Current students
"The programme at Carey has been hugely beneficial for me this year! Our Tuesday morning classes are practical, applicable, challenging and always worth a laugh. I love coming into Carey at the beginning of my ministry week and hearing from someone who has been doing youth ministry (or something related) for many more years than myself. It is always applicable and real life stuff that gives me something to think about/try out in my ministry work." Natalie
"Highlights:Having different people come in to train and offer advice, all with different insights, but all who have gone through things we will face, or are currently facing in ministry. Having a great coach who is living what she is training us for is also awesome. Besides the excellent training that we receive, the friendships that have been built are super-tight already, after only a semester. I can see this group being life-long friends and will continue to encourage each other in life, and in ministry for many years to come.
How it challenges: Having to look deeper into the reasons why we do ministry is a chance not only for personal growth, but can affect the growth of the teams we work with, or the entire youth group." Shannan
BYM National Youth Consultant
"Are you interested in being the best youth pastor that you can be? Then good training and preparation are essential! This course aims to equip you for effective youth ministry over the long haul. Not just training you with skills to do youth work, but also in developing who you are as a person. I am excited about the potential of this course to grow, inspire, resource and train passionate people for a vital ministry!" Merrilyn Withers
Director: YouthTRAIN
"It is pleasing to see Carey develop a programme to train youth pastors that combines academic depth with the wider issues of personal and professional development. The Diploma focuses not only on the head but on the heart and teaches not only in the classroom but out in the real world of youth ministry. I strongly commend it." Murray Brown
