If a church is not a training church, it is a dying church. If we do not equip the next generation to continue in gospel ministry, then the message dies with us.
Six aspects of a training church
The New Testament calls all churches to equip and train people with the gospel who can, in turn, equip and train others. The call of 2 Timothy 2:2 goes beyond teaching the gospel, to entrusting the gospel to others who can do the same. In doing so, the church faithfully proclaims and preserves the gospel, generation to generation, until the coming of Christ.
Churches that train Artizo apprentices therefore have a vital role. And being able to embed apprentices in churches that provide practical hands-on ministry opportunities is vital to Artizo’s mission.
2025 Artizo trainers
Rev. Jeremy Graham, Venerable Sean Love, Rev. Phill Pearson, Rev. Canon Ben Roberts, Rev. Anson Ann, Rev. Mark Tubbs
Artizo training churches
King’s Cross is a multi-generational, multi-cultural community. We’re a community whose worship, life and mission together are centred on the one true King, Jesus Christ, whose beauty and majesty are revealed as the Servant who gave his life for us.
Location: Collingwood Annex
Burnaby Trainer: The Rev. Jeremy Graham
St. Peter’s Fireside is a gospel-centered, Anglican church in the heart of downtown Vancouver. We are about restoration in Christ through scripture, sacrament and Spirit.
Location: UBC Robson Square
Trainer: The Rev. Phill Pearson
St. John’s Richmond Church | is a Bible-based, Christian Church. We are one of the churches of the Anglican Diocese of Canada.
Location: Trinity Lutheran Church at 7100 Granville Ave, Richmond, BC.
Trainer: The Ven. Sean Love
Good Shepherd Richmond Church | is a growing parish in the Anglican Diocese of Canada, evangelical in faith, liturgical in worship, and inter-generational in ministry. Our mission is to proclaim the good news and to share and incarnate the love of Jesus Christ among our neighbors in Richmond, B.C.
Location: Richmond Caring Place, 7000 Minoru Blvd, Richmond, BC.
Trainer: The Rev. Anson Ann
St. Timothy’s Anglican Church | is a classical Anglican parish. Centered upon the gospel of Jesus Christ as declared in the Holy Scriptures, we are devoted to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Location: 870 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver, BC.
Trainer: The Rev. Mark Tubbs
St. John’s Vancouver Church | We believe the good news of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection is of first importance, and has the power to transform us, our communities, and the world. We strive to be a living model of ‘Mere Anglicanism’ – a multigenerational community, gripped by the gospel of grace, seeking to reach and serve our multicultural society for his glory.
Location: Oakridge Adventist Church, 5350 Baillie St., Vancouver, BC.
Trainer: Rev. Canon Ben Roberts, Director of Training at Artizo