Spring Term 2025 Courses
STEWARDSHIP: MANAGING MONEY & TIME
PASTOR LESTER THOMAS
Stewardship has often been used synonymously with money in church tradition. However, scripture has been clear that we are to give and manage our time, talent, and treasure for Kingdom building. This class will give us biblical insight and practical framework to be effective stewards of all the money, talent, time and life that God has freely given us
TUESDAYS: March 25th - April 29th, 2025 6:00 - 9:00 PM
MEETS ON: 3/25, 4/01, 4/8, 4/22, 4/29
Winter Term 2025 Courses
Black Theology & the Black Social Gospel
PASTOR QUANTEZ PRESSLEY
This course delves into Black Theology and the Black Social Gospel, focusing on the works of Gary Dorrien and James H. Cone. Students will examine how these scholars connect theology to the fight for racial and economic justice in the U.S. The journey of this course will take students through exploring the roots of the Black Social Gospel, its key figures and history. Students will also examine how Black Liberation Theology reinterprets Christian doctrines. Ultimately students will reflect on the relevance of these traditions for today’s racial justice struggles and Christian living.
MONDAYS: JANUARY 06 to MARCH 17, 2025 6:00 - 9:00 PM
MEETS ON: 1/6, 1/13, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17
Creative Engagement: Effective Preaching for the World Today
DR. KEVIN DUDLEY
Effective Gospel preaching requires biblical grounding, spiritual availability, sound exegesis, theological faithfulness, contextual relevance, pastoral sensitivity, and rhetorical effectiveness. This course is designed to provide the student with a foundational understanding of a dialectical engagement method of homiletics, providing opportunity to develop sermonic process.
TUESDAYS: JANUARY 07 to MARCH 18, 2025 6:00 - 9:00 PM
MEETS ON: 1/7, 1/14, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18
Fall Term 2024 Courses
FOUNDATIONS FOR MINISTRY
DR. JACQUELINE NELSON
An introduction to ministry and spiritual formation for the practice of ministry. Students will:
• Analyze biblical, theological and historical concepts relevant to “the call” to ministry.
• Develop an understanding of the nature and function of ministry itself.
• Explore the necessity and practice of spiritual formation for ministry.
• Discern, articulate and communicate their particular ministry “calling”.
A biographical statement of the student’s faith journey and call to ministry (6-12 maximum pages, typed and double-spaced) is required. A copy will be retained in the student’s file.
Text book(s):
— McNeal, Reggie. A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders.
Jossey—Bass, 2000. (ISBN: 078794288X)
— Johnson, Ben Campbell. Hearing God’s Call: Ways of Discernment for Laity and Clergy.
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2002 (ISBN: 0802839614)
TUESDAYS: September 24, 2024 to December 10, 2024 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Meets on: 09/24, 10/01, 10/08,10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/05, 11/19, 12/03, 12/10
THE BOOK OF ACTS
DR. DAVID JEFFERSON
An in-depth study of the Book of Acts that concentrates on the
spiritual authority and witness of believers. In this course you will examine the
ministry of Jesus and the historical church to provide insight into models for
relevant ministry today. You will discover new views of scripture for effective
ministries that heal, witness, and fulfill the church’s mission and deepen your
relationship with God.
MONDAYS: September 23, 2024 to October 21, 2024, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
MEETS ON: 09/23, 09/30, 10/07,10/14, 10/21