Time Out Mission Online Bible Academy

To all T.O.M Friends            
                   
                   
                   
                   
 

*Introducing the new T.O.M Online Bible Academy*

The Lord has great joy when we join together in your local towns as one
body regardless of church or ministry background. To have fellowship and
encourage each other like this is at the heart of TOM and you are actively
promoting and demonstrating the message of TOM when you do this.

TOM in essence is a movement of God and not an organisation or
institution. We do however, as carriers and custodians of the TOM message,
have a great responsibility to ensure that the message spreads, undiluted or
corrupted in anyway. We have therefore developed an organic framework that
facilitates this movement ethos, whilst maintaining some measure of
accountability to ensure that healthy relationships and operations exist
within the T.O.M movement around the world. Part of this framework involves
requesting that the local committees of indigenous leadership elect a
suitable person to oversee the work as the committee wishes.

It is our responsibility at T.O.M Intn’l (UK) to impart the TOM message
and provide guidance and oversight, but it is the role and responsibility of
the local, regional or National Steering committee to ensure the outworking
and application of that message in whatever way the Lord is leading them.
Part of that process is their appointment of someone to represent them, and
we will honour and accept that person as your representative for the town,
region or nation.

We truly value your hard work and commitment to the message and work of
TOM.

*It is our strong desire, and indeed the mandate God has given to
us, to empower you in this important work.*

Consequently, we are delighted to announce that we are launching the
official *T.O.M Online Bible Academy *this month of September
which will include an examination based on the lessons.

All Local and Regional Co-ordinators and National Directors will have the
privilege of completing the 23 lesson course first, to equip and will be
necessary to enable them to continue as TOM serving officers.

The TOM Academy training course will then be made available to any TOM
committee member or representative or registered member (T.O.M. Friend) who
desire to complete it. This is not compulsory for non co-ordinator roles, but
is highly recommended to allow greater understanding of the TOM vision and
mandate.

As you know the full TOM teaching is available on our website (click
“teaching” from the available menu options) and can be accessed now for
study purposes in preparation for the exam questions. The questions will be
released in blocks of four sessions i.e. first exam will be for sessions one
to four and will only be released when the student feels sufficiently
prepared to complete them and requests them. When completed they will be
returned to us, the International Directors for review and marking. The
successful student can then repeat the process with the next four sessions
and so on, until the full current syllabus is finished and a pass certificate
is obtained.

Please contact International Director Bryan Waters on  
(bryan@timeoutmission.org [1]) if you have any further
questions.

The International Directors are excited about this new initiative and
fully believe that the launch and development of the TOM Academy is the best
way to propagate the message the Lord has given it. By providing the means to
enable quality teaching and training for those who have a real heart to
partner with TOM, the Academy will provide a very firm foundation for the
work to continue around the world.

God bless you all

Howard Barnes

on behalf of all three International Directors

Bryan Waters (T.O.M Academy Administrator), Mike Pike and myself

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