PUBLIC SPEAKING AND PREACHING – COMM2011 This course will teach students how to prepare and present messages/lessons in a public setting. Students will become familiar with the various types of messages including the topical, textual and topical/textual. Expositional preaching will be emphasized. The various parts of a sermon will be discussed. Female students will learn how to prepare Bible presentations for Sunday school classes, Ladies’ Bible studies, and other speaking opportunities. Both male and female students will prepare and present their sermons/lessons in lab settings. 45 clock hours – 3 Course Hours RESEARCH AND WRITING – ENGL1011 This course is designed to help students succeed at the college level by providing them with the necessary tools and knowledge. The student will be taught helpful study skills (how to organize time, utilize a calendar and develop a priority list). The student will learn how to research effectively (using our campus library as well as their personal Logos software). The student will develop their ability to think critically (effectively synthesize information and evaluate the strength of that information), and they will be taught how to write clearly and effectively (using MLA formatting and properly quoting source material). Research and writing assignments for this course will focus on biblical and theological material covered in other Bible/Theology courses. 45 clock hours – 3 Course Hours
HISTORICAL THEOLOGY – HIST2011 This course provides students with an understanding of the development of theology from the Ancient Near East until the modern church age. Time will be devoted to ancient people groups and the gods they worshipped including, but not limited to, the Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Canaanites, Greco-Macedonians, and Romans. Time will be allotted to learn about the history of the Jewish people during the intertestamental period, also known as Second Temple Judaism, thereby providing students with information helpful for the interpretation of the New Testament (i.e. Herodians, Sadducees, Pharisees, Hasmoneans, Rabbinic Judaism, religious and political structures, etc.). An overview of early church history will be developed from its beginnings in the 1st Century AD until the Pre-Reformation movements of the 15th Century. Special attention will be given to the main developments and characters. Finally, an overview of the history of the Christian Church in the West from the Reformation to the 21st Century will take place. Emphasis will be placed on the main developments and characters. 45 clock hours – 3 Course Hours WORLD RELIGIONS – HIST2021 This course is designed to help students understand the fundamental beliefs of the major World Religions in order to reach individuals in each of these religions with the Gospel of Christ. Time will be devoted to each of the following religions: Animism, Judaism, Islam, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. An emphasis will be placed on what makes Christianity unique from all the other world religions. 45 clock hours – 3 Course Hours CHRISTIAN DISCIPLINES I – PRTH1010 This is a noncredit granting and nonclassroom course but is required for Graduation. A minimum of 225 hours each semester is spent in a variety of required activities designated to help students develop godly character. This includes spiritual disciplines such as personal quiet time, prayer, personal evangelism, chapel attendance, and leading devotionals. Students are also assigned to a ministry and service assignment and will be evaluated by their ministry/service assignment supervisor. 225 clock hours – 0 Course Hours
INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH AND WRITING – ENGL1012
Students will learn how to engage in the process of writing a research paper using both modeling and task-based approaches. The research and writing process will include pre-writing, gathering data, organizing information, drafting, revision and editing, and publication. 15 clock hours – 1 Course Hour EVANGELISM AND DISCIPLESHIP – EVAN1011 This course involves instruction by a prominent specialist in the field of evangelism. Special emphasis will be given to practical principles of sharing the gospel. The course will also include the next steps of a new believer. Models of discipleship will be studied with practical principles for discipleship in a local church structure provided. Additional lectures will be provided in the area of biblical counseling, which is the outgrowth of discipleship. Emphasis will be placed on the sufficiency of the Bible in every area of life, as well as the authority and responsibility of believers to engage in biblical counseling. 30 clock hours – 2 Course Hours
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