Pastoral Studies Diploma

Description

97 Credit Hours

Center for Pastoral Ministries
Tracy Paino, Director

Students who complete the Pastoral Studies diploma will have been nurtured toward healthy Christian maturity and will be prepared for various types of ministries in the local church with emphasis on the Bible, theology and Christian practices.

Graduates should be mature Christian leaders who exhibit the following characteristics:

Developing skills needed for lifelong spiritual growth;
Ability to articulate the basic doctrines of a Christian, evangelical, Pentecostal faith;
Accurately constructing a Christian worldview;
Bible content and methods of Bible study;
Development of a basic theological foundation.

Graduates should be prepared for various types of ministries in the local church, including:

Leadership;
Management;
Interpersonal relationships;
Care;
Lay counseling;
Prayer;
Preaching;
Finances;
Evangelism;
Having a foundation for completing a degree in one of the Pastoral Ministries majors.

Courses

Part 1. Program Requirements

86 Credits


BIBL	126	Old Testament History & Literature (3)
BIBL	127	New Testament History and Literature (3)
BIBL	131	Spiritual Formation (3)
BIBL	229	Bible Study Methods (3)
BIBL	359	Hermeneutics: The Art of Interpretation (3)
COMM	220	Public Speaking (2)
ENG	124	Rhetoric & Research (3)

ENG English Elective (3)


GS	180	Foundations of Leadership (1)
HIST	311	Church History I: Early Church to Reformation (3)
HIST	312	Church History II: Reformation to Present (3)
ICS	111	Global Perspectives (3)
PRAC	252	Homiletics I (3)
PRAC	352	Homiletics II (3)
PRAC	488	Ministerial Internship (1.5/3)
PSYC	125	General Psychology (3)
PTHE	122	Biblical Principles of Evangelism (3)
PTHE	340	Church Administration & Personal Finance (3)
PTHE	376	Pastoral Theology I (3)
PTHE	377	Pastoral Theology II (3)
THEO	114	Systematic Theology I (3)
THEO	355	Systematic Theology III (Christology & Soteriology) (3)
THEO	436	Systematic Theology IV (Ecclesiology, Eschatology & Pneumatology) (3)

Select one (3 credits):


CHMN	261	Foundations for Children's and Family Ministry (3)
YDEV	262	Education and Discipleship of Youth (3)

Select one (1 credit):

PE 123–124 Physical Education Elective (1)

Select one (1 credit):

PE 123–150 Physical Education Elective (1)

Select one Old Testament Elective (3 credits):

BIBL Old Testament Elective (3)

Select two Old or New Testament Electives (6 credits):

BIBL Bible Elective (3)

Select one (3 credits):


BIBL	242	Acts (3)
THEO	240	Pentecostal Distinctives (3)

Select one (3 credits):


THEO	233	Systematic Theology II (Theology Proper, Revelation, Anthropology, Angelology) (3)
THEO	341	Contemporary Theology (3)
THEO	344	New Testament Theology (3)
THEO	345	Revivals (3)
THEO	446	Christian Apologetics (3)
THEO	447	Old Testament Theology (3)

Part 2. General Electives

11 Credits

Select any course previously not taken for credit.