Resources for Equipping Your Leaders and Teachers

Welcome to the new ETA online catalog!

ETA offers a variety of teaching resources for lay leaders in the local church. Just click on any of the courses to the right to get started. Available for each course is a textbook for the student and an Instructional Resource Package (IRP) for the teacher, combining all of the teaching material available from ETA into a single multimedia resource. Click here to see the details!

Designed by experienced Christian Educators, ETA courses can be taught independantly or as part of the ETA Church Ministry Certificate Program. When taught by an ETA-approved teacher, each completed course offers students the opportunity to earn one ETA/CEU (continuing education unit) credit.

Click for a list of brief summaries for each title in the category...

Who We Are

For over 75 years ETA has been providing excellent curriculum and effective training programs for churches like yours. For those new to ETA here is an overview of who we are:


 

 

Yvonne Thigpen

President


  • Experienced Founded in 1930.
  • Doctrinally Dependable Solidly holds to a conservative, evangelical theology (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.
  • Thoroughly Field-Tested ETA materials are used by thousands of churches in over 100 denominations. ETA resources reach a global constituency.
  • Widely Accepted ETA resources are used in hundreds of denominations throughout the US and the world.
  • Ministry Driven As a non-profit ministry organization comprised of seminaries, colleges, universities, institutes, and churches, (see members)ETA is committed to 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 basic calling of ETA is to provide programs, materials, and services which assist churches in equipping lay leaders for ministry within the local church (see mission statement). This is why I believe you will find this catalog to be helpful to your ministry.

The entire staff of ETA is committed to you and your church. Our goal is to help your church develop a lay leadership training program to more effectively fulfill Christ's Great Commission.