Resources for training from MTS and Matthias MediaThe philosophy of ministry in The Trellis and the Vine has been brewing and developing in our minds and lives over the past 30 years or so. It has spawned two ‘sister’ organizations:• The Ministry Training Strategy (MTS), developed by Phillip Jensen and Colin Marshall throughout the 1980s and launched as an independent training agency in 1992• Matthias Media, launched by Tony Payne in 1988.Both organizations have this book in their veins (if books can be in veins), and in various ways seek to promote this ministry philosophy and provide resources to support it.Training and apprenticeship resources from MTSThe particular focus of MTS is ministry apprenticeship. The MTS vision is to raise up 10,000 new ‘gospel workers’ by training trainers who, in turn, train their people and recruit the next generation.• MTS is training ministers of the gospel to declare the saving work of Christ to the world. Our focus is to train men and women as faithful and competent Bible teachers who will serve Christ as pastors, evangelists and church-planters.• MTS offers a two-year ‘hands-on’ apprenticeship program conducted in churches and specialist ministry teams.
