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Bachelor of Ministry (B.Min.)
30 Credits or Less
You will begin your
B.Min. program with Biblical Research and Writing using either
Option #1 the
Standard Directed
Study
method or Option #2
the
Online Live Seminar method. The number of remaining
courses you will take will depend on how many transferable credits
you have earned previously.
All courses are 3
credits unless otherwise noted. |
Master of Ministry (M.Min.)
30 Credits Total
You will start the
M.Min. program immediately after the final course in the B.Min.
program is finished. All of the courses in the M.Min. may be
completed using either Option #1 the
Standard Directed Study
method or Option #2 the
Online Live Seminar
method. The choice is yours.
All courses are 3
credits unless otherwise noted. |
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Orientation OR-BA - 0
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Orientation OR-MA - 0
Credits |
Biblical Research &
Writing
RW-401 or RW-1501-OLS
Course Purpose: 1. To present the student with an opportunity to
read, research, and then write on the content of the Books of
Genesis and Revelation, including a generic overview of the various
methods of interpreting the historic and eschatological
implications. 2. To present the student with the basics
of good research and writing which will allow him or her to
understand the essentials of Bible College level research and
writing. 3. To assist the student to be prepared to
research, write on, and then competently teach the Books of Genesis
and Revelation in a ministry situation. |
Old Testament
Synthesis
OT-501 or OT-1501-OLS
Course Purpose: The purpose of this component is to provide the
advanced student with an opportunity to present the Old Testament as
a series of pictures which represent a continuous scene from the
initial creation of the current heavens and earth to the return of
the exiles to the Land of Israel. |
Biblical Inspiration
Translation & Hermeneutics
IH-401 or ITH-1510-OLS
Course Purpose: To introduce and expose the student to the basic
elements of biblical inspiration, translation and hermeneutics; to
encourage the student to identify and describe some of the primary
shortcomings in many modern English translations; to extend the
student’s ability to exegete carefully and accurately any passage of
Scripture the Lord may lead him or her to minister from, and to
suggest certain helps to make the process more successful; to help
the student to apply such knowledge to his or her current ministry. |
New Testament
Synthesis
NT-501 or NT-1501-OLS
Course Purpose: To present and expose the student to the study of
the New Testament as a whole; to enable the student to recognize and
interpret individual characters, the purpose and theme of each New
Testament book and the relation of the Old Testament to the New
Testament; to apply that knowledge in the student’s ministry and to
lead the student to examine carefully the various interpretive
options in New Testament studies. |
The Book of Genesis
GN-401 or GN-1500-OLS
Course Purpose: This course is designed to present and
expose students to the study of the book of Genesis as a whole; to
enable students to recognize and interpret individual characters; to
evaluate biblical teaching about origins and to examine the initial
periods in the unfolding of God's covenant of grace; to apply that
knowledge in the students' ministry. |
Advanced Counseling Theology I
AT-501 or AT-501-OLS
Course Purpose: The purpose of this course is to present to the more
advanced student to the broader scope of topics in the discipline of
Systematic Theology and the relevance of these topics to the work of
biblical counseling. |
Comparative Analysis
II
CA-401 or COM-1510-OLS
Course Purpose: To encourage the student to complete a
comparative and critical analysis of the foundational premises of
humanistic psychology as contrasted against an analysis of the human
person from a biblical perspective. |
Biblical Apologetics
BA-501 or BAP-1510-OLS
Course Purpose: To develop the student’s understanding of the
requisite issues in the study of Apologetics; to enable the student
to identify key terms and describe essential issues of Apologetics
and to apply Apologetic methodology to contemporary challenges; to
offer the student the opportunity to explore significant challenges
to the Christian faith and apologetic responses to those challenges;
to examine and analyze the competing truth claims of rival world
views. |
The Book of
Romans
1500-OLS
Course Purpose: To lead the student to analyze carefully the
theological themes of the book of Romans; to relate those teachings
to the Pauline corpus and the overall context of Scripture; to
examine the teachings of the book in light of the student’s own
theological constructs.
Or an approved elective using either the
Standard Directed Study or Online Live Seminar Option. |
Prayer - Leadership
Available to God
BLG-1504 or BLG-1504-OLS
Course Purpose: This course is an attempt, and only an
attempt, to put us on the road toward divine expression of what we
are meant to be, radiant reflections of His character in purpose,
thought and act. It must begin with the instructions of the King of
kings for if any man is able to pray, it is Jesus. It must end with
the most basic form of purely human prayer, "Lord, be merciful to
me, a sinner." In between we will hope to discover how to speak with
our Creator and how to listen to His answer, not with our mouths but
with our hearts. |
The Book of Revelation
RVL-1500-OLS
Course Purpose:
This seminar format course on The Book of Revelation is designed to
introduce the student to the basic structure, general content, and
sweeping themes of the Book of Revelation.
Or an approved
elective using either the Standard Directed Study or Online Live
Seminar Option. |
Systematic Theology I
STH-501 or STH-1510-OLS
Course Purpose: This online course presents the student with an
opportunity to demonstrate comprehension and general mastery of the
two initial primary issues of Systematic Theology that form the
basis of all the other tenants (the Prolegomena and Bibliology), and
how these relate to the Bible as a foundational source. This online
course will allow the student to document a mature understanding of
the study of Christian doctrine within a coherent framework; will
enable the student to identify and describe relevant key doctrinal
issues; and also document that knowledge in the context of the
student’s current ministry; and finally to allow the student to
relate doctrinal truths to a coherent system of thought consistent
with the student’s own faith tradition. |
The Role & Function
of the Healthy Healing Church
HC-401
Course Purpose: The purpose of this course is to explore
the biblical and experiential components that go into developing and
leading a local church that is healthy and offers hope and healing
to the lost and hurting.
Or an approved elective using either the
Standard Directed Study or Online Live Seminar Option. |
Systematic Theology
II
STH-502 or STH-1520-OLS
Course Purpose: This online course presents the student with an
opportunity to demonstrate comprehension and general mastery of the
ten (10) primary issues of Systematic Theology that form the basis
of doctrine, and how these relate to the Bible as a foundational
source. This online course will allow the student to document a
mature understanding of the study of Christian doctrine within a
coherent framework; will enable the student to identify and describe
relevant key doctrinal issues; and also document that knowledge in
the context of the student’s current ministry; and finally to allow
the student to relate doctrinal truths to a coherent system of
thought consistent with the student’s own faith tradition. |
Summary of the Book
of Hebrews
HB-301
Course Purpose: Summary of Hebrews is an undergraduate
level course designed to acquaint the student with an overview of
the content of the Book of Hebrews.
Or an approved
elective using either the Standard Directed Study or Online Live
Seminar Option. |
Philosophy of
Ministry
PH-501 or PHM-1500-OLS
Course Purpose:
This course will introduce and expose
the student to the study of Christian ministry as a calling and a
life of service so that he or she acquires a basic and introductory
knowledge of ministry, and is able to identify and describe the
essential principles of Christian ministry in light of biblical data
and a personal and professional stance. |
Understanding
Christ’s Second Coming
SC-301
Course Purpose: This course provides an overview of the
Biblical teachings concerning the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
Biblical References are largely emphasized, while doctrinal
foundations though not ignored, provide only the framework for
Biblical evidences.
Or an approved elective using either the Standard
Directed Study or Online Live Seminar Option. |
Advanced Biblical Directionism Counseling
BD-501 or BD-501-OLS
Course
Purpose:
The purpose of this course is to
increase the student’s appreciation for the Bible as an adequate
handbook for the human mind, and to supply the student with a
functioning system for using the Bible as a counseling model. |
The Christian History
of the United States
CH-401
Course Purpose: To give a properly balanced and
unapologetically Christian perspective on the history of the United
States, and in so doing establish the true influence of the
Christian Faith upon the formation and development of the nation as
a whole.
Or an approved elective using either the Standard Directed Study or
Online Live Seminar Option. |
Spiritual Warfare
SW-501 or SW-1500-OLS
Course Purpose: The purpose of this course is to assist the doctoral
student to undertake a deeper and genuinely biblical study of
spiritual warfare within the context of the Christian life so that
they acquire an understanding regarding the nature of spiritual
warfare, and identify and describe strategies for overcoming the
enemy, and to develop the student’s ability to summarize the nature
of spiritual warfare and evaluate various strategies for overcoming
the enemy. |
