GATS membership has many benefits for a local Bible School and nation (refer to
the GATS Policy Manual pages 8-10)
Some of the major benefits include:
~ A strong core curriculum with clearly stated objectives.
~ Over 120 suggested Apostolic Textbooks and teacher course packs
available in major world languages.
~ A connection to over 500 GATS Bible Schools and over 10,000 students
world-wide.
~ Easy access to downloadable textbooks and course packs via GATS
websites in English, French and Spanish.
~ Readily available support through GATS Administration regionally and
internationally
~ Annual training for Bible School faculty.
~ A team of over 50 Global Educators available to train faculty and teach
more advanced classes.
~ Articulation agreements with other educational institutions such as
Urshan College.

No! GATS does not get involved in the structure or administration of a
local Bible School unless asked for advice or direction. GATS main focus is
on curriculum and Faculty Development.

GATS is an objective based curriculum. We do not mandate textbooks. We
have suggested primary, secondary and often alternate textbooks you may
use along with power points and other supplementary materials to assist the
teacher. However, if you have a textbook that serves you better, and it meets
the objectives stipulated for the class, then we are great with that.

GATS has websites in English (www.gatsonline.org)
French (www.agetenligne.org)
Spanish (www.agetenlinea.org)
All Information, forms, textbooks and course packs can be downloaded from
these sites.

GATS has textbooks for the Certificate and Diploma Level, as we as Faculty
Development Lessons available in Portuguese and Russian. For these
materials, and inquiries about materials available in other languages, please
contact gats@upci.org

Yes, GATS does supply course packs or supplementary materials for many
classes. There are power points available, as well as alternate textbooks,
articles and suggested websites. This is in constant development and, in
many cases can be found on our website.

GATS has a team of Global Educators available to travel to a nation or
subregion for Faculty Development seminars. The Global Educators cover
their own expenses for travel, food and lodging. The host nation(s) would be
responsible for the actual cost of the seminar: location, set up, printing of
lessons, and cost of those in attendance. In many nations those in
attendance pay a registration fee and purchase the lessons or receive the
lessons in digital format. In other nations the cost of the seminar is included
in the yearly budget of the Bible School. Each nation or sub-region would
need to come up with a plan for covering the cost of the seminar. GATS will
work with each nation on the scheduling of a seminar. We want to do what
works best for the nation.

Requirements for teachers in a GATS Bible School are determined by the
national board or governing body of the Bible School. However, GATS
encourages every GATS nation to participate in annual Faculty
Development Seminars. This will better train and equip their teachers and
administrators for maximum impact in the classroom. Our teachers must
grow first, before they can effectively grow the students.

There is a brochure available under the Resources tab called ‘When, What, Where, Why, How’.  This gives a brief overview of the GATS program.  The Video above also explains what GATS has to offer your nation.  If you want the digital file of either of these please contact us at:

gats@upci.org

For all other questions, please refer to the GATS Policy Manual, also available under the ‘Resources’ tab on this website, or email us and we will be happy to assist you.