MASTERS COMMISSION History
Master's Commission was born in the heart of Larry Kerychuk. He began the Master's Commission program in 1984 in Phoenix, Arizona along with Pastor Carmen Balsamo as director. Students pledged one year of their lives to scripture memory, the study of the word, and ministry. It was a place where people of all walks of life could come and grow in their relationship with Christ while also laying down a biblical foundation upon their lives. After Carmen's death, Rev. Lloyd Zeigler was appointed director.
God has poured his blessing on Master's Commission and given opportunity for many other MC programs to develop in churches across the country and around the world. As the program spread from church to church the need arose for a network to be established to preserve the integrity and purity of heart with which this intense discipleship training program was created. In 1995, a group of Master's Commission directors from across the nation held a meeting at the annual Master's Commission Discipleship Conference and formed the Master's Commission International Network (MCIN).
The MCIN is a network of affiliated Master's Commission programs who share the same heart and desire for character, integrity and discipleship. If a Master's Commission program has been recognized by the MCIN, then it meets the standards and mirrors the original heart of this move.
Master's Commission Wasilla Alaska (MC:WA) was started in September 2005. Pastor Ed Kalnins, our senior pastor, was part of the first Master's Commission class in 1984. His testimony and experiences from the program are a big part of why Master's Commission exists here in Wasilla. MC:WA was affiliated with MCIN in September 2006. We were recognized as an established and grounded program within the network at the 2007 Master's Commission Conference, joining with hundreds of other affiliated MC programs around the world.
God has poured his blessing on Master's Commission and given opportunity for many other MC programs to develop in churches across the country and around the world. As the program spread from church to church the need arose for a network to be established to preserve the integrity and purity of heart with which this intense discipleship training program was created. In 1995, a group of Master's Commission directors from across the nation held a meeting at the annual Master's Commission Discipleship Conference and formed the Master's Commission International Network (MCIN).
The MCIN is a network of affiliated Master's Commission programs who share the same heart and desire for character, integrity and discipleship. If a Master's Commission program has been recognized by the MCIN, then it meets the standards and mirrors the original heart of this move.
Master's Commission Wasilla Alaska (MC:WA) was started in September 2005. Pastor Ed Kalnins, our senior pastor, was part of the first Master's Commission class in 1984. His testimony and experiences from the program are a big part of why Master's Commission exists here in Wasilla. MC:WA was affiliated with MCIN in September 2006. We were recognized as an established and grounded program within the network at the 2007 Master's Commission Conference, joining with hundreds of other affiliated MC programs around the world.