Dominion

Phase III of the NWSD will include an 8-month program for young adult men (19-28) who desire to grow in their understanding of Biblical Manhood, show potential for bi-vocational ministry in the church, and who are considering a career or job in the trades. 

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Dominion, the NWSD trade skills initiative, builds on the core components of Project Antioch and Band of Brothers, and adds a needed component of vocational training in the trades that is especially important for today’s young Christian men.  This short season of hands-on basic skills training will make them better providers and servants in the church in addition to helping them decide what area of the trades they would like to pursue further for a career.  Along the way these young men will learn valuable lessons about leadership in the church and develop skills that every congregation needs in its leaders.

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Why the name DOMINION ?

The name of this program echoes a key term in the Genesis account of creation: 

 

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth."  (Genesis 1:26–28, ESV) 

 

Ruling—or exercising dominion—over the rest of creation is central to God's  purpose in creating mankind, and it is the essence of His first command to us. This Creation Mandate is foundational to a biblical worldview, informing our understanding of work, culture, and human identity. 

 

Fulfilling this mandate involves the cultivation and use of all of our human capacities, including the skills students will develop in this program. It is our prayer that Dominion will equip students better to fulfill the very purpose for our existence. 

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​Dominion overlaps with Project Antioch yet has its own distinct rhythm and focus.

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Overlap with Project Antioch

 

• Daily Chapel and Worship

• Daily Bible reading and memorization

• Mentoring

• Daily prayer rhythms

• Thursday evening Family Worship

• One Discipleship Course

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Distinct Features of Dominion

• Separate backpacking Trek

• Band of Brothers discipleship group

• Advanced Discipleship Courses

  • Bi-vocational Ministry (Fall)

  • Christian Worship (Spring)

  • Biblical Interpretation (Fall)

  • Spiritual Leadership (Spring)

• Disaster Relief Service Trip (TBD)

• Ministry to small churches

• Hands on Trade Skills Courses

  • Class C CDL (passenger & school bus)

  • General Construction

  • Home Repair & Maintenance

  • General Small Engine & Automotive repair

• Group housing

• Strength Training

 

Cost

$4500 (includes all program costs but not room and board)

 

Eligibility

Dominion is an advanced program within the NWSD with specific eligibility requirements.  Applicants must 

• Be baptized into Christ

• Be men aged 19-28

• Show promise for leadership and service in the church

• Have previously participated in NWSD ministries (Project Antioch, Band of Brothers, Internship) or be a graduate of Adventures in Missions (AIM), or have at least 1 year of Christian college education, or have participated in another post-High School discipleship program.  

 

Leadership

Dominion is a ministry of the Northwest School of Discipleship.  The Dominion Team Leader, Peter Yukich, reports directly to the Executive Director of NWSD.​​​​​

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