This calls for a new approach to training pastors. At CBI, students are trained to be pastoral leaders who equip the saints to do the work of ministry according to the New Testament pattern. Training takes place not only in the classroom but in practical hand-on ministry according to the Hebrew approach, which is to train rather than simply teach, like a wise tradesman mentoring and passing down his skill to an apprentice. Our method is to involve students in actual ministry as a vital part of the learning process. In this way the training process is integrated into the very life of the local church.
Students become apprentices who learn by doing as well as hearing.