“hands on” training under the tutelage of a mentoring pastor (10 -15 hours weekly)

This course will teach students the basic skills of pastoral care — caring for the congregant as well as for the pastor himself and his family.

Students will receive a basic understanding of the strategic process of leadership.

This course will ask the student to freshly re-examine Christianity in regard to evangelism and the proactive multiplication of disciples, leaders, and churches. The student will also examine the demography of the unchurched and explore the biblical, philosophical, and missional concept of church planting.

Basic counseling, behavior and psychological pre-diagnosis, andreferral techniques are presented in this course.

Students will discover what makes a healthy church and how to develop health in an existing church.

This course examines basic principles of administration and management of the local church. The student will examine the difficult balance between a spiritually focused organism of ministry and maintaining proper order and structure to keep the organization functioning smoothly. This study will focus on the “how to’s” of leading the local church.

This course covers the pedagogical and administrative issues related to effective Christian education, combining theoretical, theological, educational, and philosophical understandings of Christian education with practical experience in using creative methods. Particular emphasis is placed on developing the skills necessary for effective teaching and leadership in the local church setting.

This course will demonstrate that God’s ultimate purpose in the world is the establishment of his kingdom by the healing of the nations (Rev. 22:2), and that the church is the instrument of that healing.