Course Dates: May 12 – 23, 2025 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted We have a unique and vital role to play in suicide prevention but many of us face the same quandary, which is how to work with someone who is suicidal. Many different perspectives on suicide contribute to some…
Course Dates: December 1 – 12, 2025 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…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Many Christians believe they need to live perfect lives in order to earn their future rewards (whatever they consider those to be) and to get into heaven. Does that sound right to you? Do you ever ask yourself, “What is…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted The Holy Spirit is a divine presence in the lives of believers, keeping them in perpetual remembrance of the truth of Christ and giving strength and help in time of need. This course will examine Scripture in which God gives…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Pre-requisites for this class are IFDC1510 Need the password? Contact us In this six-week course, learners will uncover what spiritual gifts can teach us, theologically, about God, others, and ourselves. Learners will examine varying beliefs about spiritual gifts and how they reflect and impact relationships with God and the world. Expect to…
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,…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Is the beloved community local, national, global, or universal? What kind of love is required for the beloved community? Is such a community only an ideal, or can it be actualized in the here and now? Tracing the phrase ‘beloved…
Course Dates: March 17 – April 11, 2025 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Whether you are new to teaching, transitioning from teaching children to teaching adults, or have been teaching adults for a long time, this course offers helpful ideas and techniques! Start Here, by Barbara Bruce, invites you to…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted This course invites participants to deepen their biblical, theological and scientific understanding of God’s call to care for creation and work for climate and environmental justice for all people. Participants will learn how to speak about the deepening climate crisis…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be notified when this certification begins again In this six-week course, learners will dig deeply into epistles that witness to the early church’s experience of their gifts (1 Peter, Romans, 1 Corinthians, and Ephesians) and into the Gospels as they witness to Jesus’ use of spiritual gifts,…
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