The student will study and discuss worship in its various dimensions including biblical foundations, theology of worship, history of worship, contemporary worship and the relationship of worship to music and other areas of personal life and local church ministry. This course deals with the theology and methodology of pastoral formation. It is designed to help share the student into an effective biblical pastor, a pastoral team member and leader who can be used of God to help produce spiritual formation and leadership development. It seeks to further the pastoral formation process by immersing the student in biblical principles of pastoral ministry and applying those principles to the calling of pastorship within contemporary culture. The student will study the preparation and delivery of expository sermons with in-class preaching and evaluation.
Emphasis is given to preaching from epistle literature.
Videotape feedback will form a major component of evaluation. An introduction to basic counselling skills and theory for pastoral counsellors. Emphasis placed on crisis theory and intervention. Overviews the history of Western Christian spirituality and current faith development research. Aims to enrich personal development through the practice of select traditional spiritual disciplines.