Dear Christian Friend,

Welcome to the ministries of Evangelical Training Association! The primary calling of ETA is to provide programs, materials, and services which assist churches in equipping lay leaders for ministry within the local church. For many of you, ETA needs no introduction; for others, here is an overview of who we are:

EXPERIENCED	Founded in 1930.
DOCTRINALLY DEPENDABLE	Solidly holds to a conservative, evangelical theology. (see our Doctrinal Statement)
EDUCATIONALLY SOUND	Bridging cognitive necessity with developmental sensitivity, ETA courses are designed to engage all types of adult learners. ETA materials are edited from an intercultural perspective. ETA members are comprised of seminaries, colleges, universities, institutes, and churches.
THOROUGHLY FIELD-TESTED	ETA materials are used by thousands of churches in hundreds of denominations all over the world.
MINISTRY DRIVEN	As a non-profit ministry organization, ETA is committed providing quality training resources for equipping lay volunteers to serve Christ more effectively in the Church.
AFFORDABLE	Produces materials which are attractive and reasonably priced.
	The entire staff of ETA is committed to you and your church. Our mission is to help your church develop a lay leadership training program to more effectively fulfill Christ's Great Commission. In His Service Yvonne Thigpen President