Thriving Turtles Training is a new initiative to equip front-line gospel workers with the knowledge and skills they need to be effective cross-cultural gospel ministers. Thriving Turtles Training offers short modular courses that build on each other to extend training in basic cross-cultural ministry skills. Our facilitators have extensive experience in cross-cultural ministry and the courses are provided as asynchronous eLearning through our online Moodle classroom. The courses are highly interactive and include extensive discussion through online forums.

We run courses at various times throughout the year as needed. If you have a minimum of 4 people and would like us to run a course for you please contact us via the contact us page on this website.

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  • Cultural Intelligence for Ministry

    Cultural Intelligence is the ability to understand and interact appropriately in cross-cultural settings and understand people who are different to us. This course is an introduction to Cultural Intelligence and includes practical steps to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes you need.

  • Culture Values & Distance

    Our values are based on what we believe is good or best in the world around us. Most of our behaviour flows out of our values. This course explores some of these values, considering what makes up our home values, and discovering the values in those we serve amongst.

  • Helping your Friend Thrive in China

    Sadly 50-80% of those who become Christians will studying overseas will abandon their faith within a year of returning. This course will examine the issues that cause returnees to believe that Jesus has no place in their lives in China. We will look at some strategies to change this as well as some practical things that can be done.

  • Discipling People with a Chinese Worldview

    When ministering with Chinese, so often things get lost in translation. This course builds on the culture values and distance course to unpack key aspects of traditional Chinese thinking, religion and worldview and consider ways these can be addressed in ministry.

  • Communication and Contextualisation

    Anyone who has engaged in international student ministry knows how hard it is to communicate ideas clearly across a cultural divide. This course examines the process of contextualised communication and considers ways we can be better cross-cultural ministers.