Internships at your place and around the world!

Equippers Internships (Certificate in Advanced Christian Ministry) give you the opportunity to work as a modern-day ‘apprentice’ in your church or ministry organisation, while studying subjects that will help you develop your ministry and leadership potential.

Internship positions are available across the country and internationally! You can apply to be an intern in a church here in New Zealand or overseas... in fact – why not do both?! Equippers Internships are flexible – New Zealand residents can spend part of their year serving in an overseas-based ministry and part based locally in New Zealand... while still being eligible for loans and allowances.

Not a bad alternative to the traditional OE!

Revolution Tour

Students studying full-time in Auckland are given the opportunity to be part of the Revolution Tour.

The Revolution Tour takes to the road every year, with bands, dance crews, comedians, huge sounds, multi-media, lights, and a simple message that every teenager should hear. The tour visits high schools all over the North and South Island letting young people know that they can make a difference in their world.

In 2011 the tour covered 10 cities in three weeks, performing in more than 112 high schools. The night time concerts were attended by around 14,900 people and of this number 2,000 recorded responses to Christ were made.

What an incredible experience to be part of! See www.revolutiontour.co.nz.

Online learning at Equippers College

Studying couldn’t get any easier with the use of the Equippers College intranet site. With the help of technology no matter where you are if you can get on-line you can access it. It’s fast, it’s efficient and it’s easy to use. It has everything you’ll need from assignment and lecture material to forums connecting you with other students and tutorial support. All at the click of a mouse!

As a young adult I used to look for pleasure in friends, partying, taking life easy and having fun. Everything seemed to be sweet and I enjoyed this type of life for quite a few years. But during this time I felt there must be something more to life than the aimless one I was living. I figured out that life is not just about comfort and not just about me. I could feel this void inside me; a void that new friends or other things could not fill. I wanted to know myself better and I wanted to find my purpose in life.

So I started to seek God. I decided to give God and myself a chance to become everything I was supposed to be. To make this possible I had to leave my home in Italy and give up many things like my job, family and my girlfriend. It was a big price to pay; I sacrificed a lot. But I knew I had to make this change in my life.

Equippers College was an amazing experience that helped me reach a deeper level of intimacy with God, enabled me to experience other cultures and helped me build relationships. It was a place where I was inspired by other people. I deepened my knowledge of God and His ways. I have been equipped in reaching out to the needy, and becoming a useful tool in God’s hand. The course helped me discover my qualities and my skills as a leader, as well as developing my character.

I found a place in God where I belong. People here have treated me kindly, encouraged me along the way and supported me by listening and being there when I needed a friend, a counselor or even a parent’s advice. I feel championed to keep reaching out to my destiny in God.

During all this time, I learned to live by faith and to rely on God’s grace in times of pressure. Looking back I see that the price was worthwhile. Just like it says in Matthew 16:25, “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.”

Equippers College is the key to a radical life lasting change for better. I dropped everything I was carrying at the time in order to invest a year of my life in Equippers College. What I ended up with was a lifetime adventure with God! I am really excited about my future. And I can say confidently the best is yet to come! Life is a gift from God! Do not waste it! Invest in it!

- Mihai Pitis
Equippers College is a division of ACTS Auckland City Training School