This course examines the centrality of relationships in the process of Christian spiritual formation. The students will explore the biblical and theological foundations for understanding the self, other, and God through a relational framework. It will explore Trinitarian nature of God and the two great commandments. Emphasis will be placed on five kinds of relationships that God uses for Christian spiritual formation, namely, the Christian’s connections in public context, social context, personal context, intimate context, and divine context. It will focus on practical skills for relationships including loving listening, drawing people out, forming healthy boundaries, managing conflict, and facing grief and loss in a manner that demonstrate spiritual maturity.

This course explores Christian prayer and fasting from biblical, doctrinal, historical, practical, and contemporary perspectives. It will present different types of prayer and fasting, and practical guidelines for incorporating them into daily life. Then, it will discuss the spiritual benefits and challenges associated with prayer and fasting, and how to foster a consistent prayer life. (1 Unit, 8 Weeks)

This course is designed to help the learner to understand their calling and ministry. It will deal with the nature, purpose, context, and issued related to Christian's calling to ministry in the world. 

SMP 2 Supervised Ministry Program 2
Involvement in practical ministry opportunities and weekly seminars focusing on determining and using one’s Spiritual Gifts in ministry.

Supervised Ministry Program 1(SMP1) Spiritual Formation and Devotional Bible Reading covers two areas, namely, ministry involvement and devotional Bible reading. Quiet time with through reading, meditating, and praying the Bible is the focused of this course. It will include lectio divina and keeping a spiritual journal.