This course is designed to help students be able to understand and articulate the Biblical imperative for unity in the Body of Christ. By applying biblical principles to the spiritual nature of conflict the students will learn how God uses conflict to form and shape the lives of Christ followers and understand how to effectively apply the Peacemaker model in real-life ministry settings to foster learning, truth, and mutual support.
The Christian story has its genesis in the Old, or First Testament. To truly understand the Christian faith revealed in the Gospels and writing of the New Testament we need to grasp the foundation laid in the Jewish Tanakh (OT Scriptures). In the course, students will work through a chronological survey of the Old Testament people, places and events, highlighting the basic message of each Old Testament books, their contribution to God’s redemptive storyline, and their significance for Christian thought and practice.
This course explores the essential biblical doctrines and major beliefs that comprise the Christian faith, shows how each doctrine and belief relates, and explores their implications for ministry. By the end of this course students will be able to define and defend their personal systematic theology, as well as evaluate others systematic theologies.
This course is focused on the interior life of the leader; the understanding that they are flawed individuals who have been entrusted by God as agents of hope and healing in Christ. The primary objective is to help students develop spiritual disciplines that promote long term emotional and relational health.
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