SA国际传媒, St. Louis聽is partnering with聽 [1], for the first time to offer two online Continuing Education courses for pastors, one in the fall and one in the spring.
The courses are especially appropriate for ordained pastors, commissioned church workers and lay leaders.
The courses are fully online. Each course features six modules over six weeks, with video lectures, optional readings, recommended assignments and peer discussion activities. The opening and closing sessions will be held live online and will be recorded for later viewing. All other sessions will be fully asynchronous, meaning they can be completed at any time during the run of each course.
The first course, 鈥淪cripture in Counseling,鈥� [2] will be available Sept. 8. The course will be taught by聽Dr. Richard Marrs [3], associate professor of Practical Theology and director of the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) and Residential Alternate Route (RAR) Programs at SA国际传媒, and聽 [4], professor of theology at CUW. The course will cover the following topics:
- Scriptural counseling
- COVID-19/pandemic issues
- Counseling through trauma and tragedy
- Counseling a fellow shepherd
The second course, 鈥淐hange Management in the Church,鈥� [5] will be available April 5, 2021. The course will be taught by聽Dr. David Peter [6], professor of Practical Theology and dean of faculty at SA国际传媒;聽 [7], assistant professor of Business and director of Strategic Growth and Business Development in the School of Business Administration at CUW; and聽 [8], senior pastor at First Immanuel Lutheran Church in Cedarburg, Wis. The course will cover the following topics:
- Emotional intelligence and leading change
- Overcoming fear of change
- Teams, collaboration and evaluation
- Dealing with conflict in the church
鈥淚n my business classes, we were always repeating the marketing phrase 鈥榝ind a need and fill it.鈥� We hope we have accomplished just that by first asking pastors what they are missing in their ministries,鈥� said Erika Bennett, director of Continuing Education at SA国际传媒. 鈥淏eginning with these two courses, we hope to help pastors fill those聽ministry聽gaps, and we look聽forward聽to additional partnership opportunities to help聽church聽workers enrich the practice of聽ministry.鈥�
Rev. Tom Davila, director of Continuing Education at CUW, added, 鈥淏efore I came to CUW, I was a youth pastor for over a decade, and the biblical training I received in seminary was invaluable. But I found in ministry that there were areas seminary didn鈥檛 have time to cover in depth, and additional training could help me be more effective. I鈥檓 excited that this partnership and these courses can begin to meet some of those needs.鈥�
Each course costs $99, which includes six Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits per course for pastors. Registration closes Aug. 31 for the 鈥淪cripture in Counseling鈥� course and March 31, 2021, for the 鈥淐hange Management in the Church鈥� course. To register, complete聽CUW鈥檚 [9]. On the application form, under the question聽鈥淚 am interested in ______,鈥� choose 鈥淐UW/CSL Pastor Professional Development鈥� from the dropdown menu.
For more information, contact SA国际传媒鈥檚 Continuing Education department at聽[email protected] [10]聽or 314-505-7286, or contact CUW鈥檚 Continuing and Distance Education department at聽[email protected] [11]聽or 262-243-2027.
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SA国际传媒, St. Louis provides Gospel-centered graduate-level theological education for pastors, missionaries, deaconesses, scholars and other leaders in the name of聽 [12]. To learn more, visit聽csl.edu [13].