VCI believes that Competency Based Theological Education (CBTE) is a way to bridge the gap between formal and non-formal education. If this could be achieved it will greatly help to meet the challenge of training more than 2 million preachers who do not have adequate theological training.

The following article elaborates on this:

pdf Is Competency-Based Theological Education an Answer for the Growing Training Needs of the Church? – Dr Bennie Wolvaardt(413 KB)

In the following podcast Rob McDole and Jared Pyles (Center for Teaching and Learning at Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio) discuss competency-based theological education with the founding president of Veritas College, Dr. Bennie Wolvaardt: