During each semester, your courses will include (but are not limited to) the following:
Fivefold Seminars - at least three (3) individual seminars will be included per semester. Five of the seminars will singularly cover the gifts mentioned in Ephesians 4:11: Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Shepherd, and Teacher. Additional seminars offered may include subject matter like: Living the Book of Acts, Church Planting Bootcamp, Evangelism through the Arts, Life on the Mission Field, and more. You will be taught by world-class leaders, men and women of God who have/are actively operating in the Five Fold gifts. They will impart their wisdom, share experiences, equip you, and inspire your spiritual gifts to come to life.
Bible Institue Courses - three (3) 30-hour (Bible College equivelant) courses will be offered per semester, taught by Fivefold Academy's Director and Missionary Pastor, Rebecca Busa Portillo. The courses will include Old Testament Survey, New Testament Survey, Systematic Theology 1, Systematic Theology 2, Biblical Hermeneutics (how to study scripture), and Homiletics (how to prepare and deliver a sermon).
Book Studies & Discussions - five (5) book studies will be offered per semester. Students will read assigned books according to a pace, and participate in group discussions and practicums. Book subjects will include: the gifts of the Holy Spirit, praying for the sick, deliverence, spriritual warfare, the role of the Holy Spirit, inner healing, spiritual leadership, spiritual disciplines, and more.
Spanish Language Classes - students will be in a formal spanish class two (2) days per week, with daily opportunity to practice and apply their new skills while volunteering at the community center, attending church services, serving in the neighborhood, and doing life in Juarez.
Emmanuel Community Participation - depending on your individual talents and abilities, students will be assigned to various positions, working hands-on with children and adults in activities in our before and after-school programs, and our community center. Activities may include, but are not limited to: music, art, dance, athletics, martial arts, homework club, tutoring, computer classes, English classes, Bible Club, graphic and/or media arts, adult education, Bible Studies, vocational training, cooking/working in the community kitchen, administration, maintenance, decorating/staging, teacher's assistant, and more.....all the while able to practice and refine your growing spanish language skills on a daily basis.
Monthly Organized Outreaches - will be planned and executed by students and staff. Students will have the opportunity to apply, practice and refine what they are learning in the classroom setting, in real-live ministry moments: praying for the sick, deliverance, sharing their testimony, preaching the gosple, spanish language practice, using their particular gifts of the Spirit, etc. Outreaches may also include: drama, music, feeding people or distribution of food or other supplies, service opportunities, partnering with other like-minded ministries, etc.
End of Semester Gospel Festival - each semester will end with a large-scale, two day Gospel Festival in the city of Juarez. All students will be a part of the student/staff festival committee, which will be responsible for scheduling, planning, managing budget & resources, purchasing, coordinating volunteers and partnerships, and running/hosting the entire event. Students will participate in festival roles such as: emcee, preaching, participating in drama, performing musically, serving, greeting, praying, altar ministry - colaboratively running every aspect of a large-scale event, under the direct supervision of FFA Director, staff members, and other key Emmanuel Leadership.
Fivefold Academy will help you discover, grow, practice, and apply your spiritual gifts as well as your natural abilities and talents.
Apostle
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson is a pastor, missionary, church planter and ministry overseer with a passion for ministry leaders and local churches. After having lived and served as missionaries to Europe, Ron and his wife Sandy along with their family moved to Hampton, Virginia, USA to pastor Bethel Church, where he was Lead Pastor for over 16 years. It was during this time that he founded and served as Chancellor of Bethel College, a four-year accredited college and planted churches both domestically and internationally. Ron is currently the Senior Pastor of "One Church" in metro-Orlando, a multi-site church with several growing congregations scattered throughout Central Florida, as well as Chancellor of Logos University, an international university with campuses in 37 nations. Having ministered in more than 70 nations, he continues to travel globally in leadership training. He and Sandy have four married sons, 4 beautiful daughters in-law and 17 adorable grandchildren.
Prophet
Mundo & Lupita Saucedo
TBD
Evangelist
Fernando DeCarvalho
TBD
Shepherd
Jim & Kathy Hibbard
Jim and Kathy are seasoned pastors who have served in different regions in the U.S. over the past 5 decades. They served as missionaries and pastors in Alaska for 18 years before planting a church in New Jersey. They have pastored in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Alaska, and are currently encouraging and mentoring pastors from their home in Texas. Jim has served as senior pastor, church planting coach, Area Pastor and Divisional Superintendent in two Foursquare Districts, serving on District councils, and mentor to pastoral couples. Their passion is to equip, encourage, and build up pastoral couples and help raise up those called to be shepherds, helping them to understand their calling and spiritual gifts. One special thing is that the Hibbards work side by side sharing their pastoral ministering. They have learned that their gifts are much more effective when teaming together. They are passionate about fathering generations to understand and be all that God has destined for them to be for such a time as this. At present the Hibbards are embarking on an itinerant ministry together. They have been blessed with 3 amazing sons and daughter-in-laws and 7 gifted grandchildren.
Teacher
Terry & Kim Gray
TBD
Evangelism through the Arts
Eduardo Mesa
Church Planting
Rebecca Busa Portillo, Guillermo & Jessica Delgado
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Schedule TBD
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February: Book of Acts Training Camps: we will be trained ourselves by Dustin Busa of SOS Adventure on how to reach a city with the Gospel through street evangelism. We will then take our training to Juarez, where we will train the local church outreach teams to reach their city. This month is also when the formation of all of the festival departments will take place. The local church members will form, and the students of the academy will take up leadership over the departments through training. The departments will consist of: Logistics, Advertisement, Outreach, Prayer and Intercession, Equipment, Etc.
March - April - We will begin monthly gatherings between the departments to train and encourage. There will also be traveling opportunities to take care of business for each department.
May - The outreach teams will begin canvassing the Festivals surrounding colonias through street outreach. The advertising teams will canvas and hang up posters. The logistics teams will be finalizing the movements of our teams, etc.
June - This month will be the finalization and execution of our Gospel Festival. For 2 nights, we will draw the people, celebrate the victory of Jesus over Juarez through music and dance, and then we will preach the clear and simple Gospel to all of the attendees of the festival, giving them an opportunity to take action and put their faith in Jesus. We will then begin to challenge the spirits of darkness that hold Juarez captive and we will cast demons out of those who manifest. Documentation of salvation will take place and newly saved believers will be plugged into local churches for their continued discipleship by the trained Church.
Fivefold Academy is a 40 week program that exists to help you discover your calling within the Great Commission. We are associated with and based out of Emmanuel Community Ministries in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
