4 courses with the subject PT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PT 211Sermon Preparation 3
This course includes a survey of the different types of sermons with an emphasis on preparation and delivery. Course Learning Outcomes: To show that he or she is equipped at the college level for Christian ministry, at the completion of PT 211 the student will produce the following outcomes: 1. The student will identify and define the fundamental principles of sermon preparation. 112
A study of the practical function of a minister’s responsibilities in serving a congregation. The student gains insight into the ministerial roles a congregation expects a minister to fulfill, such as pastor, preacher, teacher, administrator, theologian, evangelist, and prophet. Course Learning Outcomes: To show that he or she is equipped at the college level for Christian ministry, at the completion of PT 303 the student will produce the following outcomes: 1. The student will articulate the roles and duties of a pastor based upon the scriptural standards as outlined in the New Testament epistles. 2. The student will articulate a thorough answer to the most basic question in pastoral theology, “Who is the pastor and what is his/her role in the church, community and world?” 3. The student will develop and articulate his/her philosophy of ministry by employing Scriptural and practical principles discovered during the semester. 4. The student will trace the development of pastoral ministry from the establishment of the church in the first century A.D. to the current post-modern era. 5. The student will identify various models of pastoral ministry 6. The student will practically apply the principles of pastoral theology to a variety of pastoral ministry roles.
This course is designed to develop the student’s administrative skills so that the student will be able to lead the congregation in developing its mission and enabling the church to systematically fulfill its mission. Course Learning Outcomes: To show that he or she is equipped at the college level for Christian ministry, at the completion of PT 305 the student will produce the following outcomes: 1. The student will identify the areas of a minister’s life that he/she is to manage to insure that his/her ministry is healthy and enduring. 2. The student will define purposeful church administration and how to integrate the theory of church administration with the practice of church administration. 113
This course develops the skills needed to analyze a Biblical text to determine the author’s intent considering the historical, religious, and cultural contexts, and to bring the original intent to a modern audience. Course Learning Outcomes: To show that he or she is equipped at the college level for Christian ministry, at the completion of PT 405 the student will produce the following outcomes: 1. The student will analyze the historical, religious and cultural background of a Scriptural text in order to determine as accurately as possible the author’s original intent, and apply the intent to a contemporary context. 2. The student will develop an expository sermon based upon the Scriptural analysis. 3. The student will communicate an expository sermon by means of the art of preaching. 4. The student will utilize technological information and devices in the preparation, writing and delivery of an expository sermon.
