9 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 510Pastoral Ministry Skills3
Challenges students to develop culturally relevant practical skills necessary for effective pastoral ministry. The course focus is on the pastor’s personal and family life, his biblical priorities and responsibilities. Topics include: pastoral care; officiating at baptisms, communion, weddings, funerals and other occasions; working with church staff; overseeing corporate finances, church administration, and leadership development; ministerial ethics; and other vital shepherding and equipping duties. This course is designed to help men called to ministry understand and begin developing ministry skill competencies. The course is designed to challenge students to view pastoral ministry in a way that is biblically based but culturally relevant – framing pastoral ministry that is anchored in the scriptures, but geared to the times. It will present an opportunity for students to explore pastoral questions and issues not previously covered in their seminary training. For students in the Pastoral Ministry Track only.
This course provides the student with an overview of the biblical dynamics of individual and corporate spiritual formation to enhance the student's own walk with and service to God and love for others.
This course is designed to help those in pastoral leadership to gain a greater understanding of the theology, history and practice of corporate community worship. It will help pastors and musicians to realize the importance of regular communication, for pastors to know what to look for in a worship/music leader and for worship leaders to respect the centrality of preaching in his work to lead the congregation in vital and effective worship. Elements of traditional and contemporary worship patterns will be studied and discussed as they relate to designing appropriate, meaningful and biblical worship. As an introductory/pilot course in worship ministry, it will, to a degree, serve as a survey of material offered in more depth in other Worship Ministry elective courses. Required for all M.Min. and M.Div. students.
This course is designed to assist the student with the development and delivery of an expositional teaching of various Old Testament literary genres. Attention is given to the organization, explanation, and application of the biblical context. A major component of the course involves the student implementing stage of the hermeneutical task such as: reading, diagramming, outlining, exegeting, and preparing manuscripts in order to communicate the meaning and significance of different types of Old Testament texts. The goal is to deepen one’s exposition of the books of the Old Testament.
This course is designed to assist the student with the development and delivery of an expositional teaching of various New Testament literary genres. Attention is given to the organization, explanation, and application of the biblical context. A major component of the course involves the student implementing stage of the hermeneutical task such as: reading, diagramming, outlining, exegeting, and preparing manuscripts in order to communicate the meaning and significance of different types of New Testament texts. The goal is to deepen one’s exposition of the books of the New Testament.
This pre-internship training for M.Div. pastoral students is designed to help prepare the student for his internship ministry. An overview of the internship will be presented with special attention given to the requirements for the internship.
