Why do we do it?

In all aspects of its life and provision, The Yorkshire Ministry Course (YMC) seeks to embody the vision of the Yorkshire Regional Training Partnership (RTP) as a whole, namely that:

• The people of God are called to celebrate and participate in the missio Dei (the mission of God). To this end, churches must treasure the Holy Spirit’s gift of listening and responding faithfully to God, to one another and to the world around them.

• In participating in the life of God who is Trinity, we are committed to community and mission. At the heart of our work, therefore, is a passion to support and develop local church congregations and their formation in discipleship, wisdom, holiness, prayer and response to the needs of all people.

• Ministers, lay and ordained, have a crucial role in this building up of the life of the Church. Such ministers need to grow in and reflect the creative, nurturing and redeeming nature of God. They need to be reflective practitioners who are well resourced and formed in the disciplines of biblical, historical, theological and pastoral study, of liturgy, spirituality, and evangelism.