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Missed the Interest Meeting? Watch the Replay

If you weren’t able to join one of our recent SENT College interest meetings, I want to let you know that the full video replay is now available.

In this session, I walk through the heart and vision behind SENT College and what we believe God is building through it. SENT College is not simply about gaining information or studying theology academically—it’s about formation. It’s about identity, character, Christ-likeness, and learning how to live and lead the way Jesus did.

I share why we are Kingdom-first in our theology, why we emphasize fivefold ministry and deep discipleship, and how this training is designed to equip believers—whether you’re in ministry, the marketplace, or simply hungry to grow—to carry spiritual authority, maturity, and Kingdom responsibility in every sphere of life.

We begin with our Fivefold Ministry of Christ course, starting February 5. Training is delivered through live, interactive weekly cohort sessions, with full access to video replays if you’re unable to attend live. The structure is intentionally designed to integrate with real life, work, and ministry commitments.

SENT College offers certificate, diploma, and degree pathways. As I explain clearly in the video, our qualifications operate under religious, faith-based accreditation. This is common for Bible colleges and ministry training institutions and is focused on church, ministry, and faith-based recognition rather than government accreditation. I take time in the replay to carefully qualify what this means, how it works, and where it is applicable, and I encourage you to watch that section closely.

For the first year, the courses you’ll be working through are outlined in the attached document and include:

* Fivefold Ministry

* Kingdom of God

* Prophetic Ministry

* Identity in Christ

* The Gospels

* The Calling and Gifts of God

* Kingdom Discipleship

* Church History

* Understanding the Bible

* Your Prayer Life and Ministry

First Year

You enrol one unit at a time, with each unit costing $150 USD (approximately $230 AUD), allowing you to step in with minimal financial commitment as you prayerfully discern your journey.

As part of SENT College, you’ll also receive access to our exclusive leaders community and private Facebook group, where you can connect, grow, and journey alongside others who are pursuing formation, maturity, and Kingdom impact together.

If you’re hungry for deeper roots, clearer calling, and a life shaped by obedience to Jesus—not just knowledge, but genuine transformation—this replay will help you discern whether SENT College is the right next step.

Next StepIf you’d like more information about enrolment or how to get started, please email us at:

[email protected]

Our team would be glad to connect with you and assist you further.

Grace and peace,Glenn Bleakney SENT College - https://sentcollege.com

SENT College is an Affiliate of Chayil Leadership Institute

SENT College also operates under the recognition of Awake Nations Global Education & Accreditation (ANGEA), a U.S.-based faith accreditation body recognised internationally within ministry contexts.

We often say “Jesus was born to die.” True—but incomplete.

In this episode, we slow down where Luke’s Gospel insists we slow down: the hidden, formative years of Jesus’ life. Years not marked by miracles or crowds, but by growth, submission, waiting, and ordinary faithfulness. Luke refuses to rush us from the manger to the cross, and in doing so, he reveals something essential about salvation itself.

This conversation explores why Jesus didn’t bypass human development—and why that matters profoundly for how we understand redemption, maturity, and spiritual formation. Drawing on Luke’s unique theological emphasis and the early church’s vision of recapitulation, we trace the story back to Adam and uncover a deeper problem than guilt alone: humanity’s interrupted vocation.

We’ll examine how Christ doesn’t merely forgive sin but completes humanity, carrying human life to its intended end through faithful obedience, communion with the Father, and patient formation under pressure. From Jesus at twelve years old to Hebrews’ claim that the Son “learned obedience through suffering,” this episode reframes growth, delay, and resistance—not as failures, but as necessary contexts of restoration.

If you’ve ever felt frustrated by slow progress, unseen seasons, or unfinished areas of your life, this episode offers a different lens. Salvation is not independence or self-mastery. It is participation—sharing in the finished work of Christ as God patiently completes in us what He has already completed in His Son.

Humanity’s story is no longer stalled. In Christ, it is moving—slowly, faithfully, and securely—toward the maturity God always intended.

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We know that some of you were unable to join us live for the SENT College Interest Meeting on Thursday, 18 December 2024, so please take time to watch the attached video.

We’ve also included the Power Point handout for you to review at your own pace. See below.

If something stirs in you as you watch—don’t ignore it.

Enrolment for SENT College opens December 20.

We begin with our first course: The Fivefold Ministry of Christ—a foundational journey into how Jesus equips His Body for maturity, authority, and Kingdom responsibility. This is about formation, not information.

Why SENT College?

* Kingdom-centered theology rooted in Scripture and Spirit

* Fivefold ministry as function and formation—not titles

* Live, interactive teaching with lifetime access to replays

$150 USD per unit (approx. $230 AUD)—start with one course

You don’t have to commit to everything.Just take the first step.

👉 Enrolment opens December 20Register here at the Chayil Leadership Institute website https://chayilleadershipinstitute.org

When you enrol, indicate you are with SENT College. Please also email [email protected] and let us know once you have registered

Grace and peace,Glenn Bleakney SENT College

An Affiliate of Chayil Leadership Institute

SENT College operates under the recognition of Awake Nations Global Education & Accreditation (ANGEA), a U.S.-based faith accreditation body recognised internationally within ministry contexts.

https://sentcollege.com

A Global Spiritual Reformation: Embracing Change in the Church

In recent times, a significant question has emerged globally: Are we witnessing a historic spiritual reformation? This inquiry delves into the shifting landscape of faith and its implications for the church today. It suggests a transformative movement of God, prompting a rethinking of how we engage with spirituality and community.

Signs of Change

Across the world, signs indicate that a global reformation is underway. The rise of house churches reflects a yearning for genuine spiritual connections rather than mere attendance on Sundays. People are seeking authenticity, purpose, and tangible experiences of God's power. Traditional churches are evolving into apostolic hubs, focusing on equipping and sending out believers, illustrating a deep hunger for something more profound.

The Challenge of Old Models

The existing models for training and discipleship are becoming inadequate. Traditionally centered around institutions and theological knowledge, they often produce mere consumers of information. In contrast, the emerging model emphasizes spiritual family, authentic encounters with God, and the empowerment of individuals to become multipliers—equipped to disciple others.

Returning to the Original Blueprint

To address these needs, we must return to the original blueprint laid out by Jesus. His approach to training was not classroom-based but rather relational, emphasizing life-on-life encounters. This model starts with a genuine encounter with God's power, leading to obedience, deeper intimacy with God, and empowerment through the Holy Spirit. The aim is to equip believers with the tools and character necessary for effective ministry, building the church from the ground up.

Introducing Sent College

A promising initiative exemplifying this new model is Sent College, founded by Glenn and Lynn Blechnne. This college is designed as a new wine skin for this era, addressing the gaps and hunger for mentorship and spiritual guidance. Sent College is fully online and accessible, offering accredited theological training at an affordable cost. It focuses on formation rather than just information, aiming to raise up multipliers who can disciple others effectively.

A Personal Invitation

This conversation extends beyond trends and institutions; it is a personal call for many. It invites individuals to find their place in a larger narrative, emphasizing that this initiative aims to support the local church rather than replace it. For those feeling a nudge toward this mission, the first classes at Sent College will begin on February 4, 2026.

In conclusion, as we navigate this potential spiritual reformation, the question remains: Are you being called to be one of the "sent ones"? This is an invitation to reflect, pray, and discern your role in this transformative movement. For more information, visit https://sentcollege.com

In this episode, David Vaka of Breakthrough Nation brings a prophetic, practical word that shakes the church out of old mindsets and awakens us into true Kingdom assignment.

This isn’t about chasing a pulpit—it’s about stepping boldly into the place God has already positioned you. David reveals the 5%/95% Kingdom blueprint, showing why only a few are called to full-time church ministry while the vast majorityare commissioned to carry Christ into the marketplace, where the real mission field is waiting.

He unpacks how the fivefold equips believers to be reformers in every sphere: business, law, politics, education, arts, media, family—every mountain. You’ll feel the call to stop living for Sunday and start burning with purpose for Monday. You’ll hear the invitation to ascend your mountain, stay connected to covering, and let your life—not just your words—be the message that transforms culture.

This episode doesn’t just inspire.It activates.It clarifies your assignment.It calls out the reformer in you.

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The 95% Problem: Why Your Pulpit Might Be in the Marketplace

This post is based on a powerful sermon by my friend David Vaka, who spoke recently at the Awake Nations Hub on the Sunshine Coast in Australia. You can listen to the full message in the audio podcast above.

Here’s a truth that’s going to challenge some assumptions: everyone reading this is called to full-time Kingdom service. 100%. No exceptions.

But here’s where it gets interesting. Only about 5% are called to minister from the pulpit within the four walls of the church. The other 95%? Your pulpit is in the marketplace.

And if you’ve been church-hopping looking for a platform to preach, I need you to hear this: what if your sphere, your message, your assignment is actually out there in the Monday-to-Friday world where you spend most of your time?

The Ascension-Descension Pattern

Paul writes something profound in Ephesians 4. He starts with this picture of Jesus ascending and descending, and he tells us the purpose: to fill all places and all spaces. Not just the sanctuary. Not just Sunday morning. All places. All spaces.

Then immediately, Paul moves into the fivefold ministry—apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers. But notice the purpose: “to equip his people, the saints, for the work of service.”

The intent of the fivefold isn’t to create big churches full of people trained to serve within church programs. The intent is to equip the saints so that through us, Christ fills all spaces and all places universally.

We’ve built churches that pull people from the marketplace to serve the machinery of church programs. But God’s design is the opposite: equip people in the ecclesia so they can carry Kingdom authority into every sphere where they’re planted.

The Shift from Pastoral-Centric to Fivefold

The days of the pastor being the kingpin of the church are over. God is moving us from a pastoral-centric model into a fivefold ministry-oriented model. It’s been happening for a while, but people are slowly waking up.

Here’s what synergistic fivefold ministry looks like in practice:

The apostle brings governmental order and alignment with Heaven’s patterns. They see the big picture and call the church into its destiny as God’s sent ones.

The prophet connects us to God’s voice and heart, keeping us tuned to what the Father is saying right now, not just what He said yesterday.

The evangelist fires us up with passion for the lost and trains us to naturally introduce people to the King through our lives.

The pastor provides the care, nurture, and safe environment where people can grow and be healed without being coddled into perpetual spiritual infancy.

The teacher grounds us in truth, making sure we’re not just excited but also accurate in our understanding of Kingdom realities.

When these five work together, they don’t just build a crowd. They build a mobilized, equipped, deployed army that advances the Kingdom in every sector of society.

Your Mission Field Is Already Assigned

Stop looking for a crowd. You already have one. They’re sitting in cubicles around you. They’re in the break room. They’re your clients, your students, your patients, your colleagues.

Where you work from Monday to Friday—that’s your mission field. Where you spend 40, 50, 60 hours a week—God has given you people. Wake up and see the harvest all around you every day.

Your crowd is the people at your workplace.

Your podium is your Kingdom assignment—the specific purpose God placed you there to fulfill.

Your message is not your speech. It’s your deeds. It’s your life, your character, your integrity speaking louder than what comes out of your mouth.

The Daniel Standard

Here’s the standard: be 10 times better than your peers. Daniel and his friends set this bar, and it’s still the standard for marketplace ministers.

Be the best student. The best employee. The best leader. When people see you operate with excellence, integrity, and Kingdom character, they’ll start asking questions: “Why are you different?”

And that’s when you get to say, “I come from an ecclesia church that has taught us to be like this.”

Gifts and talents will take you to the mountaintop, but integrity and character will keep you there.

Chase Assignment, Not Success

Can I encourage you in this? Don’t chase money. Don’t chase success. Chase your Kingdom assignment.

When you focus on your Kingdom assignment, money and prosperity will follow. But if you chase money and everything else, you’ll deviate from the main thing.

Let the main thing be the main thing. Let your Kingdom assignment be the number one thing. That’s your podium.

The Ecclesia Model

We’re not building a church where people come and sit. We’re building an ecclesia where people come, get equipped, get sent out, and bring more people back. Then those people get equipped, get sent out, and bring more people. And the cycle continues.

This is how you build something sustainable. This is how you see genuine Kingdom advancement. Not through better programs or bigger buildings, but through quality disciples who become light and salt in dark places.

The church is not the Kingdom, but the church is the vehicle for Kingdom explosion, advancement, and expression.

When we get this right—when the ecclesia functions as God designed it—people won’t come because we ran an evangelistic campaign. They’ll come because they met someone at work who made them hungry for what they have. They’ll come because the light they saw in the marketplace led them to the Source.

Quality bringeth quantity.

A Word for the Sunshine Coast

I’m watching something shift in this region. There’s been prophetic word after prophetic word about what God wants to do on the Sunshine Coast. But prophecy without proper structure and alignment is just noise.

God is bringing order. Not control. Not religious hierarchy. But divine order where the fivefold ministry equips saints who fill the marketplace with Kingdom presence.

This isn’t about building another big church that hoards people in programs. It’s about building an ecclesia that deploys kingdom ambassadors who transform every sphere they touch.

The time has come for the Sunshine Coast to see the ecclesia church—not just hear about it, but see it manifest in power and demonstration.

Where Do You Go From Here?

If you’re in the 5%, lean into your calling to equip. Stop trying to do everything yourself. Mobilize the army.

If you’re in the 95%, stop fighting for a pulpit you’re not called to. Your pulpit is waiting for you Monday morning. Go there with Kingdom authority. Be light. Be salt. Be 10 times better.

And everyone—100% of you—understand this: you are called. You are equipped. You are sent.

Now go fill your space with His presence.

Glenn Bleakney is an apostolic leader, author, and founder of Awake Nations Global Network. He teaches on Kingdom reformation, fivefold ministry, and marketplace transformation through awakenations.org and KingdomReformers.org.

For too long, the Church has waited for signs… while Heaven has waited for the Church.

This podcast tears back the veil on God’s true storyline: the restoration of humanity to rule, reign, and reproduce His image in the earth. From Genesis to Jesus to our present moment, we explore the unchanging Plan A—Kingdom dominion through God’s redeemed sons and daughters.

Here, the Gospel is bigger than an escape plan.

It’s sōtēria—salvation that invades every dimension: spiritual, physical, societal.

We’re not measuring success by bigger buildings or better programs, but by the fullness of God formed in a people who are sent—apostolically—to transform territories.

This is a call to step into your original assignment:

Invade. Occupy. Transform.

Not someday. Not when the signs line up.

Now.

If you’re hungry for a mission bigger than survival… if you sense the Church is meant for more… if you believe Christ is waiting for a Kingdom-filled earth before He returns—this podcast is your rallying cry.

Welcome to the Apostolic Commission.

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In this power-packed episode of Kingdom Reformation Podcast, we ascend the mountain of revelation and dive deep into Dr. Jim Bradshaw’s transformative book, Reawaken to Good News: Rediscovering the Keys of the Kingdom.

This isn’t just another theological conversation — it’s a prophetic call to the global Church to rise out of a subnormal state and step boldly into her identity as the ecclesia, the governing body of Christ on the earth.

From dismantling the truncated gospel to embracing Christ’s present enthronement…From rediscovering the true apostolic mandate to understanding the radical four-part initiation of the early Church…From covenant structure to global conquest in the Spirit…

We walk through all seven keys of the Kingdom that unlock heaven’s blueprint for revival, reformation, and societal transformation.

If you’re hungry, if you’re sensing there’s more, if you know deep down the Church is meant to walk in far greater authority — this episode will ignite you. The keys are in your hand. The King is reigning now. The mandate is active. Let’s climb.

Call to Action

If this episode ignited something in your spirit… don’t just let the fire burn—feed it.Take the next step on this Kingdom ascent.

👉 Get your copy of Reawaken to Good News by Dr. Jim Bradshaw on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KBFN83K?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_XXRMRFD2DFVQMRPXNRX6

This isn’t just another book.It’s a strategic manual for believers who refuse to live in the church’s subnormal state… a blueprint for sons and daughters ready to walk in revelation, authority, and Kingdom governance.

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In this episode of the Kingdom Reformation Podcast, Glenn Bleakney sits down with missional strategist, author, and long-time disciple-maker Mike Chong Perkinson — a leader with more than four decades of hands-on experience in forming disciples who live and lead like Jesus.

Together, Glenn and Mike explore the rabbinical pathway of discipleship — the relational, identity-shaping process Jesus used to raise up men and women who transformed the world. Mike unpacks how returning to Jesus’ model restores authentic formation, mobilizes everyday believers, and sparks genuine Kingdom multiplication. This is practical, biblical, and deeply aligned with the heart of Jesus for His Church.

If you’re longing for a fresh, grounded understanding of disciple-making — one that goes beyond programs and returns to the way of Jesus — this conversation will encourage and equip you.

Get the Book

To go deeper, pick up Mike’s book Organic Reformation, a timely guide for rethinking discipleship, leadership, and movement building in our generation.

Buy Organic Reformation on Amazon (US):https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006P5KO2S?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_ZZJ6YRZDKZQ2MQKRJYCD

Join the Movement

Grow with a global family committed to revival, reformation, and Kingdom impact.Become a member at:

https://AwakeNations.org

What if the “sign” Jesus spoke of wasn’t about the end of the physical world at all—but the end of an age?

Drawing from Dr. George E. Khoury’s powerful teaching, this explainer uncovers how Jesus’ prophecy in Matthew 24 wasn’t pointing to a distant apocalypse, but to a dramatic, earth-shifting event that unfolded in their generation: the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70.

This historical judgment, Khoury argues, was the visible proof that Jesus had already taken His throne, inaugurated His kingdom, and begun His reign. And that changes everything. Instead of waiting for rescue, the church is called into a bold, restorative mission—living as active citizens of a present kingdom, not spectators of a future one.

If the King is already reigning, then our call is clear: disciple nations, advance His dominion, and participate in the restoration of all things under His authority.

👉 Purchase the book on Amazon: The Sign of the Kingdom

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https://georgekouriinstitute.org

👉 Explore Dr. Kouri’s teachings, courses, and apostolic training resources.