Welcome to
GRiT
GODLY
RESILIANCE
intensive
training
Relying on the spiritual strength of your relationship with God to raise you above your fleshly limitations amidst serious hardships.
GRiT – Home of Godly Resilience Training
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About GRiT
When we step out in faith to become ministers of the Gospel, we enter a spiritual and physical battlefield that has life, death, and eternal outcomes. The stress of the battle we face does not only cause emotional, relational, and physical damage, it empowers our flesh – our sinful nature. When flesh is empowered, its ultimate outcome is ministry death.
Ministers of the Gospel need to know how to deal with stress-empowered flesh, especially as they reach out to dangerous or hazardous areas. By dealing with stress-empowered flesh, international workers develop Godly resilience – resilience that is rooted in a deepening of their relationship with God.
In this six-week course, Dr. Hamilton Burke will draw on his experience as an Air Force psychologist and twenty-plus years of overseas ministry to walk you through the spiritual, neuroscientific, and psychological processes that underlie the battle you are fighting. You will learn how your brain processes the stress you face and how to identify the “fleshly vulnerabilities” the enemy has planted in you. You will also learn the importance of your God-empowered spirit in regulating brain functioning, how God’s grace and love for you sets the whole spiritual-neuroscientific system to its optimal level of functioning, and how your relationship with God provides resilience over your flesh and stress.
Audience
GRiT is specifically designed for international workers who are serving in the most stressful of places. It is based on Dr. Burke’s book series Effective Kingdom Service in Hostile Places: Advanced Training and Support for International Workers and the Organizations that Send Them (available on Amazon). GRiT is an intensive college level on-line course that requires six weeks to complete. Each lesson consists of a short video, reading assignments (60 to 80 pages a week), discussion questions with others in the cohort, and a short quiz. Dr. Burke will also offer a real-time weekly session via Zoom to discuss and emphasize the ideas learned in the self-study lessons. Most participants find that each lesson requires 8 to 10 hours to complete. Two more weeks of bonus materials (with recommendations for providing support and member care to those serving in hostile places) will be provided for those interested.
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“Wow! I wish I had this 30 years ago! I see how the principles outlined in this book led to my demise working overseas. Fortunately, now as member care providers, we can help others put these principles into play early in their service. Dr. Burke uniquely connects 1) current brain research, 2) experience working with international workers, with 3) an understanding of the underlying spiritual dynamics. Amazing integration at a high level!” –Dr. R.M.
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Class Information
Join us for a course designed to help international workers serving in stressful and hazardous circumstances develop godly resilience.
GRiT training is based on the expertise and experience of Dr. Hamilton Burke and his book series Serving in Hazardous Places. Books will be provided as an online resource for participants in the class. Included is also a special bonus section on developing secure attachment to God.
Testimonials
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“Wow! I wish I had this 30 years ago! I see how the principles outlined in this book led to my demise working overseas. Fortunately, now as member care providers, we can help others put these principles into play early in their service. Dr. Burke uniquely connects 1) current brain research, 2) experience working with international workers, with 3) an understanding of the underlying spiritual dynamics. Amazing integration at a high level!”
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“Combining fascinating scientific explanations with strong Biblical applications, Dr. Burke provides excellent and very practical tools for cross cultural workers and the churches and organizations that send them. Even after more than three decades of cross-cultural ministry I learned very valuable lessons from these materials. This is a must read for both those preparing for cross cultural ministries and for those who are already involved in Kingdom service. “
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“Dr. Burke’s explanation of ‘stress-empowered flesh’ and its remedy is a must read for every international worker, especially for those who serve in difficult situations!”
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“A vital resource for all cross-cultural workers! Dr. Burke’s work is groundbreaking and will become the standard preparation manual for the next generation of international workers serving in difficult places.”
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“Combining fascinating scientific explanations with strong Biblical applications, Dr. Burke provides excellent and very practical tools for cross cultural workers and the churches and organizations that send them. Even after more than three decades of cross-cultural ministry I learned very valuable lessons from these materials. This is a must read for both those preparing for cross cultural ministries and for those who are already involved in Kingdom service. “
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“Thank you so very much for this course. It was a tremendous blessing to work through. Each week I looked forward to my time “together with everyone.” I learned so very much. I feel like my life has been enriched and that God has much still to teach me. He is using the materials in my life and I believe this course has given me some very important tools to help myself and others.”
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“I felt like all of the material regarding trauma and stress were especially helpful due to the context I am ministering in. It was helpful for me and my team but also for the local church leadership and the communities we are working in.”