About Christians Teaching Christians
Christians Teaching Christians (CTC) is founded upon a broadly Reformed and confessional heritage. We hold that the Bible and its truth are convictions and doctrines given to the church and are universally applicable across all languages, cultures, and traditions.
We are firmly persuaded that training and mentoring church leaders and members through covenantal theology, reformed doctrines, and the historic creeds and confessions strengthens gospel clarity and provides critical protection against heresy, legalism, syncretism, and counterfeit gospels.
CTC is not the Church. We believe that the healthiest biblical missionary efforts that gives God the most glory is from and through the local church. CTC is an equipping and sending organization intentionally working to partner, counsel, train and support local church partners in their sending efforts. This ensures that healthy, thriving kingdom-minded global churches have the best opportunity to be established and effective in gospel advancement.
These utilize the Presbyterian Church of America’s Book of Church Order to guide governance and structure. The constitution for these churches is grounded in the Bible and the Westminster Confession.
Christians Teaching Christians
Core Values
Biblical
Authority
We believe the Bible is the inspired, inerrant, and sufficient Word of God. All our teaching, discipling, and mission efforts are grounded in Scripture.
2 Tim 3:16-17
Local Church
Centrality
The local church is God’s primary vehicle for Gospel work. The Church is where discipleship flourishes, missionaries are developed, sent and supported.
Acts 2:41; 13:1-4;
Hebrews 10:24-25
Global Disciple
Making
We are committed to Christ’s command to His church to make disciples of all nations, reaching and teaching people to obey everything He has commanded.
Matthew 28:19-20
Gospel Driven
Missions
Missions is a gospel & spiritual work rooted in prayer, fueled by grace, and aimed at the eternal glory of God in Christ.
Romans 1:16;
Revelation 7:9
Reproducing
Leaders
DESIGN
We prioritize training leaders who can faithfully teach others (2 Timothy 2:2), shepherding & planting healthy, reproducing churches through the ordinary means of grace.
Titus 1:5;
1 Peter 5:1-5
What Christians Teaching Christians Does
CTC is intentionally narrow in its scope of ministry. Although missions categories such as ESL, mercy ministries, vocational training, etc., are valuable, CTC exclusively serves as a partner for the local church in gospel-centered preaching, pastoral training and mentoring leaders.
Train Indigenous Ministry Leaders
We prioritize theological training of indigenous church leaders, who have little to no access to formal and sound biblical doctrine. CTC teaches both foundational and advance curriculum. Both in-person and virtually, to proviate lecture, cohort, and one-on-one pastoral mentoring.
Partner with Local Churches
We cooperate with like minded local churches to adopt our current partners to share in theological training and mentoring work.
Establish Regional Church-Based Training Hubs
Our prayer to to develop local "HUB" church training centers in strategic cities in the areas we work to provide a trustworthy church-based training site. We believe the indigenous church, with fully trained pastors and teachers can be multiply themselves and send out qualified elders to plant new churches.