The Master’s Workshop will incorporate spiritual mentoring with construction skills training for young men in order to provide disaster relief, residential maintenance, and home remodeling and/or repairs. The goal is to produce biblically sound men with competent building skills so that they may be an asset to their local church, community and family.

This project will externally manifest the heart of the gospel by living out the compassionate heart of Christ as seen in the same practical-helps way that He himself was apprenticed in being raised as a carpenter’s son.

The Master’s Workshop exists to fulfill our commission as given to us by the Lord Jesus Himself in His Word, where we are told that “Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world” (James 1:27).

While not the only way to meet this demand, we take this prescription in the book of James as a mandate for the church to help those who cannot help themselves.

The Work

Our primary work focuses on building, rebuilding, repairing and remodeling residences for home owners who have limited to no resources available.

All work is done through volunteer workers and Master’s Workshop interns in coordination with our Homeland Missions work supervisors and local project coordinators.

The Interns

The students of the Master’s Workshop will commit to at least one year’s service. They cannot be married and must be at least 18 years old. The students will live in a close-knit mentoring environment that incorporates the aspects of tutorial seminary training and study concurrently with the skills learning of a vocational school.

Training and studies will focus on four main areas:

• Leadership Training – Instruction in servant leadership that teaches relational skills and behavioral mandates that emulate biblical manhood.
• Essential Bible Skills – Hermeneutical and exegetical training through one-on-one discipleship that will lay down a foundation for a lifetime of learning and headship.
  
• Lifestyle evangelism – Mentoring in living out an active witness as a way of life that has a missions heart at home and to all the nations.
• Hands-on skill development – to be used for their families, churches, and home communities. Each student will receive basic apprenticeship knowledge of the basics: carpentry, drywall, electrical, HVAC, painting, plumbing, etc. Other skills and work will include fence building, flooring, masonry, concrete work, tree cutting, and other miscellaneous trades.

Take Action

While aspects of this training are currently incorporated into the Yearling internship, the full Master’s Workshop program is still under development. For more information fill out our Inquiry Form.