BICM109 PREPARING FOR CHRISTIAN MINISTRY – Ministry

This course will help students discover their calling and inspire them to place their God given gifts at the Lord’s disposal. Principles of biblical vision and spiritual leadership are covered so as to help students become powerful servants of the Almighty.

Course Description:

This course will help students discover their calling and inspire them to place their God given gifts at the Lord’s disposal. Principles of biblical vision and spiritual leadership are covered so as to help students become powerful servants of the Almighty.

Course Objectives:

Students will be able to:

give a general outline of the history, prime characters, and Christian doctrine of the New Testament.
understand the basic historical background of the NT, and will be familiar with the lives and activities of Jesus and Paul.
understand how the various NT books fit in with the NT history, and will have learned the basic contents of the NT books, along with brief outlines of the NT books.

Course Requirements

A. Technical Requirements

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Academic Requirements

Lessons (15%): Complete the weekly lessons
Quizzes (35%): Complete the weekly quizzes. Quizzes are based on materials from weekly lessons and reading assignments.
Final exam(25%).
Research paper (25%):Each student is required to write a 3 -5 pages paper researching one of the topics listed below ( see suggested topics under each course section). These topics are general, so it is desired that the student will focus in on specific areas relating to the topic. The expectation is that the student’s work will conform to the school’s guidelines for term research papers.