A careful evaluation is made of each student's educational program. Attention will be paid to discerning God's presence and activity in the lives of persons exploring their belief in God, coming to faith in Christ, preparing for baptism and church membership, and living in faithful response to the Gospel after baptism. This course requires involvement in ministry under supervision and processing emerging issues in a weekly seminar. Case studies are used to help integrate theology and practice. Students are evaluated in the various acts of ministry.
Attention is given to their vocational direction.
Building on the learnings of the previous two seminars, these two courses offer guidance for the pastoral ministry of soul care. Attention is paid to spiritual journey, also to issued encountered in the ministry of companioning persons as they reflect on their own experience in the light of who they are called to become and what they are called to do in their lifelong obedience the Gospel. Required of all persons enrolled in Spiritual Direction Seminars III and IV, the practicum provides peer group and individual supervised experience for the ministry of spiritual guidance and companioning. This course helps students personalize their own life of discipleship and develop discipling skills. Spiritual growth is nurtured through disciplines such as a spiritual growth plan and spiritual friendship.