When God calls someone into training, His purpose is never small. Scripture shows that divine training always aims at multiplication, not mere addition or maintenance. Moses didn’t prepare Joshua to imitate him—Joshua was called to surpass him. Elijah didn’t hope Elisha would simply repeat his ministry—and Elisha himself prayed for a double portion. And Jesus did not spend three and a half years with His disciples so they could replicate His miracles and sermons. He said plainly: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.” (John 14:12)
This biblical pattern is foundational to the vision of the Streams of Light Training Institute (SOLTI). The goal of training is not to create workers who copy their teachers, but workers who exceed them—missionaries who will build, plant, train, and multiply. True training prepares students to think bigger, reach farther, and accomplish more for the kingdom of God than any previous generation.
This is why missionary training schools matter so deeply today. We are told that “there should be 100 missionaries where there is now one.” The world isn’t waiting for a handful of soul winners—it is waiting for organized, Spirit-filled teams of workers trained to labor in the great cities and dark corners of the earth. Your calling is bigger than your personal story. God invites you to become one of those hundred—and then to help train the next hundred.
At SOLTI, training is about multiplication. Students learn not only how to engage in Bible work, prayer and public ministry, literature evangelism, digital outreach, and health evangelism—but how to train others to do the same. This is the model Paul gave to Timothy: “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also” (2 Timothy 2:2). The work is never meant to end with you. It is meant to spread through you.
And after a season of intensive training, it’s easy to underestimate what God has already placed in your hands. By the time students complete the comprehensive evangelism course at Streams of Light Training Institute, they are equipped to lead and follow up Bible studies, train churches to share The Great Controversy, teach people how to study the Bible and pray, support comprehensive evangelism initiatives, and help others understand and seek the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. One may feel unqualified or weak, but God delights in using consecrated, trained, fully surrendered workers.
This vision is not new. Madison College was built on the same philosophy. It never existed to attract students—it existed to launch them. Within 30 years, the training at Madison sparked more than 50 additional institutions: schools, outpost centers, ministries, and missionary enterprises. How? Because the students were taught to think beyond themselves—to go start work, not just join it. SOLTI carries that same burden. We are not building a monument; we are building missionaries who will plant ministries, strengthen churches, start outposts and training centers, and lead evangelistic movements in the large cities of the world.
Everything we do is shaped by one prophetic picture: “and the earth was lightened with his glory” (Revelation 18:1). This is not a poetic ideal; it is a real movement of Spirit-filled workers giving the loud cry to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. SOLTI prepares young people for that work—through literature evangelism, health evangelism, Bible work, digital ministry, prayer, outreach, and preparation for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. If your heart longs to be part of the final mission of God’s people, the training you need must be as comprehensive as the calling.
But there is an obstacle many face after a spiritual high: the desire to go back. After the crucifixion, Peter returned to fishing. It was familiar and felt safe. But it wasn’t his calling anymore. Jesus met him on that beach not to bless his old career, but to renew his commission: “Feed My lambs… Feed My sheep.” Many young people today feel the same pull—“Maybe I’ll just work for a while. Save money. Take a break.” Yet if God has been tugging on one’s heart for mission, going back to the “old boat” will never satisfy. The work is too great, the cities too vast, and the need for trained missionaries too urgent.
When you choose a year of training at SOLTI, you are not committing to a temporary experience. You are preparing for a lifetime of service. You are stepping into the same divine pattern that shaped Joshua, Elisha, Paul, the early disciples, the School of the Prophets, and Madison College. You are embracing a destiny where God not only works through you—but multiplies workers through your influence.
If your heart burns when you think about the Three Angels’ Messages, the vast unreached cities, the final movement of Revelation 18, or the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, then God is calling you to aim higher. Not backward. Not into comfort. But forward—into mission.
The only question left is simple: Will you take the next step?
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