Seminar on the Pastor as Person

In Formal Education Course by Church Leadership Center

This seminar explores the ways in which a minister’s life history, spiritual growth, and vocation intersect and shape his/her personal and professional identity. Students will reflect on their own psychological and spiritual development and their opportunities for personal growth. They …

Introduction to Preaching

In Formal Education Course by Church Leadership Center

First-year students explore and grasp a biblical and Reformed vision of preaching. Includes a sermon preparation workshop and a “lab” in which written and preached sermons are carefully analyzed by faculty and peers. Significant homiletical concerns are presented, discussed, clarified, …

Systematic Theology I

In Formal Education Course by Church Leadership Center

This theology course explores the doctrine of God, the doctrine of Christ, and the doctrine of humanity. These three big headings include many other matters of theological importance, including Trinity doctrine, divine attributes, providence, atonement, resurrection, sin, and the image …

Introduction to Theology and Worship

In Formal Education Course by Church Leadership Center

This introductory course combines concerns that would usually be considered separately in courses in theology and worship, as a reflection of the deeply held Reformed and ecumenical conviction, lex orandi, lex credendi. Holding these two basic realities together, we will …

Church History (1536-Present)

In Formal Education Course by Church Leadership Center

A study of the history of the church and its missionary expansion from 1536 to the present. Attention given to the American church and to the student’s denominational heritage and the ways its life and faith have been shaped by …

Old Testament Life and Witness

In Formal Education Course by Church Leadership Center

An introduction to the content, history, and theological dynamism of the Old Testament. Emphasis is placed upon the significance of the altar, tabernacle, and temple for Israel’s experience of God.

New Testament Life and Witness

In Formal Education Course by Church Leadership Center

An introduction to the content, history, and theological dynamism of the writings of the New Testament. Emphasis is placed upon missiological interactions among gospel, culture, and tradition in the New Testament writings as the foundation for the church’s witness.

Psychological Profile and Assessment

In Non-formal Education Courses by Church Leadership Center

The Profile and Assessment involve administration of a multiple page history that encompasses everything from family-of-origin information to medical history — both family and personal. Also presented is the individual’s own appraisal of what will be easiest to most difficult …

Credo

In Non-formal Education Courses by Church Leadership Center

A 10-15 page credo (or “I believe statement) is to be written using program guidelines and integrating main headings in theology with the individual’s statements of faith and commitment. The credo is also to reflect an understanding of the nature …

Spiritual Formation

In Non-formal Education Courses by Church Leadership Center

The course invites participants into formational experiences that equip them to express their faith in and through the practice of ministry. Individuals take part in intentional processes of discernment of their vocation and commitment to spiritual formation as a lifelong …