Course Dates: March 17 – June 13, 2025 Pre-requisites for this class are IFDC710, IFDC720 & IFDC730 Need the password? Contact us This practicum course serves as a capstone field experience under the supervision of a BeADisciple instructor and with the support of the local church. The course equips learners to be effective worship leaders who integrate…
Course Dates: January 20 – February 28, 2025 Pre-requisites for this class are IFDC710 & IFDC720 Need the password? Contact us This course is a theological and practical exploration of identities and roles involved in church worship. While understanding the assembly as the primary liturgical actor, learners will explore leading worship as a God-given vocation for clergy…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling This course is an introduction to the history and theologies of Christian worship for persons involved in leading the assembly. Building upon key Biblical themes, the course offers learners an overview of liturgical patterns and understandings, with special attention to the United Methodist (or each learner’s own denomination) embrace of…
Course Dates: February 3 – 14, 2025 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Mark’s gospel is unique and sometimes surprising, and reminds us that context is important. This course is for preachers and teachers in churches, especially those relatively new to these tasks. Participants will do a disciplined reading of Mark…
Course Dates: Not currently enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted News just broke—a catastrophic event has occurred in your community. What do you say?What is the message when violence, natural disaster, or disease raises questions about where God is to be found during tragedy? This one-week microcourse is for those…
Course Dates: December 2 – 14, 2024 Course Full! Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Do you get asked to preach at the last minute but need more preparation to be able to respond to those short-notice calls? Are you comfortable with a traditional sermon but left wide-eyed when asked to…
Course Dates: January 13 – 24, 2025 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Called to Preach is for laity and clergy who are striving to build their preaching skills. It is a two-week course with insights into structure, content, and delivery, even if you are new to preaching, while offering a…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be notified when this certification begins again This first course in the Certification in Worship Leadership studies the theology, institutions, and practice of worship in Scripture, exploring the ways in which biblical models inform and inspire worship renewal today. Learners will look at the history and practice…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted This course is for those who must preach in the wake of mass trauma. ‘Preaching on Fractured Ground’ is designed to help pastors and other leaders prepare sermons for “holding the reality of brokenness, pain, and traumatic loss on one…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted News just broke–a catastrophic event has occurred in your community. What do you say to your church as a pastor? A community leader? A lay servant or lay speaker? As a CLM? What is the message when violence, natural disaster,…
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