How does it work?

The Mission
Wagner Leadership Institute Malaysia trains and equips men and women for leadership positions in local churches and in translocal ministries. It provides an earned training credential for church and ministry leaders. Its goal is to equip leaders in the necessary skills for effective ministry. It is designed especially, although not exclusively, to meet the needs of leaders who have become a part of the New Apostolic Reformation. For literally thousands of these leaders, and others as well, the present educational system designed for Christian ministers is virtually inaccessible.

Educational Paradigm
The educational paradigm of Wagner Leadership Institute Malaysia differs considerably from traditional academic models of ministerial or ordination-track education. The new methodology of training, following patterns of contemporary adult education, is not based exclusively or even primarily on a classroom format, programmed to meet predetermined academic standards. Rather, it incorporates a variety of learning events and experiences which are offered as a basis for earning training units. Training units (TUs) accumulate as each student moves toward ministry diploma on various levels. The focus on training in WLI is more on impartation than on information. This is not to deny the importance of information, but rather it is to affirm that relevant information will be provided in a context of imparting skills and anointing for practical ministry. Furthermore, ministry in the Spirit receives equal emphasis to ministry in the Word and truth.

Benefits
There are many benefits to the educational paradigm described above. The design of WLI seeks to free the institution from some of the more burdensome characteristics of traditional academia such as : required courses, theological party lines, denominational control, bureaucratic entanglements, faculty tenure, costly library facilities, residential requirements, influence of large donors, academic restrictions, institutional self-centeredness, financial endowments, competition with other institutions, accreditation straight jackets, and geographical limitations.

WLI Code of Conduct
Wagner Leadership Institute upholds biblical standards of ethics and morality in every area of life. Enrolment in, employment by, or voluntary service to WLI includes a commitment by each individual to adhere to godly standards of conduct and lifestyle. While this applies to all areas of thought and life, it should be explicitly understood that WLI believes that heterosexual union must be reserved for marriage and insists on sexual abstinence for unmarried. WLI holds that premarital, extramarital, and homesexual relationships are inconsistent with the teaching of Scripture and will not be tolerated in the WLI community.

Statement of Faith
The Wagner Leadership Institute positions itself in the evangelical theological stream of Protestant Christianity. It adheres to the Apostles' Creed and to the core doctrines of the Protestant Reformation, namely the ultimate and essential authority of the Scriptures for Christian faith and practice, justification by faith, and the priesthood of all believers. It believes that God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit, that Jesus was born of a virgin, that He was physically raised from the dead, and that an individual's personal relationship to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior determines that individual's eternal destiny in heaven or in hell. The fulfillment of Jesus' Great Commission to make disciples of all nations is central to the focus of Wagner Leadership Institute.