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Welcome video -
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50% Study. 50% Ministry. 100% relevant to the real world

If you want to love God and serve Him well, you need to keep theology and action together. Without deep Bible knowledge, ministry becomes shallow and secular. And without loving action, theology becomes stagnant and irrelevant. But if you can fuse theology and action together in the same learning experience, you have something powerful and life-changing, a living knowledge that pleases God in the real world.

This fusion of theology and action is what Pathways College offers you. As a Bible college, we are 100% committed to giving our students a deep theological base. As an internship, we also require our students to spend 50% of their time working practically in their fields of ministry. At Pathways, we believe this action/knowledge dynamic is how people truly learn and develop.

Graduation

2011 Graduation

What would your year look like?

So how do we do this? We start the year with a two week block course of orientation and lectures. This is a great start to the year and allows us to get to know you and for you to network with students from all over NZ. During these two weeks you are also put into a Spiritual Formation group you will be in for the whole year. Then, as a Pathways intern you will spend a minimum of 15 hours doing real ministry in a church or para-church organization each week. We believe this is a key way a Christian grows ? serving God and experiencing His Holy Spirit working through you as you minister. Along with this ministry you will be working on your assignments, quizzes, readings etc. on the academic side for 15-20 hours a week. We provide a lot of support for this through regular email, Skype, online chats, and phone calls. Then, every six weeks you will come to a one week block course for more lectures and time together with the other students. Such a great way to figure out who God is and who you are in relation to Him.

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student testimonials

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"First year at Pathways College has been an amazing experience for me, especially connecting with other brothers and sisters in Christ from other churches in New Zealand who are studying at Pathways. This has encouraged me and motivated me to continue to serve God, particularly in challenging circumstances. Studying the Word of God at Pathways has been so helpful in my ministry work and in my personal walk with God. The studies have helped me step out in faith in the outreach programmes at my church and have the courage to lead the programme with confidence and depending on God more. Personally, I have become wiser in my decision making in life and learnt to understand that coming to Pathways has helped build a godly character in me in order to effectively utilize God's gifts in me in order to help build His Kingdom."
MICHAEL TAPU