 The training department exists to bring a greater level of purpose and intentionality to the practical outworking of the training provided for each student.
Though we cannot provide individualised training for each one of our students, the training department, along with other key departments within the College, seeks to ensure that every student is encouraged to understand their God-shaped personality, to discover their God-given talents and to live in their God-ordained destiny. Our ambition is to connect with our students as they join us and walk with them through their journey of development and growth, for however long they stay with us. We aim to do this through personality profile, by looking at their gifts and aspirations and providing as much practical opportunity for function, thus allowing purpose to come to the fore.
Through the Training Department students are connected to local churches in the UK and around the world, through Sunday ministry, weekend ministry teams, evangelistic teams and mission teams and beyond Mattersey we want to ensure that the majority of our students are entering Christian service and local church ministry. Every one of our students is encouraged to be part of our ‘global’ mission programme where each year we send out teams to various nations of the world. Some of those nations have included the UK, France, Spain, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, Philippines, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Jordan, Romania and Greece. We believe this is crucial for the development of our students in Mattersey not only in serving and touching the world, but ensuring our future leaders begin their ministry journey with a global perspective.
Our desire is to help each of our students to discover who they are and why they are here and to empower them to be all that God intended
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In Luke 2:52, it says of the Lord Jesus that he 'grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God
and people'. In other words, he matured mentally, physically, spiritually and socially.
On the campus of Mattersey Hall and beyond, we seek to provide an atmosphere for such growth to take place in the life of every person who chooses to study with us. We believe that the heart is as important as the head - and the outside of the classroom is as important as the inside.
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 Mattersey Hall is situated in a quiet village in rural north Nottinghamshire, not far from Sherwood Forest, home of the legendary Robin Hood. This means we are well situated for pleasant country walks, with fishing, horse riding and wind surfing available in close proximity.
Mattersey is just five miles from
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 Mattersey Hall itself is a large eighteenth-century country mansion set in fourteen acres of beautiful lawns, gardens and playing fields. The mansion accommodates the college library and staff and faculty offices.
Residential students are accommodated on campus in our hall of residence, which provides individual study bedrooms for approximately a hundred students, double rooms with
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Most weekdays commence with student-led worship and ministry in the chapel. The Wednesday morning chapel service is extended to an hour and a half to make more room for lively, enthusiastic worship, the exercise of spiritual gifts and encouraging ministry from faculty and visiting speakers. In the second semester, one of the morning chapel services is replaced by small mentoring groups led by faculty and staff members.
Lectures then take place throughout the morning (ordinarily you will spend approximately 15 hours of the week in the classroom). Afternoon and evening activities include additional lectures, master classes and prayer groups, but there is still plenty of time for private study, recreational activities and for you to get involved
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