At the heart of the academic field of ethics is a question about the good. There are many ways of approaching this question: philosophical, biblical, traditional, to name a few. While this course will touch on these three and others, it is designed around the role of “pastor.” Therefore, our guiding question will be, What …
View course details “Pastoral Ethics”
Regent College’s educational vision describes our mission as a handing forward of living faith from one generation to another. This is a mission that Regent students inherit as they go out into the world and share what they learn here. But how do we do this, given the variety, breadth, and depth of what we …
View course details “Seminar: Advanced Research Methods and Writing”
The class time of supervised Ministry A focuses upon the inner life of a pastor and Christian leader. We will be discerning God’s invitation to prayer at this particular point in time of our relationship with God, and what forms of prayer the Spirit might be inviting us to explore as a growth edge. We will …
View course details “Supervised Ministry A: Contemplative Ministry”
This course explores the contours and implications of Christianity as a global reality. It will examine some of the rich explosion of scholarship that is now pouring forth on the recent and remarkable world-wide expansion of Christianity, while also putting such growth in a historical and theological perspective. The course readings will draw from mission …
View course details “Introduction to World Christianity”
The class time of supervised Ministry B focuses upon leadership skills. Students will learn a framework and skills for collaborative leadership. Students will develop imagination for leaderful-communities, where every person is empowered for ministry. Students learn leadership skills, such as developing a vision, stewarding change, working with conflict, facilitation, and leading people with different personalities. …
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Known as the (fifth) evangelist to Christians and the prophet of consolation to Jews, Isaiah has occupied a place of prominence for the two and a half millennia since it was written. The four Gospels, Paul, Acts, and Revelation quote it more than any other book, and it is among the most quoted Old Testament …
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The realities of work are being radically reshaped today, from the expansion of the gig economy to the rise of artificial intelligence. These dynamics complicate the questions many of us bring to our jobs: What difference does my work make? How do I act justly in a compromised system? Can I express my faith convictions …
View course details “God at Work: Introducing Marketplace Theology”
The epistles at the back of the New Testament are often neglected in deference to the Pauline corpus, but they are powerful witnesses to the shape of the very earliest Christianity. Written by two brothers of Jesus and one of the leading disciples, they come from the core group of people who surrounded Jesus himself …
View course details “New Testament Book Study: James, 1 and 2 Peter, and Jude”
In a culture that embodies long literary traditions and possesses rich classical texts that have constituted a pluralistic religious world, how is the Christian Bible read and received in China? This course aims to examine the biblical writings and commentary works made by Chinese Christians and Western missionaries in the history of Christianity in China. …
View course details “Reading the Bible in China (7th – 20th Century)”
The aim of this course is the preparation of expository preachers who by means of careful exegesis of both text and contemporary culture, can, in the power of the Spirit, become agents of Christ’s redemptive address to the church and the world. They will thus be able to equip the whole people of God for …
View course details “Introduction to Preaching and Worship”