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Online Zoom Class: Ministry Training for Women C

and now also On Campus: Ministry Training for Women A

Unit Code: Unit C PC098-503/603/703/803 Unit A PC096-503/603/703/803

Five Mondays, 10:30am-1:00pm
Lecturer: Carmelina Read

Ministry Training For Women (MTW) is part of Guided Spiritual Formation (GSF) and is designed to integrate the various disciplines of a student’s course that contribute to their spiritual formation. By “supervised learning” it is meant assisting candidates to reflect upon their experience in the light of their studies, it does not mean merely supervising work done. Thus, placing a candidate in a local church is not sufficient of itself: it must be accompanied by reflection and feed-back in such a way that the candidate learns from his/her experience. The focus of GSF is to be reflection, self-evaluation and growth planning in relation to personal spiritual growth through college activities or ministry experience. The programme includes elements such as:

• Intentional participation in local Christian community
• Written reflection on a student’s unfolding spiritual journey
• Regular contact with an individual mentor and
• Participation in a group reflective process

More info at www.christcollege.edu.au/mtw.

On-Campus Evening and Online Class: Christian Apologetics

Unit Code: PE007-612/PE007-712/PE007-812/PE007-912
Tuesdays, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Lecturer: John McClean
Much of Australian society is post-Christian. That means that the gospel is no longer plausible to many people, and the objections to faith are different to those in previous generations. This doesn’t mean that it’s time to back off from the gospel; it means that we need to stop and think about how we engage our culture well.

At our Christ College campus in Burwood, on Tuesday evenings from 6-9pm, Lecturer John McClean, will delve into these big apologetics issues.

On-Campus Morning Class: Early Church History

Unit Code: CH005-512/CH005-612/CH005-812
Wednesdays, 8:45am – 12:00pm
Lecturers: David Burke and Elliot Ku
This Unit helps students to understand how the identity, theology, mission and structure of today’s church was formed through the early centuries of the development of the great tradition.

On-Campus Morning Class AND NEW ONLINE CLASS: New Testament Greek A

Unit Code: LA005-612/LA005-812
Thursdays, 9:45am – 1:00pm
Lecturer: Ian Smith
This unit introduces students to NT Greek and enables them to develop a solid working knowledge of Greek grammar and syntax as a foundation for New Testament Exegesis.

On-Campus Class and Online Zoom Class: Old Testament Foundations

Unit Code: OT001-512/OT001-612/OT001-812
Tuesdays, 8:45am – 12:00pm
Lecturer for S1 2022 : Murray Smith

The purpose of the unit is to provide students with a general introduction to the first and foundational part of the Old Testament (Pentateuch and Former prophets to Elijah). As a survey Unit, OT001 is concerned not so much with the critical issues of Old Testament studies, as with enabling students to gain a firm understanding of the biblical texts in historical, literary and biblical-theological perspectives. This unit, together with OT002, NT001 and NT002, forms the foundation upon which all further study of the Scriptures builds. Together, these units provide an introduction to biblical theology via a survey of the books of the Bible understood as God’s Word, centred on the gospel of Christ. (Greg Goswell is on study leave)

On-Campus Morning Class: Pastoral Skills & Methods

Unit Code: PC003-612/PC003-712/PC003-812/PC003-912
Thursdays, 8:45am – 12:00pm
Lecturer for S1 2022: Cameron Clausing
This unit seeks to establish the Biblical basis and characteristics of pastoral care; to develop an understanding of people in social relationships; to discuss pastoral opportunities and approaches in certain crisis situations and to begin to develop skills and strategies in pastoral care.

On-Campus Morning Class AND ONLINE CLASS: Biblical Hebrew A

Unit Code: LA003-612/LA003-812
Wednesdays, 8:45am – 12:00pm
Lecturer: Paul Byun (Greg Goswell on Study Leave)
The purpose of this Unit is to introduce students to the wonderful world of Hebrew. In starting to learn the language of Biblical Hebrew, we will work our way through the first 14 chapters of our textbook, C. L. Seow, A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. In the videos Greg introduces and explains the main concepts taught in each lesson.

On-Campus Morning Class: Foundational Christian Beliefs

Unit Code: TH005-512/TH005-612/TH005-812
Fridays, 8:45am – 12:00pm
Lecturer: Cameron Clausing
This Unit is an introduction to survey of Christian doctrine. It considers the biblical basis, history and implications of some of the important Christian beliefs.