ONE LIFE CHURCH · ONE-YEAR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
A year to serve.
A full-time, one-year commitment for young leaders aged 17-30. Real ministry roles, real responsibility, real mentorship, not a classroom watching from the sidelines.
500+
Graduates
11
Months
17-23
Age range
2
Campuses (2027)
Watch
See a year of DLA in a few minutes
What defines the year
A big part of DLA is
01
Global
International mission
Every year takes students beyond South Africa’s borders. Real exposure to global ministry, different cultures, and the size of what God is doing in the world.
02
O-week
Unparalleled, best-in-class
The year doesn’t ease you in. It launches you. A full week built to set the tone, build the team, and get everyone rowing in the same direction from day one.
03
Adventure
Overland missions
Road trips, overland travel, mission stops along the way. The kind of adventure that shapes people, not just a schedule to get through.
04
Leadership, Life skills
For whatever comes next
Real responsibility now, so you’re ready to lead whatever room you walk into after this year is over.
05
E2M Theology
Getting to know God
Structured theological training. 37% credit toward a BTh, with a pathway to Trinity Bible College.
06
Accommodation
A home for the year
Safe, comfortable, community-first living that makes the year feel less like a program and more like a family.
What you'll do this year
Students take on a real role within the church rather than inside the church.
- Sunday gatherings
- Kids ministry
- Worship teams
- Media & production
- Events & operations
- Major conferences: One Conference, Sparkle, Man Up
The journey
How the year unfolds
Jan
O-week
The launch. Team-building, vision casting, and getting oriented to a year unlike any other.
Throughout
The year of ministry
Real roles in real church operations, mission trips, overland travel, and the major conferences that anchor the year.
Throughout
Academics with E2M College
Structured theological training. 37% credit toward a BTh, with a pathway to Trinity Bible College.
Dec
Graduation
A year that started with students ends with leaders, commissioned and sent out.
Two campuses
Pietermaritzburg & Durban North next
Pietermaritzburg
The original campus. 500+ graduates and counting, now leading in ministry, business, and community across the country.
Durban North
Opening 2027. Same framework, same curriculum, a second home for the next generation of leaders.
Investment
Day scholar
R2,500
per month
Boarding
R5,000
per month · includes 3 meals a day
Combined
R7,500
per month · day program + boarding
R500 non-refundable registration fee · R500 program hoodie.
Life in the program
A few moments from the year
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