Curriculum & Timetable

The New Ground Academy consists of 10 training blocks a year for two years. These blocks take place monthly on a Thursday evening and a Saturday. We give the students August and December as holiday.

A month before each training block begins, we send each student four half-hour teaching videos to watch and some interactive notes to provoke their thinking ahead of the Thursday evening gathering. These videos lay the theological foundation for the training block and prepare the students to grow in a particular area.

On the Thursday evening of each training block, the students gather to discuss and reflect on the videos they have watched at home, with opportunity to participate in Q&A panels and receive further input from senior leaders, both locally and internationally.

On the Saturday of each training block, the students gather together to watch further video teaching focused on the practical application of their learnings from the Thursday evening. For example, a Thursday evening of studying what the Bible teaches about prophecy might be followed by a Saturday of practical coaching in how to prophesy. Similarly, a Thursday evening of studying what the Bible teaches about the earthly ministry of Jesus might be followed by a Saturday of practical coaching in evangelism and in helping the poor and marginalised to find their dignity in God.

It is costly each month to invest a Thursday evening and Saturday into developing your leadership gifting. But it is worth it. Jesus doesn’t call his followers to daydream about great things, but to take up their cross to follow him. We’ll never multiply disciples from the comforts of our easy chairs.

Fruitful Christian leaders are those who grasp that God calls each one of us to invest in our potential by putting ourselves in a place where he can speak to us and teach us. If you are willing to invest in your own potential, then we would feel privileged to invest in your life with you.

For the Liverpool Academy Base, the dates and sessions for 2021-23 are below.