Answer 1 How should I prepare myself to come to the training?

You should live your life now with the training in view. Consecrate your life to the Lord, and give the training the priority over other objectives. Sanctify your lifestyle from worldliness. Focus on your education and obtain a tertiary qualification. Seize the opportunity to develop your mind, character, and study skills while in high school and university. The study of a foreign language and computer skills will enhance your future usefulness. Thoroughly immerse yourself in the church life and campus work wherever you are!

We strongly encourage you to read the New Testament, if not the entire Bible, at least once. In addition, the following books are suggested reading before enrolment in the training: The All-Inclusive Christ, The Economy of God, Young People’s Training, Men Who Turn the Age, A Young Man in God’s Plan, A Brief Presentation of the Lord’s Recovery, and The Basic Revelation in the Holy Scriptures (available from amazon.com).

The most important prerequisite of the Full-Time Training is a heart to be trained. If you have a personal desire to be a living, overcoming, functioning member of the Body of Christ and are willing to allow the Lord to touch and perfect you, the training will benefit you greatly.

 Answer 2 What services do trainees participate in?

All trainees are assigned to scheduled services in the areas of meal preparation, cleaning, facility and ground maintenance, security duty, ushering, book sales, chair arranging, transportation, and office work. These services provide the trainees opportunities to learn to coordinate with others and serve practically in a variety of areas.

 Answer 3 How many Full-Time Trainings are there worldwide, and where?

There are currently ten Full-Time Trainings around the globe: Taipei, Taiwan (1986); Malabon, Philippines (1985); Anaheim, California (1989); Moscow, Russia (1992); Hamilton, New Zealand (1993); Jakarta, Indonesia (1995); Seoul, Korea (1996); London, England (1997); Bangkok, Thailand (1999); Kuala Lumper, Malaysia (2001); Mexico City, Mexico (2002); Hong Kong (2003) and Tokyo, Japan (2005).

 Answer 4 What kind of people attend the training? Do I have to be “super spiritual”?

To answer this question, here is a trainee's experience, typical of many:

"As a church-kid you think that you know the “ins” and the “outs”. You are one person in the meetings and another person outside of the meetings. But when I was with the trainees, they were doing something against my concept. They talked about the Lord outside the meeting! Their living captured me. I thought, “There is something real here. Christ is real. God is real.” I do not know if the smile on my face can justify what I feel inside. These two years of being here in the Full-time Training have been truly wonderful. I have had so many wonderful experiences of Christ, I do not have enough time to share them all. My concepts concerning the training have not been broken, rather they have been uplifted. It has just been so wonderful. This is my experience of the Full-time Training — two years of full-time enjoyment."

 Answer 5 What is the assessment like?

In the classes trainees prepare written summaries or oral presentations during the semester. At the end of each semester classes are concluded with a written test. Trainees find the tests helpful to consolidate the truth in them. For the life aspects of the training, trainees keep a daily journal and complete an end of semester evaluation. For the service aspects of the training, trainees use a daily journal and write reports for special events like fieldtrips.

 Answer 6 Where can I get a prospectus pack? (Inc. multimedia CD & application form)

To receive a pack, fill in the form below.

You can download an application form off our website www.nztc.ac.nz through this link.

Alternatively contact the Registrar.