Aurora ITA: Our Heartbeat

Our Heartbeat

Our Vision

“The great passion that the Lord has put in my heart is to see the message revealed in the Word of God preached with a fervent love for the Lord Jesus Christ and His Church with purity, sound doctrine, and absolute faithfulness to the text without compromise or manipulations. Our desire, through the Italian Theological Academy, is to prepare elders and pastors in accordance with the command found in 2 Timothy 2:2.” – Joseph A. Aleppo, President of Aurora Mission and The Italian Theological Academy

“In my years of ministry in Italy, I have come to appreciate the dedication of many elders and pastors of local churches. Although these men had full time jobs, they studied in their free time to teach the Word of God with faithfulness.

The Italian Theological Academy is directed to the many pastors who have a desire to learn how to teach and preach the Bible more faithfully. Most of these pastors have not attended Bible school or have had any kind of formal Biblical training.

The Italian Theological Academy fills a void in Italy and will be instrumental in helping the Italian believers better prepare for ministry.

Historically, the Italian church’s pulpit ministry has been weak; our prayer is that God will use this Academy for His glory.”

- David J. Standridge, Programs Director of Aurora Mission and Dean of Students at The Italian Theological Academy.

Academy News

Learning to preach the Old Testament August 9, 2010
How does an understanding of the Old Testament help my Christian life and ministry? How do we understand books like Job where so much suffering is present? What is the theme of Isaiah? How do we interpret Proverbs? What is the purpose of the minor prophets? How do we preach and teach the OT? Students [...] […]
Learning to live biblically August 9, 2010
Thank you for your prayers! Introduction to Biblical Counseling was a true blessing from the Lord. The professor not only shared profound insights from the Word of God that dealt with helping people be more like Christ, but he also shared many wonderful testimonies. One particularly moving and impactful story was about a young man [...] […]
The importance of Biblical Counseling August 3, 2010
Throughout the week of August 2nd to the 6th there will be 23 students from different parts of Italy gathered at ITA to study the importance of counseling from a Biblical perspective. The focus will be on the principles and practice of applying the Word of God to the lives of individual believers and married [...] […]