An Open Letter to All the Graduating College Seniors

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When such as we the King can choose,
To share with Him His throne,
‘Tis passing strange that we refuse
To be our Lord’s alone.
O never speak of sacrifice!
A privilege untold
Is to be His at any price,
In Calv’ry’s hosts enrolled.

(Hymns #473, stanza two)
© Living Stream Ministry

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

As the long-awaited day of your college graduation draws near, so also do the decisions that you will be forced to make concerning the direction of your life following your college years. We would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to come to the Full-time Training in Anaheim.

The Full-time Training in Anaheim was established in 1989 with the burden of helping those that attend to become normal functioning members of the Body of Christ. The purpose of the FTTA is fourfold:

To help the trainees grow in the divine life of Christ unto maturity
To equip the trainees with the divine truths according to the Scriptures by the revelation of the Holy Spirit
To cultivate in the trainees their spiritual function in preaching the gospel, nourishing young believers, perfecting the saints, and prophesying the Word of God for the building up of the Body of Christ
To develop in the trainees a proper and uplifted character according to the humanity of Christ that is fit for the Lord’s use

Being college seniors, more than at any other time in your life, you are in the best possible situation for planning to come to the FTTA upon graduation. Now is the time, while your life is free of any encumbrances such as a job, marriage, and children, to give yourself to be trained and perfected to be a normal functioning member of the Body of Christ. By coming to the FTTA as a young person, you will reap maximum benefit, as the Lord will definitely honor and remember your faithful seeking of His kingdom as your first priority. Student loans and graduate school can both be deferred, and with a long term view, two years of your time to give to the Lord now is not too much.

We strongly believe that there is no better place to be for a young brother or sister immediately following their college graduation than in the full-time training. Join the happy throng of hundreds of graduated trainees who now constitute the new generation of Body-building members in the Lord’s recovery. Follow their footsteps to become useful in the Lord’s hands for the rest of your life!

We urge you to enroll in the training for the coming term (see Dates & Events). Do pray and consecrate yourself to the Lord for this. If you have any further questions, please contact the leading brothers in your locality or the FTTA office. We look forward to seeing you here and being blended together to experience the reality of the Body of Christ.

Your brothers in Christ,

The FTTA training brothers

Download the training application forms.