Training Canadian Pastors and Church Leaders to Finish the Great Commission
What Does T-NET Canada Stand For?
Participating in God’s Mission
Teleo is a Koine Greek word that means to bring to a close, to finish, or complete, or fulfill a command. In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul used teleo in 2 Timothy 4:7, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race.” Again, in John 19:30 as Jesus died on the cross for our salvation He said, “It is finished.” Teleo captures our passion to finish the Great Commission by being and making disciples of all nations.
T-NET Canada launched in 2020. It is part of a global network, T-NET International, which began in 1992. T-NET International is training 10,000 people in over 40 countries. These pastors and leaders revitalize churches into disciple-making communities and initiate church planting movements around the world.
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations...”
Matthew 28:18-19a
What Characterizes T-NET Canada?
Multiplying Leadership
T-NET Canada is not simply a pastoral training organization. Along with equipping pastors in how to be disciple-makers, we train them to be multipliers of disciple-making leaders. We do this by coaching and providing fully transferable material that pastors can use to train other pastors to train other pastors, as 2 Timothy 2:2 instructs leaders to do. The training we give includes providing apprentice material that can be used in a disciple-making church, so that the congregation can fulfill the words of Ephesians 4:12 being equipped as “saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.” We continue to coach and mentor the leadership we have established in that country indefinitely.
Revitalizing & Planting Churches
T-NET Canada works with existing pastors who are often leading institutionalized churches. Our emphasis on finishing the Great Commission is the Spirit-filled spark that ignites new hope that from any existing church a new church planting movement can begin. Fresh vision brings revitalization. Add to this new ministry skill sets and the dreams become reality.
Indigenizing Leadership & Funding
At T-NET Canada, we believe that local leaders can reach their people more effectively, more efficiently, and more passionately than we ever could. So our mission is to see those leaders released to do what they are best equipped to do. As a result, we are constantly working toward a completely indigenous structure where regions are both led by local leaders and funded through their own resources. We want them to be so passionate about finishing the Great Commission that they are willing to sacrifice greatly to see it completed.