WHAT WE DO / EQUIPPING / EQ-01
STATION EQ-01 · EQUIPPING · NEW BRANCH
SWAT Academy
Everyone who wears the patch has been through the same door.
Academy is the training and vetting station for everyone who joins SWAT for Christ — member, volunteer, or leader. It exists so that a team arriving in someone’s worst week is doctrinally settled, operationally ready, and screened before they knock on the door. Three tracks, one standard.
STATION
EQ-01 · Equipping
CADENCE
Self-paced + termly cohorts
REQUIRED OF
Members, volunteers, leaders
TRACKS
Three, each building on the last
THREE TRACKS
Find the one that matches what you’re actually being asked to do.
General Academy
Anyone joining as a member
The shared floor. What we believe, why Acts 10:38 sorts the whole ministry into doing good and healing, and how a station actually works before you stand in one.
Squad Track
Team volunteers at any station
Nobody joins a squad without it. General Academy plus the practical training that a specific station demands, finished with a shadowed first shift rather than a certificate.
Leadership Track
Squad leads, station leads, staff
For the people who will carry other people. A cohort with real coursework, and a vetting process that looks at character and reputation before it looks at a résumé.
Tier 3 fees are waived for anyone the fee would keep out. Ask; nobody has been turned away for money, and nobody has been advanced without the vetting.
FROM THE CLASSROOM
What the first session actually covers.
A recorded walkthrough of the General Academy opener, so nobody has to guess what they are signing up for. Cohort sessions are never filmed.
EMBED SLOT · 16:9HOW IT RUNS
Three steps, every time
Enrol at the level you need
General Academy takes no approval. Squad and Leadership start with a short form so we know which station you are aiming at.
Train, then be checked
Coursework first, then the parts that cannot be self-reported: references, background check, and for Tier 3, a panel.
Serve under a lead
Everyone finishes in the field, not in a classroom, with a squad lead who signs off before you carry anything alone.
“Choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them.” — Acts 6:3
ACTS 6:1–6 · THE APPOINTING OF THE SEVEN
“It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. Choose seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom.”
The first job description in the church was written for people waiting tables, and the qualification was character. Academy is how we keep that order: reputation and spiritual maturity first, competence trained on top.
EQUIPPING BRANCH · EQ-01
Training is not the hurdle before the work. It is the first part of it.
Start General Academy today at no cost. If you already know which station you want, tell us and we will point you at the squad module for it.
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