AcademyTraining

Apprenticeship Training

33 hrs. (30 Credits)

Is an integral part of hands-on leaning. Apprenticeship is a combination of “on-the-job” training/experience, and related classroom instruction under the supervision of a trade professional in which individuals may learn the practical aspects of a skilled profession.

Preparation and Developing Skills

Apprenticeship: an exciting alternative of experience.

*Prepare and deliver sermons

*Prepare and deliver Bible Studies

*Prepare and deliver prayer

(invocation, benedictions, alter call, spontaneous, prayer group).

Categories: *Sermons, *Bible Studies, *Prayer

Clergy Mentorship, and Professional Spiritual Guide

Training Goal: Individual Chaplains prepare & deliver;

*10 Sermons *10 Bible Studies *10 Prayers

Apprenticeship Field Training

*Systematic Theology

Course Description: A course beginning the study of systematic theology with

attention given to Christology, Pneumatology, Soteriology, Ecclesiology, and

Eschatology.

*Hermeneutics

Course Description: A study of the principles and methods for accurate interpretation of the bible. Problems created by Koine Greek vs. Classical Greek. Preaching will be engaged with personal examination, employment of forms in light of literary, cultural and theological issues.

*Homiletics

Course Description: This course is designed to instruct the student concerning methodology in organizing sermonic material into proper sermonic form. The student is exposed to valid methods of textual analysis and outline construction.

Professor’s Note:

It is often suggested in our so-called age of reason that American culture is moving toward atheism. However, News Week suggests that 91% of people believe in God while only 3% claim Atheism. Surprisingly, 82% of the respondents say they identify with Christianity. Yet the power of faith in America seems to have diminished. The depletion of faith in our country is largely because as Jude told us, we must “contend earnestly for the faith.” But, how do we argue for the kingdom of God when our American intelligentsia tells us that the Christian Faith and Reason are separate. Welcome to Christian Apologetics – the study of the defense of the Christian Faith. After this study you will be ready to give every person an answer of the hope that exists within you with genteelness and respect (1 Peter 3:15).

Sermons, Bible Studies, Prayer Warriors

The Christian Apologetics Class

Theology -vs- Secularism

Course Description:

46 hrs. (23 Credits) Defending the Faith 101. Sessions: 23

The term apologetics etymologically derives from the Classical Greek legal term apologia. In ancient times, when a person was accused of a crime (Kategoria) the defendant would give an Apologia (formal defense to rebut charges). Christian Apologetics is the study of how Christian writers were inspired by God to place the hope of our faith in the word of God. This course will provide an overview of Christian apologetics, which is the study of how to give an adequate defense of our faith (1 Peter 3:15). The course will address the importance of Christian spiritual development as a way of life, its application to the development of our personal faith and its exercise in the practice of defending the Christian faith. Apologetics topics to be covered and discussed include:

What is the Christian theory of knowledge?

Is there Evidence for God’s existence? (Atheism vs. Deism)

Was Jesus a real man? (Historicity of Jesus)

The scientific and historical reliability of the Bible.

The divine claims for the Lordship of Jesus.

Evidence for the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The Authenticity and Historicity of the Bible.

Suggested Textbooks

· Concordance

· Greek Study Bible

· Commentary

· Lexicons

Developing the Christian Mind

· How we lost the Christian Mind & Why We Must Recover it

· The Biblical Portrait for the Life of the Mind

· The Mind’s Role in Spiritual Transformation & Development

· Faith, Reason and Apologetics

· Compelling Arguments for the Existence of God

· Problem of Evil

· Jesus as a Historic Figure

· Evidence for the Resurrection Myth or History

Life After Death

Academy Classes

Basic Chaplaincy Certification

Chaplaincy Faith, Prevention and Intervention:

Hours: 24 Lay Chaplain Certificate Training: (20 credits)

*Session 1. Introduction. What is Chaplaincy? Who is a Chaplain? Chaplain Requirements &Training. Emergency Role. Non-Emergency Chaplains. Ministry and Continued Education. Church Liaisons. Outreach Providers. Prayer Warriors.

*Session 2. Law Enforcement /CIT. Warning Signs of Mental Illness. Alcohol & Drug Abuse. Elements of Crisis Intervention & Crisis Communication.

*Session 3. Gangs. Youth and Domestic Violence. Gangs and Schools. Signs and Symbols of Gangs. Female Gang Associates.

*Session 4. Trauma Intervention/ Suicides/ Community Services/ GREAT program. Religions, Interfaith Importance & Practices.Review. Exam.