How and Why PTI is now PTT

What PTI was-

Because of a strong conviction that the church is the primary way that God displays His glory and His grace to the nations, I have prayed with expectation that churches would be established and/or reformed in order to accurately reflect the character of God. The primary purpose of ministry among the Ethiopian churches has been to cultivate and encourage them in these crucial (yet not exhaustive) areas:

1. God- The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
2. The Gospel
3. Salvation
4. Preaching
5. Prayer
6. Evangelism
7. Church Issues (membership, government, discipline)
8. Discipleship

I have given myself to the facilitating of preaching, teaching, and training within the local churches.  For more than two and a half years a modular style bible training conference was held quarterly covering systematic and biblical theology along with relevant cultural issues and practical instruction.  Sixty-five ministers, sent from their local churches throughout Ethiopia, were taught and trained via PTI.

What PTI has become-

The process of morphing the Institute is well underway as a result of the recent work in Ethiopia.  I met two pastors from Zambia in Addis Ababa, and from there we made our way to a city called Jimma in southwestern Ethiopia, five hours away.  Dr. Grave Singogo and Victor Kanyense have been used by God in their homeland of Zambia to proclaim the truths of Christ for more than three decades combined.  I could not have been more delighted to meet them and hear them teach, preach, and exhort the Ethiopian at the church in Jimma.  These two God-fearing pastors are extremely qualified in their roles and their love for Christ and His honor oozes out of them both.

The teaching from this point forward will be regionally-based, and all of the nearby pastors, ministers, evangelists, missionaries, church planters, and church members will be welcomed.  Basically, the ministry is transitioning from training only men who want to start new churches to training all ministers and members within the Addis Kidan Baptist denomination.  Our hope is to keep the training quarterly at least, if not more often when possible.  We will continue teaching the major doctrines of Christianity in an immensely practical and clearly biblical way.  As a result of this transition, I have changed the name of the ministry from PTI to PTT.  Pastor’s Training Institute is now Psalm Two Twelve.

“Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,

For His wrath may soon be kindled

How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!”  Psalm 2:12