SOTO Ministries Discipleship Academy (SMDA)

Are you a teen struggling to be sure of your next step in life? Have you even truly found out who you are and what does that actually even mean?
Do you have the answer to the questions everyone keeps asking you: What’s your plans after high school? What are your gifts or talents? What’s your career path?
Would you love to be in a program that could help you figure all this out?
Then join us at the SMDA Camp where you will learn that God has already placed all the answers inside of you. The secrets to answer all life’s biggest questions all come from building a relationship with God first and then letting God guide your life.
Come join us for a unique journey to discover one of God’s most important creations, You!!!!

Discipleship Academy’s first 21-day module is to Find Your Purpose.

Our kickoff pilot will run for 21-straight days. Classes will have varying schedules with morning and afternoon classes (as scheduled) at SOTO in Harriet, Arkansas. Most class days consists of three hours of instruction and most days end with an evening campfire activity. Courses and Activities begin November 6 at 11am and run 21-straight days through November 26 at 8pm.

DT100: How Great is Your God? (Dusti Howell)

Discipleship Training (DT) 100 will help students see the Creator God through His design of the trees, animals, birds, creeping things, sea creatures, language, and the Bible. We’ll look at God’s hand in the journeys of the patriarchs Job and Jacob before looking at what He’s doing in your life. Our God is truly amazing. Through thousands of images, scriptures and stories, the God we worship will become more and more incredible! Praise the LORD!

Your view of God will grow after seeing His creative design of trees, animals, birds, sea creatures and much more.
Your awe of God will expand when witnessing God’s hand in the life journeys of the patriarchs Job and Jacob!
Your fear of God will materialize as you look at what He’s doing in your life. Our God is truly amazing.
Through thousands of images, scriptures and stories, the God we worship will become more and more incredible!

DT101: Discipleship Training 101 (John Snyder)

This course will help instruct and strengthen you in your walk as a disciple of Jesus Christ. Jesus said, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.” (Matthew 28:18-20).

This course is designed to teach you the foundational teachings of Jesus Christ. Hebrews 6:1-2 says, “Leaving the discussion of the elementary principles [doctrines or teachings] of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.” We are to go onto a perfection that is built on a foundation of the teachings of Jesus Christ. However, how can we go onto perfection, if this foundation is not first laid in our lives?

We will walk through 10 lessons over a 21 day period learning from real life experiences and personal testimonies focusing on the engagement of each student interacting with each other and coming to a closer relationship with God the Father and Jesus Christ, His Son.

DT102: Career Direct (Cynthia Saladin)

Career Direct is an online, hour-long assessment of personality, interests, skills/abilities, and values. Synthesis of these four components of an individual’s unique design is done in a one-on-one 90-minute consultation. Actionable and practical suggestions are provided for further independent research and application.

DT103: Find your Life Purpose (Carl Gennaro)

Presented by The Jordan´s Way Foundation which is designed to connect with teens and young adults to help them see their full potential in life. We all have our own unique strengths that were created in us for a purpose. In these workshops, we will give each person the tools to work through their pain and discover their greatest strengths! It is then that we discover who we’re truly meant to be and how to use the unique gifts each of us has to live a Life Full of Purpose!

Adjunct faculty: Melanie Cartwright, Simona Gennaro, Deanne Howell

SOTO Ministries is supported by independent donations, which underwrites most of the expenses. This is being developed as a work/study program. Students are expected to work 20 hours per week at SOTO, in addition to attending classes and keeping up with all homework. Upon acceptance to the pilot program, students will receive complimentary tuition, room & board. If students prefer not to work, costs are $3,600 per person. Married couples who attend TDA together pay only a single tuition fee of $3,600.

Please click this link to submit your application to be considered for the pilot program beginning in November 2024. Applications due by October 10, 2024.

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