Diploma in Evangelism and Church Planting
This is an intensive training for church planters in Bible, theology, spiritual formation, personal assessment, and ministry skills with a strong emphasis on experiential learning. Credits can be transferred into a seminary degree program.
Course Requirements (30 units)
Required Courses (24 units)
- The Church and God’s Mission in the World (3)
- Biblical Interpretation 1 (2)
- Mentoring/Connecting (1)
- Spiritual Formation (2)
- Cross-Cultural Encounter (3)
- Leadership Assessment (3)
- Development of a Personal Ministry Plan (1)
- Evangelism, Church Planting, and Church Growth (3) or The Church in Urban Mission (3)
- Missional Church Leadership (3)
- Supervised Ministry Experience 1 (1.5)
Electives (6 units) – choose from:
- Discipleship and Ethics (3)
- Christian Community Development (3)
- Missionary Anthropology (3)
- Biblical Theology of Mission and Evangelism (3)
- Additional Supervised Ministry Experience courses