The Howard Guinness Program

Howard Guinness was instrumental in the formation of the Sydney University Evangelical Union (EU), and in his honour the Graduates Fund's two-year apprentice style training program was named.

The trainees work in partnership with the EU and the program involves participants doing real ministry while receiving real training.

A graduate of the Project had this to say:

"The Howard Guinness Project was a once in a lifetime blessing. I was trusted to teach and train and love the students of the EU, while being taught and trained and loved by the senior staff. I learnt a pattern of ministry that will stay with me. I saw God save people and establish them in Christ. I was grounded biblically, stretched theologically, equipped with practical skills, and driven to trust God more deeply. Throw in a lot of coffee, and you've got a not-to-be-missed two years!" — Murray Smith, HGP 2000-01

The Outcome

The EU Graduates Fund desires that trainees leave the project competent in the basic skills of evangelical ministry with a theological framework for thinking about life and ministry, ready to serve as Christian leaders in God's church whether lay or vocational.