ART220 Creative Writing I
The Creator God has deposited His creative Spirit within each of His children, and lit a fire within each one to express that creativity through his own unique personality and gifting. Many people have an urge within them to write, but because of insecurity, the criticism of early teachers, lack of time or training, or a host of other reasons, they have not released that creative urge in a satisfying way. This course is designed to encourage, instruct and liberate those whom the Lord has called to minister through the written word. Whatever you are impelled to write, the Holy Spirit wants to be your Source and your Inspiration.
ART221 Creative Writing II
This course is designed with a twofold purpose: First, it will encourage, instruct and liberate those whom the Lord has called to minister to His body and His world through the written word. Whether you are impelled to write fiction or nonfiction, poems or college textbooks, the Holy Spirit wants to be your Source and your Inspiration. In addition, you will explore the relationship between your Christian faith and the arts in general. You will meditate on what the Scriptures say about the arts, and the place of beauty and pleasure in the life of the believer.
ART341 Creative Writing III
You will continue your exploration of the relationship between faith and art, as well as exploring your own personal creativity. You will increase your ability to experience Christ’s inspiration and put aside any inhibitions, fears or sin patterns that are blocking the flow of your divine imagination.
BIB100 Understanding the Bible
The purpose of this course is to survey the Bible, learn how it is organized, how to study books and topics, how to correctly interpret the Bible, and how to use Bible study aids. At the end of this course, the student will have a general knowledge of the whole Bible and a working knowledge of how to study and correctly apply the Bible to everyday life.
BIB101 Pentateuch
The student will read through Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy at a rate of about two chapters per day. He will discover, record, and share his insights from each chapter. The background and theme of each book are studied, and major biblical themes are traced. The student is exposed to proper principles of biblical interpretation and is required to work with them. The revelation of the Holy Spirit as the Author of the Scriptures is central throughout.
BIB102 History I – United Kingdom
The student will read through Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I and II Samuel, I Chronicles, and the first half of I Kings and II Chronicles at a rate of about two chapters per day. He will discover, record, and share his insights from each chapter. The background and theme of each book are studied, and major biblical themes are traced. The student is exposed to proper principles of biblical interpretation and is required to work with them. The revelation of the Holy Spirit as the Author of the Scriptures is central throughout.
BIB103 History II – Divided Kingdom
The student will read the second half of I Kings and II Chronicles, II Kings, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi at a rate of about two chapters per day. He will discover, record, and share his insights from each chapter. The background and theme of each book are studied, and major biblical themes are traced. The student is exposed to proper principles of biblical interpretation and is required to work with them. The revelation of the Holy Spirit as the Author of the Scriptures is central throughout.
BIB104 Poetry Books
The student will read Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon at a rate of about two chapters per day. He will discover, record, and share his insights from each chapter. The background and theme of each book are studied, and major biblical themes are traced. The student is exposed to proper principles of biblical interpretation and is required to work with them. The revelation of the Holy Spirit as the Author of the Scriptures is central throughout.
BIB105 Major Prophets
The student will read Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel at a rate of about two chapters per day. He will discover, record, and share his insights from each chapter. The background and theme of each book are studied, and major biblical themes are traced. The student is exposed to proper principles of biblical interpretation and is required to work with them. The revelation of the Holy Spirit as the Author of the Scriptures is central throughout.
BIB106 Life of Christ
The student will read Matthew, Mark, Luke and John at a rate of about two chapters per day. He will discover, record, and share his insights from each chapter. The background and theme of each book are studied, and major biblical themes are traced. The student is exposed to proper principles of biblical interpretation and is required to work with them. The revelation of the Holy Spirit as the Author of the Scriptures is central throughout.
BIB107 Acts and Epistles
The student will read the Acts of the Apostles, Romans, I and II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians at a rate of about two chapters per day. He will discover, record, and share his insights from each chapter. The background and theme of each book are studied, and major biblical themes are traced. The student is exposed to proper principles of biblical interpretation and is required to work with them. The revelation of the Holy Spirit as the Author of the Scriptures is central throughout.
BIB108 Epistles & Revelation
The student will read I and II Thessalonians, I and II Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, I and II Peter, I, II and III John, Jude, and Revelation at a rate of about two chapters per day. He will discover, record, and share his insights from each chapter. The background and theme of each book are studied, and major biblical themes are traced. The student is exposed to proper principles of biblical interpretation and is required to work with them. The revelation of the Holy Spirit as the Author of the Scriptures is central throughout.
BIB109 New Testament Survey
Study the entire New Testament, verse by verse. Receive background information on each book. The Gospels will be covered as a single, chronological account. The rest of the New Testament is covered in the order it was written, not in the order found in the Bible. Apply all of this to your everyday life. You will know the New Testament when you are finished. (Option #1: Do the study as part of a Bible study group – receive 1 additional credit; Option #2: Initiate and lead the group – receive 1 additional credit.)
BIB310 Principles of the Kingdom
This course will help define what the Gospel of the Kingdom is, and how we can live in the principles and attitudes of the Kingdom more fully. We will be examining the Sermon on the Mount, which has been called the Manifesto of the King. We will take a verse-by-verse examination of this to see how we should be developing in character as its citizens, and what the relationship of the Kingdom of Heaven is to the world.
BIB322 Isaiah
An in-depth study of the person, message and setting of the prophet’s book. A major emphasis will be placed on the Messianic prophecies and the revelation of Christ in the book.
BIB375 Gospel of John
An in-depth study of the life of Jesus Christ as portrayed by the beloved disciple. Students will study the seven signs John gives proving the divinity of Christ. The life of abiding in spiritual awareness will be examined.
BIB377 Romans
An in-depth study of the teaching of the Apostle Paul concerning sin, justification, and the sanctifying work of the cross in the life of the believer. Special emphasis will be given to a study of how the power of sin is broken in the Christian’s life.
BIB380 Ephesians & Colossians
These twin letters will be covered at a rate of one chapter per week. We will study the greatness of Christ within us and His outworking through our lives.
BIB382 Pastoral Epistles
A study of biblical principles and qualifications for leadership as found in I and II Timothy, Titus and Philemon, and how to apply them. Other biblical doctrines discovered therein will also be discussed.
BIB390 Biblical Research Methods – Now Biblical Meditation Course from CLU School of the Spirit
Generally the student will take this course during his third year, near the completion of the core courses. In it he will be asked to do a complete Scriptural study, discovering what the Bible has to say about the vocation/ministry he is planning to enter. This will give him a biblical worldview. The student will be trained to do original Bible study utilizing the Greek and Hebrew, by learning to use an Interlinear Greek-English New Testament, a complete concordance, a Bible dictionary, a Greek lexicon, a study Bible, and an expository dictionary. No previous knowledge of Greek or Hebrew is required.
We have developed a new, improved, totally electronic course which can replace BIB390 Bible Research Methods. It is The Art of Biblical Meditation, and it is available through our new electronic CLU School of the Spirit.
The Art of Biblical Meditation is a one credit course for $99. You will be turning it into a full 3 credit CLU course by purchasing two additional CLU credits (Tuition cost is $200). You can make that purchase here, and in the note box, ask for a CLU instructor to be assigned to you. The CLU instructor will grade all the work you send in. You will be doing ALL extra assignments found in the electronic texts which you download, and turning them in for grading.
Also, you will be downloading the free e-Sword. The instructions provided within the course “The Art of Biblical Meditation” are for the Windows PC version of e-Sword. If you download the Mac version of e-Sword, it will be slightly different in the way it operates, than the Windows version. You would need to determine and master these differences on your own as our instructors work with the Windows version.
BIB501 Pentateuch Graduate
The first five books of the Bible contain the foundations for some of the most important doctrines of the Christian faith. In this challenging course, you will read through each of the books of the Pentateuch. In addition, you will do intensive studies about creation and creationism, the feasts of Israel and their fulfillment in Christ, and the tabernacle of Moses and how it is a type and shadow of our approach to God.
BUS102 Fulfill Your Financial Destiny
This course will give you Scriptural support for the belief that God delights in the prosperity of His children (Ps. 35:27). It is His desire that we lend and not borrow. We are to be the head and not the tail, above and not underneath (Deut. 28:12,13). God Himself teaches us to profit (Is. 48:17) and has given us the power to make wealth (Deut. 8:18). Several hundred verses on silver and gold will be examined, showing that we are to create and release wealth into the kingdom of God. NOTE: This course includes a book that is only available right now as a PDF ebook download. Please choose a different course if that presents a problem for you.
BUS105 Money by Design
Unlike most financial curricula on the market today that are built around the “debt reduction” philosophy, which states that the only way to change your financial situation is to decrease your expenditures and debt, Money by Design introduces another solution: Increase your income! In this course you will learn the 12 biblical laws of wealth creation; the difference between riches and long-lasting wealth; how the Jewish people have prospered throughout history; why the wicked prosper; and the gates of societal influence. The overriding objective is to empower individuals toward financial success by providing proper education, established biblical principles and developing new concepts. If you allow the principles of this course to saturate your mind and heart, your life will be changed! (Prerequisite: REN103 Communion with God)
BUS201 Business Is Ministry
For too long the vast majority of Christians have accepted the lie that there are those few who are called to “full-time Christian service,” by which is usually meant pastoring a church or being a full-time foreign missionary, and the “laity” who work in secular jobs to support the ministry. Working in the world has been considered second-class Christianity and not necessarily a calling from God. Certainly, the anointing of God had no place in the inherently evil world of business. This course will explode these myths, showing you how business in itself can bring glory to God, and how the Holy Spirit wants to anoint you to influence the marketplace and change the world.
BUS209 Kingdom Entrepreneurs
Christianity spreads fastest when Christians are not just proclaiming but also modeling the Gospel. In this course you will explore the thesis that globalization may be God’s way of bringing business people – perhaps the largest and most underutilized segment of the Church – back into missions. You will examine several examples of businesses whose purposes include demonstrating and proclaiming the love of Christ to a hurting world. And you will seek the Lord for your role in this revolution in missions and evangelism.
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BUS301 Start & Succeed in Your Own Business
Millions of people have left the security of a regular paycheck from someone else to strike out on their own and fulfill their dreams. If you would like to join this courageous group, this course will teach you what you need to know to get started. Detailed instruction will be given in how to write a business plan, how to diagnose your competitive situations with reference to market, technological, and economic conditions, and set realistic production, revenue and operating goals.
BUS302 Anatomy of a Business Plan
The business that fails to plan, plans to fail. If you want to grow your business, you need an effective, up-to-date business plan. It is your key to start-up, maintaining growth, accessing financing and keeping on track. You’ll get a blueprint to steer your company to success and access to capital from lenders and investors. This course is extremely practical, thorough, and easy to understand.
BUS310 Recordkeeping for the Small Business
The keeping of accurate records is imperative if you are going to succeed at business. This course is designed for those who are starting from scratch and know nothing about the record keeping process. By the time you have finished applying the principles taught in the course, you will understand how all of the pieces fit together to develop a simple but accurate set of books that will help you see the trends that are taking place within your operation and provide you with income tax information that can be easily retrieved and verified.
BUS312 Ethical MLM
This course will help you examine the field of network (multi-level, direct consumer) marketing. You will learn how to choose the best company for you to work with, and how to build an ethical MLM business. Prerequisite: BUS102 Fulfill Your Financial Destiny.
BUS320 New Trends in Management
Everyone manages someone, whether you are a business person, a pastor, or a homemaker. What are God’s rules for successful management, which will allow the release of His blessing? We have discovered twenty biblical principles for effective management. These are being used by the most successful corporations around the world. We ground each one in Scripture and provide worksheets so you can easily evaluate your management style. May God’s maximum blessing be released in our homes, churches, and businesses. Leaders manage people well.
BUS502 Fulfill Your Financial Destiny Graduate
This course will give you Scriptural support for the belief that God delights in the prosperity of His children (Ps. 35:27). It is His desire that we lend and not borrow. We are to be the head and not the tail, above and not underneath (Deut. 28:12,13). God Himself teaches us to profit (Is. 48:17) and has given us the power to make wealth (Deut. 8:18). Several hundred verses on silver and gold will be examined, along with a philosophy concerning money, showing that we are to create and release wealth into the kingdom of God. NOTE: This course includes a book that is only available right now as a PDF ebook download. Please choose a different course if that presents a problem for you.
CHU101 Place of Worship Assessment for Safety and Security
This course outlines measures to reduce risks and provide a secure environment for leadership, congregants and visitors. It will give you the tools to assess the safety and security of people, places, property, programs and processes. Church safety/ security seems to be a contradiction, but churches everywhere have been compelled to seriously address this issue. No place is sacred to the criminal, terrorist or natural disaster. All churches, large and small, are vulnerable. Church violence is a nightmare to every member and visitor. Natural disasters often occur without warning. There is no possible way to predict the “if, what, when and where” of a violent act or natural disaster. The key is to be prepared ahead of time and ready to act in the event of a disaster or hostile act.
In protecting lives, preparation is the proven key to success.
The Church Safety/Security Team members may have to deal with issues involving lost children, administration of first aid, de-escalation or containment of mentally unstable individuals, security for the “offering,” pastor/staff protection, security of all church special events and activities, and the list goes on.
After much prayerful consideration, we believe that the reasonable steps outlined in this course will bring worshipers together in a safer and more secure spiritual experience.
(Prerequisite: REN 103 Communion with God)
CHU501 Place of Worship Assessment for Safety and Security Graduate
This course outlines measures to reduce risks and provide a secure environment for leadership, congregants and visitors. It will give you the tools to assess the safety and security of people, places, property, programs and processes. Church safety/ security seems to be a contradiction, but churches everywhere have been compelled to seriously address this issue. No place is sacred to the criminal, terrorist or natural disaster. All churches, large and small, are vulnerable. Church violence is a nightmare to every member and visitor. Natural disasters often occur without warning. There is no possible way to predict the “if, what, when and where” of a violent act or natural disaster. The key is to be prepared ahead of time and ready to act in the event of a disaster or hostile act.
In protecting lives, preparation is the proven key to success.
The Church Safety/Security Team members may have to deal with issues involving lost children, administration of first aid, de-escalation or containment of mentally unstable individuals, security for the “offering,” pastor/staff protection, security of all church special events and activities, and the list goes on.
After much prayerful consideration, we believe that the reasonable steps outlined in this course will bring worshipers together in a safer and more secure spiritual experience.
(Prerequisite: REN 503 Communion with God)
COU201 Prayers That Heal the Heart (Personal)
The main purpose of this course is to guide you through a series of prayers with the goal of bringing healing and release to your heart. Therefore, this is not a fact or academics-based course. It is an interactive experience that requires your total participation. Simply repeating the words after the instructor will accomplish absolutely nothing. It is not the words that bring healing – it is your faith that releases the power of the Holy Spirit to heal.
If you would prefer to develop a greater understanding of the theology and principles behind the various prayers, take COU301 Prayers that Heal the Heart (Professional) instead. Also, if you are planning to be involved in any ministry that involves counseling, you should take the Professional version rather than this one. You will still receive personal healing but you will also be better prepared to help others.
Prerequisite: REN103/503 Communion with God
COU202 Counseled by God
God’s Spirit is a “Wonderful Counselor”. We will let God speak to our hearts and counsel us about the basic emotional pressures of life. These include anger, doubt, depression, condemnation and inferiority. We will learn to let God replace these with His opposites, as His voice releases His grace within our hearts. Those whom the Son sets free are free indeed.
COU203 Cornerstones of Communication
Communication is the center of all relationships, yet most of us are untaught on the dynamics of great communication skills. This course will teach you these skills. With practice, every relationship you enter into will be much more effective, including relationships with your spouse and children. Give yourself the gift of outstanding communication skills.
COU301 Prayers That Heal the Heart (Professional)
This course will guide you through a series of prayers with the goal of bringing healing and release to your heart. It is an interactive experience that requires your total participation. Simply repeating the words after the instructor will accomplish absolutely nothing. It is not the words that bring healing – it is your faith that releases the power of the Holy Spirit to heal. You will also gain an understanding of the theology and principles behind the various prayers, equipping you to minister more effectively to others.
If you do not expect to be involved in any ministry that involves counseling and you would just like to receive healing in your own life, you may take the Personal version (COU201) rather than this one.
Prerequisite: REN103/503 Communion with God
COU305 Parenting by Grace
Great relationships with your children don’t just happen. They must be cultivated. Become the kind of parent that makes your children proud to be your children. Learn how to bring out the best in each of your children. Parent them for success.
COU501 Prayers That Heal the Heart (Professional) Graduate
This course will guide you through a series of prayers with the goal of bringing healing and release to your heart. It is an interactive experience that requires your total participation. Simply repeating the words after the instructor will accomplish absolutely nothing. It is not the words that bring healing – it is your faith that releases the power of the Holy Spirit to heal. You will also gain an understanding of the theology and principles behind the various prayers, equipping you to minister more effectively to others.
If you do not expect to be involved in any ministry that involves counseling and you would just like to receive healing in your own life, you may take the Personal version (COU511) rather than this one.
Prerequisite: REN103/503 Communion with God
COU511 Prayers That Heal the Heart (Personal) Graduate
The main purpose of this course is to guide you through a series of prayers with the goal of bringing healing and release to your heart. Therefore, this is not a fact or academics-based course. It is an interactive experience that requires your total participation. Simply repeating the words after the instructor will accomplish absolutely nothing. It is not the words that bring healing – it is your faith that releases the power of the Holy Spirit to heal.
If you would prefer to develop a greater understanding of the theology and principles behind the various prayers, take COU501 Prayers that Heal the Heart (Professional) Graduate instead. Also, if you are planning to be involved in any ministry that involves counseling, you should take the Professional version rather than this one. You will still receive personal healing but you will also be better prepared to help others.
Prerequisite: REN103/503 Communion with God
EVA210 Personal Evangelism
This course is a study of practical approaches to personal evangelism. It includes learning how to initiate the conversation with someone, present the Gospel to him, and lead him to Christ, if he is ready. It includes spending thirty hours in actual, practical, personal evangelism. (Option #1: Lead someone to Christ and disciple him for six months – receive 1 additional credit; Option #2: Train another soul winner – receive 1 additional credit.)
EVA215 Miracle Evangelism
God’s plan to reach the world involves miracle evangelism. Discover how we, like those in the book of Acts, can experience signs, wonders and healing miracles in our lives and ministries as we join the great end-time harvest through miracle evangelism.
EVA315 Cultural Studies
An independent study designed to familiarize yourself with the geography, culture, climate, politics, religions, and specific challenges of the nation to which you will be ministering.
GOV202 Constitution and Constitutional Law
You will learn what the Framers of the Constitution really intended by studying their own words and writings. You will also examine the Constitution itself, and the history surrounding its adoption. Finally, you will look at Court cases and see how accurately recent Courts have been interpreting the Constitution in their far-reaching decisions.
HEA102 Take Charge of Your Health
We have a covenant of health with our God, which is based on four prerequisites (Ex. 15:26). One of these is to keep all His statutes. In this course, we will learn the statutes of God which will keep us from cancer and the other “Black Plagues” of our century. We need not die prematurely if we become responsible by keeping God’s simple health commands.
HEA201 Authority of the Believer
How to quit losing and start winning. The Creator revealed His eternal purpose for mankind when He said, “Let them have dominion!” You will walk in a new boldness as you live in victory over Satan and demon powers in your daily life and ministry.
HEA315 God’s Provision for Healing
Learn how to receive and minister God’s healing power. This course lays a solid Word foundation that will release faith for effectively receiving or ministering healing. Presents the ministry of Jesus and the apostles as a pattern for healing today.
INT201 Introduction to Intercession
This course introduces you into the Life of Intercession. Subjects include: the task of intercession, pleading your case, identification in intercession and prophetic intercession.
INT301 Prophetic Intercession
In this class you will study about the wedding between compassion, the prophetic spirit, and intercession. Subjects include: entering into the intercession of Christ, compassion, tears in His bottle, prophetic intercession, hearing God’s voice, travail, and the intercessory sounds of deliverance.
LEA103 Gifted to Succeed
“To each of us grace has been given according to the measure of Christ’s gift…And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers for the equipping of the saints.” Do you know which of these heart motivations God has given to you? Is God asking you to express this heart motivation within or outside the structured church, or both? Which ministry or vocation is He asking you to express yourself through? What kinds of people do you need next to you to make you most effective? These questions and many others will be answered.
LEA201 Creative Problem Solving
Spirit-born creativity is no accident; it requires purposeful activity. This study will open the doors of your understanding so that the creativity of God can flow through you continuously in ways such as you may have only dreamed. You will examine step-by-step how God progressively fills each of the five senses of your spirit with Himself, until His creative miracle is released into the natural realm.
LEA205 Creating Your Mission Statement
In a world in which we are daily forced to make decisions that lead us either closer to or further from our goals, no tool is as valuable in providing direction as a mission statement – a brief, succinct, and focused statement of purpose that can be used to initiate, evaluate, and refine all of life’s activities. People or groups with carefully defined missions have always led and surpassed those who have none. In this course you will be guided through every step of both defining and fulfilling a mission.
LEA303 Developing the Leader Within
This course is designed to help you develop the attitudes, skills and character traits you will need to become the leader God has called you to be. You may need to establish new patterns of thought and action, and break old habits that have been keeping you back. If you truly devote yourself to the requirements of this course, you will be a more effective and successful leader at the end of it.
LEA310 Apprenticed to Leadership
Mentoring or apprenticeship was Jesus’ style of training. He committed Himself to twelve intense relationships for about a year and a half, raising up leaders after Him who turned the world upside down for His sake. In this course, we will explore the mentoring relationship from both sides: as an apprentice who is learning from a leader and as a leader who is developing his team. (It is possible and beneficial to be in both positions at the same time – continuing to grow and learn from those who are ahead of us while leading and developing others into their potential.) We will discuss what is involved in a good mentoring relationship, responsibilities of the mentor and the apprentice, how one enters and terminates such relationships, and very practical steps for developing leaders who will stand with you, help carry your load, and continue your vision after you are gone. “There is no success without a successor.”
LEA321 Visionary Leadership
Jesus’ leadership approach with His “staff” ran counter to most of the management styles and techniques employed today. In this course, you will explore the three categories of strengths behind Jesus’ leadership techniques: the strength of self-mastery, the strength of action, and the strength of relationships. You will learn a plan to heighten your awareness level in each category and to assist you in the process of mastering them all, which is necessary for you to become an empowered leader in this millennium.
LEA 401 – Mental Fitness Challenge
It has been said that everyone wants to change the world but few feel the need to change themselves. Even a basic study of history, however, demonstrates that those who first focus upon self-improvement usually end up doing the most good in the world. Why should this be so? It may stem from the fact that excellence doesn’t occur by accident, but rather from intentional effort correctly applied over time. Subsequently, the example of excellence increases the ability of the bearer to influence others. The much touted “ripple effect” then takes hold; change resonating outward in ever widening circles from the genesis of a lone individual who cared to change his or her own life first.
LIF100 Life Experience Documentation – Portfolio Notebook
This notebook contains instructions for documenting your life experience for college credit. Complete the portfolio as instructed and return it for evaluation.
MIN210 Five Fold Ministry Gifts
An examination of the ministry gifts of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. Jesus gave gifts to men. Discover how these gifts function together in the church “to prepare God’s people for works of service”. This study will help many understand God’s call on their lives.
MIN211 Building Dynamic Teams
“…they ordained them elders in every church…” (Acts 14:23). Biblical precedent indicates that local churches were governed by a team of elders. God never let the rulership of the body rest on the shoulders of one man, knowing that each of us has weaknesses and limitations, and that no one man can completely represent full truth, wisdom and power as Jesus did. This course will help local church leadership function more effectively as a team, honoring the gifts of all. Prerequisites: LEA103 Gifted to Succeed (required); MIN210 Five Fold Ministry Gifts (recommended). This course will be most useful if you are currently part of a leadership team.
MIN310 Experiencing God in the Small Group
Classtimes are to be times of experiencing God and sensing the transmission of the life flow of the precious Holy Spirit among the classroom participants. They are to be much more than studies of God. They are to be experiences with God. This course will teach you how to make every classtime a time of encounter with the Lord where each one receives an impartation of the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
MIN325 Your Theology of Youth Ministry
The foundation of your youth ministry must be a well-defined theology / philosophy that God has given you about the purpose, goals and methodologies of your youth ministry. Without such a support, you will be an aimless reactor, recreating the experiences of your youth, copying the latest fad, or frantically trying to keep control of unfocused youthful energy.
In this course you will explore various views of what youth ministry should be. You will examine your own beliefs in light of these viewpoints, and how those beliefs have been expressed in your ministry. Then you will take time to hear from God, asking Him to show you the theology He wants as the foundation for the ministry He has called you to, and how to express that theology accurately and fully. (NOTE: It is assumed that you are already involved in some aspect of youth ministry.) Prerequisites: REN103 and LEA103; also recommended is MIN211.
MIN330 Becoming a Youth Specialist
This course will be a broad overview of redefining what a Youth Minister really is. How do you become a Youth Specialist? How do you maintain the status of the Specialist? What does it mean that you specialize in reaching and discipling young people of this generation? What are the nuances? NOTE: This course requires the student to apply the principles being studied to an actual youth group. If you are not currently working with a youth group, you will need to develop a relationship with one for the duration of this course.
MIN415 Anointed Preaching
This course will teach the student how to get his messages from God and deliver them under the anointing of the Holy Spirit’s power.
MIN510 Experiencing God in the Small Group (Graduate)
Classtimes are to be times of experiencing God and sensing the transmission of the life flow of the precious Holy Spirit among the classroom participants. They are to be much more than studies of God. They are to be experiences with God. This course will teach you how to make every classtime a time of encounter with the Lord where each one receives an impartation of the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
Practicum – Where Life Emerges as the Teacher
At Christian Leadership University, we believe that life is a wonderful and powerful teacher. The truths distilled from life and from the lives of those who have gone be fore us are taught in the classroom through the Holy Scriptures and other books. We then take these truths out of the realm of head knowledge and put them into action in our lives through clearly defined practica experiences. One who is ahead of us in the area in which we are growing serves as a mentor who watches our lives and allows us to watch his. Because he has already mastered the skill we are trying to master, he can more readily sense what our blocks are and the changes that must be made so we can advance most quickly and surely. It is with great anticipation and unswerving attention that we watch the eyes, sense the heart, and observe the actions of our precious God-given mentors. Prerequisite: LEA310 Apprenticed to Leadership
PRO201 Releasing Spiritual Gifts
Astounding supernatural gifts from God, freely given to you! In this course, you will discover what these nine gifts are, see how they were used in Scripture, and learn to identify them within yourself. The goal will be to release God’s gifts and grace through you to others, and in so doing, demonstrate God’s love on earth. As people are touched by the power and wisdom of God, they are drawn to Him and want to know Him more!
PRO301 Introduction to the Prophetic
An introduction to the nature and purpose of prophetic revelation and its proper function in the Body of Christ. You will be inspired and challenged to be a prophetic person. Subjects include: the power and perils of the prophetic, being a prophetic people, the song of the Lord, seven expressions of the prophetic spirit, and others.
REN103 Communion With God
Have you ever wished you could sit down and have a long talk with the Lord? When you’re worried or confused, wouldn’t you love to see the situation from His perspective and hear how He wants you to respond? When things don’t seem to be going your way and your prayers aren’t answered the way you had hoped, wouldn’t it be great to hear Him tell you where He is in the midst of it, and what He is working out in your life? Jesus promised that “My sheep hear My voice” (Jn. 10:27). If you are one of His sheep, then He is speaking to you and you are hearing His voice! The problem is that we have not learned how to recognize His voice and differentiate it from all of the other voices that bombard our hearts and minds. This course will help you discern the voice of the Lord within your heart, clearly and consistently, leading to a deeper intimacy with Him as well as greater faith, hope and joy. Your life will be transformed!
REN105 The Father Heart of God
This highly experiential course is designed to draw you into a closer relationship with your heavenly Father, in which you have not only a theological understanding of His deep love and affection for you, but you also know it because you have personally felt it. You will also learn how to help others overcome any hindrances in their lives that prevent them from experiencing the love of the Father for themselves. (Prerequisite: REN 103 Communion with God)
REN204 Naturally Supernatural
Through the working of Almighty God, He has joined His Spirit to our spirits. We will study and experience the glory of Christ living within us, as well as ways of approaching Him and releasing His indwelling presence. We abide in Christ to the extent that we know that Christ abides in us. We will also learn how to allow the gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit within us to flow out through us. Prerequisite: REN103 Communion With God.
REN206 Increasing the Anointing
The key to the successful Christian life is walking and living in the anointing of the Holy Spirit. This course has three emphases: First it is designed to help you become aware of your spirit. All 1400 verses of Scripture that deal with the heart and spirit of man are closely considered with the one supreme objective of learning to sense your spirit and the Spirit of Christ within your spirit. From there you go on to examine the anointing of the Holy Spirit and how the anointing can be increased in your life. Finally, you will try to get to know the Holy Spirit as a Person.
REN207 Healing Anointing
The ministry of Jesus was and is a ministry of salvation for the whole man! When we speak of salvation, we speak not only of forgiveness of sins but also healing, deliverance, cleansing and everything else that pertains to life and godliness. Jesus has come to set the captives free! And because He has poured out His Spirit upon us, we may be ministers of salvation – healing for the spirit, soul and body – through the anointing that rests upon us. This practical course will give you keys to flowing in that anointing of God, lessons which have been learned by those who have gone before you and are now showing you the way.
REN208 War in the Spirit
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers….” How often are Christians caught unaware of the enemy who rages around them seeking to devour them. With proper understanding and perspective, we can effectively engage the enemy and defeat him and his efforts against our lives, families, ministries and homes. Be a trained and prepared soldier.
REN310 Wisdom Through Dream Interpretation
Psalms declares that God counsels us at night through our dreams (Ps. 16:7). The dreams in the Bible illustrate this principle, and all of us can learn to hear from God during the two hours of dream life we have each night. In this course, we will examine all 50 dreams of the Bible seeing how God interprets the symbolism and speaks to His children through their dreams (Num. 12:6; Acts 2:17). Prerequisite: REN103 Communion With God.
REN503 Communion With God Graduate
Have you ever wished you could sit down and have a long talk with the Lord? When you’re worried or confused, wouldn’t you love to see the situation from His perspective and hear how He wants you to respond? When things don’t seem to be going your way and your prayers aren’t answered the way you had hoped, wouldn’t it be great to hear Him tell you where He is in the midst of it, and what He is working out in your life? Jesus promised that “My sheep hear My voice” (Jn. 10:27). If you are one of His sheep, then He is speaking to you and you are hearing His voice! The problem is that we have not learned how to recognize His voice and differentiate it from all of the other voices that bombard our hearts and minds. This course will help you discern the voice of the Lord within your heart, clearly and consistently, leading to a deeper intimacy with Him as well as greater faith, hope and joy. Your life will be transformed!
REN510 Wisdom Through Dream Interpretation Graduate
The Bible declares that God counsels us at night through our dreams (Ps. 16:7). The dreams in the Bible illustrate this principle, and all of us can learn to hear from God during the two hours of dream life we have each night. In this course, we will examine all 50 dreams of the Bible seeing how God interprets the symbolism and speaks to His children through their dreams (Num. 12:6; Acts 2:17).
SCI301 Catastrophism & Evidences for the Flood
This course will introduce you to an apologetic for biblical creationism and the universality of the Flood described in the book of Genesis. You will consider the re-orientation of pertinent scientific data from the disciplines of hydrology, geology, and archaeology within the framework of biblical creationism and catastrophism.
THE101 Basics of Christianity
If the foundations be destroyed what can the righteous do? (Ps. 11:3) This course is a non-technical presentation of the foundations of Christianity. It deals with the basics of the Scriptures, salvation, Christian culture, the Holy Spirit, ceremony, faith, worship, healing, satan, righteousness, peace, joy, prayer, giving, ministry, heaven, and hell.
THE103 Foundational Studies About Christian Faith
This course is a study of what the Bible says about the basic truths of Christian faith and life. It covers sixteen foundational areas. The text for the course is Basic Bible Studies by Nate Krupp. It is a question-and-answer type study. You will discover what the Bible has to say about these foundational truths by looking up and studying the key passages on each subject and answering the questions which are asked in the text. You will also apply each area of truth to your own life.
THE120 Foundational Experiences (Student Testimonies)
An intensive study of the six foundational experiences of the Christian life as found in Hebrews 6:1,2: repentance from dead works, faith towards God, doctrine of baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, eternal judgment. Students will learn how to live in these truths.
THE121 Law and the Spirit
The law and the flesh always war against faith and Spirit. The battle is as old as Isaac and Ishmael, and recounted for us clearly in Galatians chapters 3-5. Each of us battles daily between law and Spirit in our own lives. Discover how God’s voice sets us free from the bondage of legalism and error. God’s vision is for a triumphant, empowered, overcoming Church that lives out of intimacy with His Holy Spirit. Learn what a church which is free of religion looks like. Let the Church be the Church! Let us be children of the faith!
THE207 God’s Release of Women
A look at God’s true plan for women: a plan of equality and release, in the home and in the Church. All the major portions of Scripture dealing with the role of women will be carefully studied. You will study several contemporary books on the subject and apply the truth to your own life.
THE208 Church Triumphant
The Church triumphant through the book of Acts. Jesus said, “I will build My church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” The book of Acts is the story of that Church in action and thus a pattern for our lives and ministries today. God is using this study to restore signs and wonders to His Church.
THE301 Names and Attributes of God
This course presents the majestic and moral attributes of God, showing how He works in time and space consistent with Himself to accomplish His redemptive plans and purposes for our lives and the nations. At the end of this course, the student will have a deeper understanding of the person of God and how to relate to Him more intimately on a daily basis.
THE302 Discovering the Blood Covenant
The purpose of this course is to help the student understand the concept of a blood covenant and how it relates to the covenant God has made for us through Jesus Christ. The student learns the basic blood covenant ritual and how God made it known to Adam, Abraham, Moses, and the prophets as a picture of the blood of the everlasting covenant He made for us with the Lord Jesus Christ.
THE303 Feasts of Jehovah
The purpose of this course is to help the student understand the Feasts of the Lord in the Old Testament and how they pointed the Jewish people to Jesus. The student will learn the historical, redemptive, personal, and prophetic aspects of each feast and how to apply each one to a personal walk with God to experience His peace, power, and rest. The student also learns how God has restored the spiritual significance of each feast to the Church.
THE310 Bible Speaks to Contemporary Issues
In this course we will examine the foundation of Christian ethics. We will study the Scriptures to discover the precepts and principles we are given about such subjects as sex, family, honesty, suicide, abortion, the education of children, welfare, inflation, humanism, and gambling. We will then go one step further to discover the character of God which provides the foundation of the commands. We will learn to apply the Test of Truth and the Evidence of Truth in any situation. Finally, and perhaps of greatest importance, we will learn how to pass our moral standards on to the next generation.
THE331 House-Church
A look at the growing, worldwide house-church movement. How to start and conduct a house-church. How to evangelize the world by a multiplication of simple house-churches. (Option #1: Be part of a functioning house-church – receive 1 additional credit; Option #2: Start a house-church – receive 1 additional credit.)
THE501 Names and Attributes of God Graduate
This course presents the majestic and moral attributes of God, showing how He works in time and space consistent with Himself to accomplish His redemptive plans and purposes for our lives and the nations. At the end of this course, the student will have a deeper understanding of the person of God and how to relate to Him more intimately on a daily basis.
THE503 Feasts of Jehovah Graduate
The purpose of this course is to help the student understand the Feasts of the Lord in the Old Testament and how they pointed the Jewish people to Jesus. The student will learn the historical, redemptive, personal, and prophetic aspects of each feast and how to apply each one to a personal walk with God to experience His peace, power, and rest. The student also learns how God has restored the spiritual significance of each feast to the Church.
THE531 House-Church Graduate
A look at the growing, worldwide house-church movement. How to start and conduct a house-church. How to evangelize the world by a multiplication of simple house-churches. To successfully complete this course you must be part of a functioning house-church. If you are not currently part of a house-church and cannot find one in your area, you are to start a house-church.
WOR101 Believer’s Worship i
In this course, we will define worship and explore its priority in the life of the believer. We will learn how to become a worshiper, as well as our responsibility as a worshiper. In addition, we will examine “the new song,” praise in the life of Jesus, and experiencing the presence of God in worship.
WOR201 Theology of Worship
We will explore the definition and purpose of worship. In addition, we will look at the history of worship in the Church, as well as current trends, and finally, the renewal of worship in the life of the Body.
WOR202 Theology of Music
The real meaning and purpose of music will be explored, as well as its importance and relationship to the spirit world. The power of kingdom music will be examined, as will the role of music in praise and worship, spiritual warfare, prophecy, and revival.