MTC Nashville: A Missionary Training Center Raising Up Disciple Makers and Church Planters

Our family is stepping into a new and deeply meaningful assignment in Nashville, TN — one that feels less like a "new chapter" and more like a continuation of a story God has been writing long before we arrived here.

We are honored to be leading MTC Nashville, a Missionary Training Center partnering with e3 Partners Ministry to train and equip a new generation of disciple makers and church planters. This is not just a program or a class series — it is a lifestyle of apprenticeship to Jesus, rooted in Scripture, shaped by community, and sent into the world with purpose.

A Training Center for Disciple Makers

MTC Nashville exists to see followers of Jesus become disciple makers who make disciples and plant healthy, reproducing churches in every context God sends them into. The heart of this missionary training center is simple: Jesus is worthy of every nation, language, and people group hearing and following Him.

To serve this vision, we offer a structured training experience built around two 16-week semesters. Each semester is designed to equip participants with both the theological foundation and practical tools needed for everyday disciple making and church planting.

Across these semesters, participants are trained in things like:

• Living as an intentional disciple of Jesus in everyday life
• Sharing the gospel clearly and simply in any cultural context
• Making disciples who make disciples
• Forming and leading healthy, reproducible house churches
• Understanding God's mission among the nations
• Practicing obedience-based learning and Scripture engagement
• Engaging cross-cultural ministry in a global city context

This is hands-on, life-on-life missionary training. It is not confined to a classroom — it is lived out in homes, neighborhoods, coffee shops, workplaces, and the diverse communities God has brought to Nashville.

A Strategic Time in a Global City

We truly believe this is a unique moment in history.

God has gathered the nations here in Nashville. Refugees, international students, immigrant families, and professionals from around the world are now our neighbors. What once required crossing oceans is now often a short drive or walk away.

Rather than seeing Nashville as simply a place we live, we see it as a sending ground — a strategic hub where disciple makers are formed and then sent to the nations, whether across the street or across the world.

The opportunity before us is both simple and weighty: to faithfully make disciples of all nations from one city God has entrusted to us.

Join Us in the Mission

If you are sensing a desire to grow as a disciple maker, to be equipped for cross-cultural ministry, or to explore what it means to help plant healthy, reproducing churches, we would love to connect with you at our Missionary Training Center in Nashville, TN.

We are praying for a community of faithful, available, and teachable followers of Jesus who are willing to be formed and then sent — right here in Nashville and to the ends of the earth.

We don't take lightly the invitation to participate in what God is doing. It is a gift to build our lives around His mission, and we would be honored to walk with you in it.

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