Advanced Certificate of Ministry

Purpose:

The purpose of this certificate is to help you to continue to grow in your personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The Biblical principles you learn will need to be Applied First to your own life. This Advanced Certificate Builds off of the First certificate we offer. It is designed to teach you to apply the scriptures to problems. The goal is to teach you to think Biblically about people and their problems and to function as an Ambassador of Christ as you speak His life giving word into others. Each student will be required to complete the 18 hours of coursework from United Graduate College and Seminary before we will grant this certificate.

SIX 3-Hour Courses constitute 18 Hours that are needed for this certificate.

Curriculum:

Each student is required to Thoroughly Read each book listed below. Each book is considered a (One 3-Hour Course). After each book is read, you need to write a 4 to 6 page paper for each book. In each paper we want you to: 1. List the valuable truths found in each book. 2. Tell us how you will use these principles in your ministry to others. 3. How has this material impacted your walk with the Lord? Each paper is to be typed with no grammatical errors. Size 14 font is suggested.

Books required for this certificate:

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COURSE #	COURSE NAME	BOOK REQUIRED	AUTHOR(S)
ACM-101	Understanding Humility	Humility: The Forgotten Virtue	Wayne Mack
ACM-102	Understanding Pastoral Ministry	Shepherding God's Flock	Jay E. Adams
ACM-103	Biblical Problem Solving	God's Solution to Life's Problems	Wayne Mack , Joshua Mack
ACM-104	Understanding Biblical Decision Making	Decisions, Decisions	David Swavely
ACM-105	Dealing with Fear	The Fear Factor	Wayne Mack, Joshua Mack
ACM-106	Blue Print for Biblical Living	In the Arena of the Mind	John Vandegriff

UNITED GRADUATE COLLEGE AND SEMINARY

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