In an era when full-time ministry training will set you back £75,000, taking you out of circulation for at least three years to boot, an institute in the north of England is quietly running an alternative model.
According to Tim Chester, its director, the Northern Training Institute (NTI) is designed for ‘graduates or those who have significant ministry experience’ and offers a model of training that takes into account the changing face of evangelical ministry and the changing face of secular Britain.
Spin-off
NTI is a spin off from the successful Northern Training course (formerly Northern Cornhill). It was established with a three-fold aim. First Tim wanted to provide a solid biblical training regime in the country’s north, as the lack of something like NTI was draining the area of good people.
