Let the Association of Black Churches of America help you get your school started today! For more information, contact Bishop Michael A. Bates Sr. 'The Business Bishop:
(YOUR SCHOOL )
(Name, Dean)
The Move Away From Seminary Education:
“There are thousands of mega churches with a thousand or more worshippers, and the end is not yet in sight. The emergence of the mega church is one of the more significant developments on the contemporary American church scene…More than one third of the mega church pastors do not have seminary degrees. Does this foreshadow a trend away from seminary preparation for ministry?...Megachurches increasingly are turning to promising, gifted laypeople in their congregations to fill staff positions rather than seminary graduates…This could mean that megachurches, not seminaries, will provide the staff or tomorrow’s larger churches.” (p. 206)
Vision America: A Strategy for Reaching A Nation
Aubrey Malphurs
The Rising Cell Church Movement:
We are in the midst of a worldwide movement which involves the restoration of home cell groups as an integral part of the worshipper’s life. The Spirit-anointed training modules developed by (Your School) can readily be used within the cell group ready to share the revelations which the Lord has given them. Thus cell gatherings become a time of “sharing revelations” wherein everyone prepares, not just the cell group leader. The cell group leader moderates a stimulating and lively discussion as participants share how they are applying the revelation of God in their hearts.
Raising Up Future Leadership
(Your School) is continually imparting spirit and knowledge into our students, equipping them to assume future leadership positions in your church, such as:
Ø Sunday School Teachers
Ø Home Cell Group Leaders
Ø Elders
Ø Deacons
Ø Ushers
Ø Associate Pastors
Ø Christian Education Directors
Ø Pastors
Ø Evangelists
Ø Missionaries
Ø Counselors
Ø Apostles
Raising Up Future Leadership Cnt’d
Ø Prophets
Ø Bible School Teachers
Ø Skilled Christians in all fields of employment, including business, government, the arts, etc
(YOUR SCHOOL) offers continuous outstanding training, continually improving the quality of your church members’ lives; and when they begin leading with you in the church, they will have your heart, your vision, and your spirit. This is priceless.
Objectives of the Discipling Ministry of the Local Church
The church is commissioned to bring believers to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ, by utilizing apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers who provide biblical, practical, spiritual, life-transforming mentoring. As a result, Christians become Spirit-anointed leaders who disciple nations.
“He gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of
the body of Christ: until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the
Son of God, to a mature man to the measure of the stature which belongs to the
fullness of Christ.”
Ephesians 4:11-13
Major Concentrations with Over One Hundred Courses Available:
Ø Biblical Studies
Ø Christian Arts
Ø Christian Counseling
Ø Christian Entrepreneurship
Ø Christian Leadership
Ø Divine Healing
Ø Intercession
Ø Missions & Evangelism
Ø Pastoral Ministry
Ø Prophetic Ministry
Ø Renewal
Ø Theology
Ø Worship & Music
Ø Youth Ministry
(Your School) Training Sequences:
(Note: Time lengths listed assume full-time status. Most students are part-time)
Certificate programs: topical studies of less than one year
Diploma Programs: expanded studies 9 to 18 months
Associate’s Degrees: two year programs
Bachelor’s Degrees: four year programs
Master’s Degrees: one year post-graduate
Doctoral Degrees: one year beyond Master’s
Bible Knowledge (13 Courses)
BIB 100 Understanding the Bible
BIB 101 Pentateuch
BIB 102 United Kingdom
BIB 103 Divided Kingdom
BIB 104 Poetry Books
BIB 105 Major Prophets
BIB 106 Life of Christ
BIB 107 Acts and Epistles
BIB 108 Epistles and Revelation
THE 121 Foundation Experiences
THE 121 The Law and the Spirit
THE 310 The Bible Speaks to Contemporary Issues
BIB 390 Biblical Dissertation
Life in the Spirit (8 Courses)
THE 101 The Basics of Christianity
REN 103 Communion With God
REN 204 Naturally Supernatural
COU 202 Counseled by God
COU 301 Prayers that Heal the Heart
REN 206 Increasing the Anointing
WOR101 Believer’s Worship
REN 310 Wisdom Through Dream Interpretation
Life Skills (5 Courses)
BUS 102 Fulfill Your Financial Destiny
HEA 102 Take Charge of Your Health
COU 203 Cornerstones of Communication
COU 305 Parenting for Success
(YOUR SCHOOL) Training Sequences Cnt’d
Leadership Skills (7 Courses)
GOV 202 The Constitution and Constitutional Law
EDU 102 Apprenticed to Leadership
LEA 103 Gifted to Succeed!
LEA 201 Creative Problem Solving
LEA 205 Creating Your Mission Statement
LEA 321 Visionary Leadership
MIN 310 Experiencing God in the Small Group
