Asia Reach Ministries Operational Readiness (ARMOR) Training
ARMOR Training is entrance-level academic preparation for missionary service with Asia Reach Ministries. ARMOR Training is provided to missionary candidates who have successfully completed the full Candidate Application Process (CAP). CAP includes the ARM Initial Interview, Preliminary Application package, and Formal Application package.

The purpose of the week-long ARMOR Training course is to orient missionary candidates to the ARM philosophy and practice of pre-field ministry (traditionally called “deputation”) and foreign-field ministry. ARMOR Training provides foundational material as well as hands-on methodology through lectures and practical exercises.

Missionary candidates are authorized to present themselves as "being with" ARM only after successfully completing the ARM Candidate Application Process and ARMOR Training.

We give each Candidate couple or single student their own copy of the ARM Missionary Handbook containing all of the information presented in the course along with some supplemental material for reference later.

ARMOR Training provides knowledge and skills in three primary areas:

1. Orienting the candidates on ARM philosophies, policies, and practices of ministry. These lectures and exercises introduce ARM as a mission agency. We then provide sufficiently detailed instruction on our policies and procedures, including how we process, account for, and expend support funds as a missions agency and as individual missionaries. We also provide brief instruction on applicable critical life and ministry skills such as missionary ethics, stress management, and ministry organization.
2. Preparing the candidates for their Pre-Field Ministry, traditionally or commonly called "deputation". This area covers such practical matters as establishing and developing relationships with potential partners, developing effective presentation materials (including oneself), and writing effectively. We tend to tailor this training to the candidates' situation. For example, if the candidate is going to be self-supporting, such as being a "tent making" missionary, then parts of this training are streamlined.
3. Initially preparing the candidates for their eventual Foreign-Field Ministry. In this area we introduce key aspects of living and ministering on the foreign field with particular attention to cultural challenges. This is, of necessity, only a general introduction to Foreign-Field Ministry. We also cover some key aspects relating to Homeland Ministry, traditionally or commonly called "furlough".