What this is not. PCminister is not a Bible college and does not seek to interfere with the progress of educational institutions. Its emphasis is training—not education. However, the training will showcase several college instructors and should prove beneficial to those institutions.

Why is this needed? Many local church and pulpit ministries suffer for lack of training. This missing element leads to frustration, poor results, and eventually, ministry dropouts. Because people lack the finances and the time to travel across the country to receive training,

PCminister will bring the training to them.

Who are we? PCminister is founded by Ken Gurley and Danny Johnson, two UPCI ministers in the Houston area. Several local ministers have joined with us to sponsor this endeavor. The organization itself operates within the structure of Second Chance Network, a Texas nonprofit corporation with Section 501(c)(3) status pending.

What is the plan? The plan of PCminister is threefold:

• Immediate: To provide ten training sessions for each level of licensure in the UPCI (i.e., local, general, and ordination). These sessions will be available at a nominal charge and can be viewed online by any license applicant. The South Texas District board has voted to use these sessions in its license training. PCminister can alert any sponsoring district when the applicant has completed training.

• Near-term: To provide training sessions for each ministry within the local church including ushering, hostessing, children, youth, small group, and so forth. This can become a training arm for the ministries of each local church. These may be viewed online by individuals or collectively by ministry groups within a church.

• Long-term: To provide practical ministerial training in the areas of church administration, preaching, pastoring, evangelizing, worship, counseling, etc.