Lay Level
- Basics on Position as believers/identity in Christ Who you are as a Believer
o What is salvation
o Security of the believer
o Believers’ Baptism
o A section on Bibliology reliability of Scripture, etc.- General how-to on the basics of the Christian
life. How to…
o Study Scripture (Hermeneutics)
o Pray
o Memorize Scripture
o Evangelism
o Etc.
- Local church and you How the believer is to relate to the local church
o One another (getting along with believers)
o Stewardship (time, talents, money)
o Worship
- Mission The place of the believer in the mission of God (Theoretical and practical)
- Light biblical and theological studies (split into separate modules)
- Apologetics A Module on different apologetic issues, world religions, creation/evolution, etc.
Leadership
- Theology (Probably shoot for 8-10 weeks for each module. Therefore, the number of modules would depend on how many weeks we wanted to spend in each area.)
o God
o Bibliology
o Man
o Salvation
o Future (Invisible affairs angels, etc)
o Missions (Theology of Missions, equipping for missions, contextualization, etc.)
- Biblical Studies
o OT Studies (8-10 weeks per module)
o NT Studies (8-10 weeks)
o Hermeneutics (4-6 weeks)
- Leadership
o Character of a godly leader
o Shepherding, Equipping, Leading (Vision)
o Homiletics How to prepare different types of sermons
o Problem/difficult passages/issues (ethical and modern day issues)
- Children's/Youth Minsitry
- Contemporary Issues in Church Administration (legal, liability, incorporating, etc.)
- Historical Theology or Church History
- Apologetic Issues (Epistemology, creation/evolution, etc.)
- World Religions
- Biblical Languages
[1] This represents a skeletal framework of the types of things that we want to cover. You will notice that the skeleton does not yet have much muscle, skin, etc. It will be further developed as time progresses. [Top]