Year 3 Certificate - Pastoral Ministry
The Year 3 Program consists of pastoral ministry training for those who want to lead local churches or church planting efforts. Further instruction is given in biblical prophecy and dispensational theology but the major focus is on the day-to-day work of the pastor - whether it be preaching, counseling, or church planting. The Year 3 program includes an internship practicum designed to foster mentoring and encouragement.
Major Prophets
An introduction to biblical prophecy through a study of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel & Daniel, with a focus on New Testament fulfillment
Pastoral Theology
A consideration of the pastor and his total ministry in the church, both in the pulpit and in his personal relationship to his flock, the community, and the church at large
Minor Prophets
A complete look at the books of Hosea through Malachi concentrating on their implications toward eschatology, Israel’s captivity, and her future Messiah
Biblical Counseling
An introduction to biblical counseling that calls upon previous coursework to develop the pastor’s counseling skills, personal maturity, and spiritual integrity
Eschatology
A systematic, dispensational examination of end times doctrine, starting with the rapture of the church and culminating with the return of Jesus Christ to His kingdom
Dispensational Survey
A study of the deeper implications which dispensationalism has on the doctrines of the Bible, and thus the walk of the believer in the age of grace
Pastoral Epistles
A course on the Pauline epistles I Timothy through Philemon designed to equip church leaders with practical pastoral training and church governance doctrine
Homiletics
A course of further instruction on the practice of biblical applications leading to proficiency in preaching, teaching and connecting with the people’s hearts and minds