4 Courses
Calling & Leadership
This course examines Christian calling and leadership through biblical examples, spiritual gifting, ministerial priorities, and practical responsibility. Its prophetic-ministry sequence considers the purpose of prophecy in the local church, Old and New Testament patterns, early Christian practice, discernment of God’s leading, common excesses, healthy accountability, and the participation of women. Students integrate the content by creating and using a context-specific Discernment Protocol.
Life of the Church
This course integrates Christian orthodoxy, the ordering of the local church, and a biblical theology of worship. Catechism centers on the historic creeds, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord’s Prayer. Ecclesiology examines God’s Kingdom and the local church through offices, eldership, governance, authority, accountability, membership, and ministry participation. Worship considers eucharistic, liturgical, and kerygmatic traditions. Students synthesize the content in a context-specific Local Church Formation Handbook.
Modern Apologetics MoM
This course equips students to engage skeptical and deconstructionist claims, emotional criticism of Scripture and the Church, occult beliefs and practices, individualism, moralism, and contested cultural questions. The lectures pair a defense of the biblical narrative and the Church’s positive witness with analysis of critical theory, social justice, nationalism, and a cross-shaped worldview. Students synthesize the content in a context-specific Field Apologetics and Cultural Discernment Guide marked by biblical clarity, intellectual honesty, pastoral sensitivity, and a cross-shaped Christian witness.
Chapter One Live Examination
At the end of each chapter, the student will complete a live examination averaging 30 minutes covering the three courses contained in that chapter. The student must explain and defend protocol decisions, connect them to course content, and respond to ministry scenarios. Evaluation considers biblical and theological fidelity, pastoral safety, contextual usability, student authorship and judgment, transparent AI use, and demonstrated ministry application.
