This course focuses on developing the heart of a leader, as well as their skillset. Understanding the love of the Father and His perspective about people is key. Healthy leadership styles such as humility, teachability, mutual submission, honor, faith, and giving up control are covered. Practical lifestyle topics of leadership, like spiritual, emotional, intellectual, health, and physical balance, will be included. A special emphasis will be on the biblical role of women and men leaders.

Learn to design and build a solid foundation for a business or ministry. You will learn how to articulate a clear vision. Then you will get proof of concept to launch your organization. As you refine your understanding of organizational vision and values, and to manage your team or clients. This course may cover special topics in development of people, mentoring, coaching, team building, mediating conflict, small group leading, or pastoring.

The theology, theory, and practice of communication with an emphasis on public speaking. This may include speaking, signature talks, teaching, or preaching. Mainly consists of public speaking experiences with feedback evaluation by the instructor and/or students.

This course focuses on the principles of effective and influential leadership. This may include advanced topics, career development, growth systems, maximization, and influence as a leader. Special studies of effective historical leaders may be included. 

This will be an elective with instructor oversight of a leadership internship. Students will be expected to write about the topic or experience and how it better prepares them to lead in their sphere. The student will provide a written summary of the experience and testimonies. (Only one of LD520 or PT520 may be taken.)

This type of Internship/Experience can only count for 3 semester units at the Master’s level for degrees with 30-36 semester units. When combined with other Practicum, Internship, or Projects this must be 10% or less of the total degree.

This course will center on the spiritual foundations of the NT believer. There will be a heavy emphasis on the believer’s identity as a child of God. The Father’s love is one of the most foundational aspects of the Christian understanding to build a solid spiritual identity. This course will cover the Father’s love, the Son’s sacrifice, and the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer. The teachings of impartation, baptisms, and living the Spirit-filled life will be covered. A strong emphasis will be on the new identity and victorious life. It will include a study of spiritual disciplines and practices of the Early Church Fathers.

Pneumatology is the study of the Holy Spirit as revealed in both the OT and NT. The life of the believer is heavily impacted by the indwelling power and presence of the Holy Spirit. Different aspects of the outpouring and outworkings of the Holy Spirit for today in empowerment, giftings, and baptisms will be presented, along with an ecumenical study of the various streams of churches and their beliefs in regards to the gifts and baptism of the Holy Spirit. The course will be presented from a renewal and charismatics perspective.

Christ and His work on the cross are a central theme to the entire Scripture. Atonement, justification, and salvation will be explored in-depth in regard to the Christian life and belief system. The claims of Christ to be the only way and his provision for sinful humanity to enter the Kingdom will be a central theme. The historicity of the Christ account of his death and resurrection will be given a strong apologetic. Salvation by faith and grace in the Pauline writings and the tension with James of a faith that is shown by works will be explored.   

This course will cover church history with an emphasis on Holy Spirit revivals. The Kingdom in action through church history and the legacy of the fathers and mothers of the faith will be explored. The discussion will focus on the move of the Spirit and continuing into the present day with a heavy emphasis on the last century. Key locations, events, people, and missions will be discovered. God has been moving in his Church through revivals and we should not miss learning from it.

Hermeneutics is the discipline of studying the biblical text. This course will focus on preparing students to teach and preach with sound biblical hermeneutics. This course requires academic study of the Bible and a listening heart to the Holy Spirit to bring it to life. While one main goal of Hermeneutics is to discover the original author’s intent for his ancient audience; there is a connection of the OT and NT text to the modern reader and hearer. A survey of the NT context will be included. Common hermeneutical errors and difficult passages will be examined.

Biblical Theology will look at major themes and topics that span both the OT and NT. An emphasis will be on how we view certain themes and covenants of the Bible. The purpose is to show the unity of the Bible and the ongoing flow of the revelatory and redemptive process, structured around God’s major covenants, that reaches its climax in Jesus Christ. We engage in a gospel-centered and Christocentric understanding of Scripture. Historical theology of the church age may be included. An emphasis of this course will be on the context and storyline of the OT.