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Mission Statement
“DTC seeks to glorify God by equipping Asian graduates with adequate ministry skills, imparting to them a sound biblical world view,
godly wisdom, spiritual hunger and thirst, and a servant-spirit and shepherd-heart. We aim to do this through the discipling of the whole person within a living community under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Thus equipped, we return them to the Church in Asia to fulfill the ‘Great Commission’ (Matthew 28.18-20)”
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Our Difference
DTC is different in its commitment to remaining a small, residential community with a very good ratio of teachers to trainees. Living together and sharing in studies, duties, worship and recreation allows for an interaction on one to one basis that is not offered in a larger institution. This small context does not mean weakness, but rather strength. The sense of community allows for training in and the development of relationships, which in many ways correspond to the demands of serving as part of a team in any field situation.
Our Ethos
Our desire is for DTC graduates who are both skilled, gifted, knowledgeable
and have a servant-spirit and a shepherd-heart. But if we need to make a choice we would much rather send out from DTC graduates who are less skilled, less gifted and less knowledgeable but who have a deep
servant-spirit and shepherd-heart than to send out those without a servant-spirit and shepherd-heart, no matter how skilled, gifted and knowledgeable they may be (Mark 9.33-37; 10.35-45; John 13.12-17; Acts
20.28-31; 1 Peter 5.1-4).
To be effective in ministry, one must also have:
an adequate level of ministry skills, especially relational and communication skills (Psalm 78.72); a sound biblical world view is more than sound knowledge of biblical content though it is based on it. It is possible for a person
to win bible quizzes and yet be unrenewed in mind and unregenerate in thinking! We want those who graduate from DTC to think with biblically renewed minds, to perceive with biblical eyes. (Romans 12.2; Ephesians
4.23; 2 Timothy 3.14-17); a godly wisdom which enables a person to see and be sensitive to the realitities of a situation, rightly assess that situation and
discern appropriate responses and action to take in such a situation. (Proverbs 2: James 3.13-18); and the desire to grow in character and righteousness are also important qualities for Christians. (Matthew 5.6; Philippians 3.10-14)
To help students mature, teachers and students live together, relating
and learning together in a small cross-cultural community under the Lordship of Jesus (Mark 3.14b; Hebrews 10.24-25). The availability of teachers for one-to-one or small group fellowship, mentoring, discipling and
role-modelling, are a key distinctive of DTC’s ethos of training (1Corinthians 11.1; 1 Timothy 4.12b).
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