prairie land. Argentina also has a lot of natural resources such as oil, mineral and agriculture.

The official language is Spanish. The currency is the Argentine peso, one peso is about 0.35 USD$ or 0.25 Euros (see www.xe.com for conversion rates). The population in the country is around 36 million and Buenos Aires, the capital city, has 12 million inhabitants.

The main religion in Argentina is Roman Catholicism but the Protestant Church has been increasing a lot since the 1980’s. Argentina is a very traditional country that respects what they know. But here, as everywhere, occultism and consumersism seek out people.

 

Mendoza

Mendoza is the capital of the Mendoza province and it has 880,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in a desert close to the Andes and the border of Chile. It has an altitude of 810 meters over sea level.

Mendoza is a very old town; it was discovered in 1561. It started flourishing after channels were built to the building of channels that led water down from the mountains. This was to improve irrigation for agriculture. In 1861 there was an earthquate that completely destroyed Mendoza. The city was then rebuild and is a centre for toursim, vineyards and outdoor adventure sports.

Mendoza is well-known for it’s variety of vineyards and for adventure activities.
People come to Mendoza to climb, trek, hike, horse-back ride, ski, board, raft, bike and paraglide. From Mendoza there’s also a lot of tourism to the Andes and especially to Aconcagua, the highest peak in the American continent with a height of 6.962 meters.

Even though the hot and dry climate Mendoza is a very green city because of its parks and planted trees.

Application/Solicitud! (doc, 103.9 KB)
Here’s a bilingual application.

DTS References sheet (doc, 75.2 KB)
You can give these out to your references and email them back.

Our 2008 FAQ lists (doc, 150.0 KB)
Check out our frequently asked questions.