📜 About the Academy

The Agents of Change Academy is the training arm of the Agents of Change Network (Global Youth Changers Outreach). The Academy was created as a tool to fulfil the mandate to raise a new generation of Christ Disciples in our postmodern world. Agents of Change are Men and Women who are infused with a passion and desire to follow Jesus in total commitment and to be used by him to advance His programme of transforming lives and establishing His kingdom on earth.

🗝 Objectives

Our desire and objectives is that participants who go through the Academy will be;

1. Transformed personally by the power of the Spirit and the Word, and will be led to offer themselves to God to fulfil His purpose.

2. Learn how to apply their faith and belief in the practice of their career and profession to glorify God and His Son Jesus.

3. Learn how to spread their influence in the sphere they occupy in society.

4. Learn how to lead others to experience true transformation

5. Learn what engaging and transforming their world for God means.

6. Learn how to leverage knowledge and technology to advance the kingdom of God among men.

COURSES OFFERED

Core Course (9 Months)

Becoming an Agent of Change

At the training, and for each of the courses, students will learn the following:

• Personal Transformation
• Living for God’s Purpose
• Growing Your Vision and Burden for Change
• Engaging the World of Your Career and Vocation for God
• Servant Leadership
• Stewardship and Integrity
• And lots more…

Short Courses

BIBLE MBA

• Purpose, Vision and Mission
• Practice: Culture, Ethics, Values
• Performance: Productivity, Motivation & Morality
• Profit: Money, Finance and Accountability
• And lots more…

Selling with Integrity (Online)

• Business Success through Integrity
• Business from an Eternal Perspective
• And lots more…

Rightly Dividing the Word (Online)

• The Era of Error
• Basic Principles and Keys to Understanding and Interpreting the Word
• Tips for Preaching and Teaching the Word Correctly
• Bible Study Methods

Effectively Fulfilling Your Ministry (Online)

• The Basis of a True Christian Ministry
• Principles of an Effective Christian Ministry
• Practical Application of the Principles of an Effective Christian Ministry

Social Media Evangelism (Online)

• The Digital Revolution
• Leveraging The Social Media to advance God’s Kingdom
• And lots more…

Foundation for a Successful Marriage - For Singles (Online)

• How to Know God’s Will in Marriage
• How to Maintain Purity in Courtship
• Red Flags in Marital Relationships
• Preparing for Marriage
• Preparing for your Wedding
• And lots more…

Learning to Hear the Voice of God (Online)

• The Necessity of Hearing God
• Personal Preparation for Hearing the Voice of God
• Channels of Hearing the Voice of God
• Hindrances to the Voice of God

Course Duration

Core course

The core course lasts for between 3 and 9 months depending on the mode of delivery. Online students are expected to put in a maximum of 2 hours a week while the onsite students are required to be in class at Kuje, Abuja once a month for about 6 hours (with tea and lunch breaks in-between). All lecture sessions are on Saturdays for the core course.

The Marriage Course - For the married (Online)

• Communication in Marriage
• Love and Submission in Marriage
• Raising Godly Children
• Love and Intimacy in Marriage
• And more…

Engaging Your Workplace for God (Online)

• The Need to Engage the World of our Career and Vocation for God
• Workable Strategies for Influencing the World of Your Career and Vocation for God
• Explore Practical Ways of Engaging Your Workplace for God

Engaging and Winning Your Family for God (Online)

• Discover God’s Plan and Purpose for the Family
• The Vital Role the Family Plays in God’s Agenda for Humanity
• Understanding the Havoc the Devil is Wrecking on the Family Today
• Understanding the Role you can Play in Bringing about a Change in the Situation of your Family as God’s Agent of Change
• Practical Steps on Leading your Family to God and Propagating Godly Influence

Operating Powerfully in the Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Online)

• Understanding the Person of the Holy Spirit
• Understanding The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Basic Principles in Operating Powerfully in the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Mentoring and Discipleship as a Tool for Raising Leaders (Online)

• Understanding the Discipleship Making Process
• Growth Stages and Growth Indicators in Discipleship
• Ministry Requirements for Helping Others Grow

Discovering Your Ministry (Online)

• Biblical Basis of a Successful Ministry
• Biblical Tips to Identifying Your Ministry
• Running with Your Vision

Building a Strong Devotional Life (Online)

• The New Birth Experience
• Taking Responsibility for Your Spiritual Growth
• Spiritual Ingredients of a Strong Devotional Life
• Hindrances of a Strong Devotional Life

Short Courses

The short courses last between 2 and 6 weeks depending on the course. All the short courses are delivered ONLINE for now with the exception of delivery to Churches or organizations that desire their members to be trained on any of the courses above. Here, students are also required to put in about 2 hours a week for the duration of the course. The days and time for each course will be communicated during the admission process. The basic requirements for the online courses are: an internet device; a good network; Google Meet Video App and Google Classroom App for lectures and interactions.

🏛️Programme Philosophy

Change begins from within, from the inner life. A man cannot change his world unless he is first transformed. Yet no man can change himself, only God can change a man and this from within. Our goal in the Academy is to pursue personal transformation and not mere head knowledge. It is to bring men to a point where they learn how to open up their hearts to be transformed by God so that they will be used by Him to transform their World.

Therefore every study is designed to bring the participant to learn about;

1. What he/she needs To Know – Experiential Knowledge leading to transformation (KNOWING)

2. Who he/she needs To Be - Character changes and Life transformation (BEING)

3. What he/she needs To Do - To grow and continually experience the Power of a Change (DOING)

📚Training Design

To achieve this goal, points 2 & 3 above are presented as in-study self-assessment questions that participants are expected to reflect on and answer.