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Online
Courses to Choose From
I.
Biblical Studies
Tutorials:
1100 The Pentateuch
and Old Testament History (1). This course provides
the student with an
overview of the books of the Bible that are found in the
Pentateuch (First Five)
and in what is commonly called the History of Early
Israel in the Old
Testament. 1 Credit (Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
1101 The Writings
and the Old Testament Prophets. (1) This course builds
upon the prior course and
provides the student with an overview of the books
of the Bible that are
found in the section generally referred to as Wisdom
Literature and the books
in the section of the Bible known as the Major and
Minor Prophets.
1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
1102 The People of
the Old Testament. (1) This offers a biographical sketch
on many of the characters
and personalities that are found in the pages of the
Old Testament. While by
no means exhaustive, the course does provide the
student with a strong
introduction to whom they will no doubt encounter when
studying or reading the
Bible. 1 Credit (Available Now)
$25
Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
1103 The Apocrypha.
(1) This course is the final course in the series that
examines the content of
books found in the Bible. Its focus is upon the
“Inter-Testamental Books”
found between the pages of the Old Testament and
the New Testament.
1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25
Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
1104 The Gospels
and New Testament Church History. (1) This course builds
upon the courses on the
Old Testament, but jumps the student to the New
Testament and provides an
overview of the books that are called gospels and
the
book dedicated to the history of the early church, Acts.
1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
1105 The New
Testament Epistles. (1)
This course provides the student with
an overview of the
remaining books in the New Testament and offers to the
students a description of
the Pauline, Petrine and Johannine letters of the New
Testament.
1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
1106 The
People of the New Testament.
(1) This course
provide biographical
descriptions of many of
the key persons and characters found in the pages of
the New Testament.
1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
1107
Important Dates in the Bible.
(1) This course
introduces the student to
many, if not all of the
important dates that are discussed in the Bible. The
objective of the course
is to provide the student with a clear picture of the
timeline covered in the
pages of the Bible. 1 Credit (Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
1108
Important Places in the Bible.
(1) This course
introduces the student to
many, if not most of the
important places that are discussed in the Bible. The
objective of the course
is to make the student knowledgeable of the places
that are referenced in
the Bible. 1 Credit (Available Now)
$25
Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
1109 General
Knowledge of the Bible.
(1) This course
offers the student an
overview of the customs,
traditions, festivals and holidays that are mentioned
in the Bible. By so
doing, the course intends to provide the student with a
strong contextual
understanding of their biblical studies. 1
Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
1110
Canonization. (1) The Bible has not always been in the form
that we have it
today. This
course will take the student through the process by which the Bible
came to
us in the
form that it is today. 1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25
Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
1111
Bible Translations. (1) This course teaches how
the Bible has been translated
over the
centuries and how to use the various translations in current Bible
study. 1
Credit (Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
Audio/Video
Courses:
1200
Introduction to the Study of the Bible.
(1) Before a
person can become
a Bible scholar, they
must first know how to be a Bible student. This course is
required of all students
to make sure that they are familiar with various
approaches to and skills
in the study of scripture.
3 Credits
(Available Now)
$75 Audit
$120 Certificate
$150 Diploma
1201 Introduction
to the Old Testament. (2) In these lectures, students delve
deeper into the make up
of the Old Testament and learn about its theological
themes.
2 Credits
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
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1202 From Dust to
Glory I. (3) This course is based on the teaching series of
Dr. R. C. Sproul. Part
one focuses on the Old Testament and takes the student
from creation, through
the law and up to the Old Testament prophets.
3 Credits
(Not
available online)
1300 Introduction
to the New Testament. (2) In these lectures, students delve
deeper into the make up
of the New Testament and learn about its theological
themes.
2 Credits
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
1301 From Dust to
Glory II. (3) Part two of Dust to Glory is based on Dr. R.C.
Sproul’s continuation of
his insightful series on the Bible from the beginning to
the end of the New
Testament. 3 Credits (Not available online)
1302 Thank God for
Jesus: A Study of the Letter to the Hebrews. (3) In this
course, Dr. Wise
explains, exegetes and does exposition on the Letter to the
Hebrews. The writer of
Hebrews’ basic point is that what we have in Jesus is
far better than what
preceded Him in Judaism. That’s why we ought to thank
God for Jesus.
3 Credits
(Coming Soon!)
1303 The Pauline
Epistles. (3) The Apostle Paul is credited with writing
almost half of the New
Testament. No study of the New Testament would be
complete without some
serious focus on this man and the letters which bear
his name. This is the
objective of this course. 3 Credits (Coming Soon!)
1304 New Testament Themes
2 Credits
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
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II. Spiritual Disciplines
Audio/Video
Courses:
2200 Successful
Saints. (2) This course address the issue of success as it
relates to believers in
Christ. It includes the following lectures: Seven Habits of
Successful Saints; The
Meaning of Success; The Measures of Success; and The
Model of Success.
2 Credits
(Available Now)
$50 Audit
$80 Certificate
$100 Diploma
2201 Introduction
to Christian Stewardship. (3) This series of four lectures
introduces students to
Christian Stewardship and teaches them how to lead
others into deeper
stewardship of their tithe, time and talent. Introduction to
Christian Stewardship;
Tithing From A Spiritual Perspective; Stewardship of
Time and Talent; and How
to Lead Others into Deeper Stewardship.
3
Credits
(Available
Now)
$75 Audit
$120 Certificate
$150 Diploma
2203
Spiritual Gifts: Discovery and Decision.
(1) This seminar
helps
believers to understand
the concept of spiritual gifts and shows them how to
identify and activate
their own spiritual gifts.
1
Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
2204 The
Power and Practice of Prayer.
(1) Prayer is
not only a privilege, it
is a discipline which, if
properly practiced, can and will bring great benefits to
the believer. This course
teaches the power of prayer and how to integrate it
into your everyday life.
1 Credit (Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
2205 Seven
Habits of Successful Saints.
(1) Point to a
successful saint and
that person will
invariably be someone who exhibits certain basic traits. Dr.
Wise has identified seven
of these traits and discusses them in this course.
1 Credit (Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
III. Theology
Audio/Video
Courses
3200 Introduction
to Theology. (3) In this course, students will be introduced
to the history and
contemporary study of theology. Lectures in this area
include: Types of Theism;
Existence of God; The Attributes of God; The Nature
of God; Christology (The
Study of Christ); Pneumatology (The Holy Spirit); The
Holy Trinity; and The
Problem of Evil.
3
Credits
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
3201 Christian
Doctrine I. (3) This course examines various tenets of
Christian doctrine
through a study a 150 year old Baptist creed called the New
Hampshire Confession.
Whether a person is Baptist or not, this course will
help them face and flesh
out their own understanding of what the Bible
teaches on various
fundamental areas of our faith such as: Creeds and
Confessions; The
Scriptures; The Way of Salvation; Repentance; Faith;
Baptism; and The Lord’s
Supper. 3
Credits (Available Now)
$75 Audit
$120 Certificate
$150 Diploma
3202 Christian
Doctrine II. (3) This course concludes the examination of
various tenets of
Christian doctrine through a study a 150 year old Baptist
creed called the New
Hampshire Confession. Whether a person is Baptist
or not, this course will
help them face and flesh out their own understanding
of what the Bible teaches
on various fundamental areas of our faith such as:
Justification;
Regeneration; Sanctification; Adoption; Law and Gospel; The
Sabbath; and Perseverance
of the Saints. 3 Credits (Available
Now)
$75 Audit
$120 Certificate
$150 Diploma
3203 The Ologies of
Christianity. (3) This course provides the student with an
overview of various areas
of study within the Christian faith. It includes such
“ologies” as theology,
Christology, pneumatology, eccelisology, soteriology,
demonology, and
eschatology. 3 Credits
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
3204 Types of
Theism. (3) In this course, Dr. Wise explores and explains
different types of ways
which people historically have envisioned God. The
course will discuss and
review writings representative of atheism, polytheism,
henotheism, monotheism,
pantheism and panentheism. 3 Credits
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
3205 Understanding
Faith. (3) Here Dr. Wise opens up one of the most
fundamental concepts and
keys to Christianity. In this course, he teaches
about the principles of
faith, the practice of faith, people of faith and models
of biblical faith.
3 Credits
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
3206 Foundations of
the Christian Faith I. (3) Foundations of the Christian
Faith is based on a
course with the same name by Dr. R. C. Sproul. As it’s
name suggests, it deals
with foundational beliefs and doctrines of Christianity.
Part one covers:
theology, anthropology, Christology.3 Credits
(Not
available online)
3207 Foundations of
the Christian Faith II. (3) Foundations of the
Christian
Faith II is a
continuation of Dr. R. C. Sproul teaching on foundational beliefs
and doctrines of
Christianity. Part two covers: pneumatology, soteriology,
ecclesiology and
eschatology. 3 Credits (Not available online)
3208 Great
Theologians - The first 1000 years. (3) With this course
the
student will be exposed
to and will trace the biography and thinking of key
theologians in the
church from the early church to the beginning of the
middle ages.
3 Credits
(Coming Soon!)
3209 Great
Theologians - The second 1000 years. (3) The study of key
theologians in the
Christian church continues in part two. Here, students begin
with the middle ages and
come forward to the 21st. 3 Credits (Coming Soon!)
IV. Church History
Tutorials:
4100 African
Influence on Christianity.
(1) This course
is based upon the
work of the brilliant
scholar Dr. Obannaya who is an accomplished
academician with
expertise in Africa’s relationship to Christianity. In this
course, the student is
offered some little known facts about Africa’s
involvement with early
Christianity. 1 Credit (Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
4101 African
Influence on Western Theology.
(1) This course
discusses the
presence and influence of
Africa on Christianity beyond the early days of the
church. The student is
introduced to a number of personalities who had a
great impact on what we
believe and how we think today. 1 Credit (Available
Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
Audio/Video
Courses:
4200 African
Influence on Christianity. (3) This course addresses the
major
influence that Africa and
Africans have had on the development of Christianity.
It will include lectures
on: The Black Presence in the Bible; What Color Was
Jesus?; and The History
of the African American Church. 3 Credits (Coming Soon!)
4201 Overview of
Church History I. (3) In this course, the student will be
introduced to the history
of the Christian church throughout its first 1000
years. It will
concentrate on actual history, controversies, councils and other
important dates, times
and places in the church’s past. 3 Credits
(Available Now)
$75 Audit
$120 Certificate
$150 Diploma
4202 Overview of
Church History II. (3) In part two of this course, the
student will be
introduced to the history of the Christian church throughout its
second 1000 years. It,
too, will concentrate on actual history, controversies,
councils and other
important dates, times and places from about 1000 AD to
the present.
3 Credits
(Available Now)
$75
Audit
$120 Certificate
$150 Diploma
4203 The Black
Church in America. (3) The unique expression of Christianity
called the Black
Church will be examined in this course. Its history, formation
and impact on the Black
community and American culture will be elevated.
3 Credits
(Coming Soon!)
V.
Practical Ministry
General Ministry
Tutorials:
5000
Understanding Your Call.
(1) This course,
based on a book by Dr. C.
Dexter Wise III called
Answering the Call to Ministry, helps the student to
crystallize their
understanding of what it means to hear and answer a
call to ministry.
1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
5001 A
Ministry of Service.
(1) This course is based upon the work of
Pastor
John Fonzer and is
dedicated to helping the student better understand their
role as a servant. While
particularly aimed at the office of the “armor bearer”
the contents of the
course are ideal for all those who are serious
about ministry. 1
Credit (Available
Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
Audio/Video Courses
5003 Divine Babies.
(3) This course is designed to help people in ministry
give birth to what God
has conceived in them. It will explain what a Divine
Baby is and then take you
step by step through the stages of its
development and your
requirements. 3 Credits (Coming Soon!)
Church
Administration
5100 Introduction
to Church Administration. (3) The church is an organism
and an organization. This
course deals with the organization dimension of the
church. It will explore
and compare various ways of organizing and
administering a local
church congregation. 3 Credits (Coming Soon!)
5302 How to Run
Your Church From the Pulpit. (3) This unique course shows
pastor how to understand
and use the power of the pulpit to administer their
church and the proclaim
the word of God. 3 Credits
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
5103 How to
Get to the Other Side.
(1) is a series of three sermons which
was preached by Dr. Wise
on the island of Bermuda for the United Holy
Church Convention. Its
principle aim is to help churches as a group and
individual Christians to
move from the safe and comfortable shore of
where they are through
the some time stormy seas to where God wants them
to be. The sermons in the
series are: How to Get to the Other Side; The Sea
Between Here and There;
and Stepping Out of the Boat. (January 2003)
1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
5104 How to
Reach the Masses. (1)
Mass media has become an instrument
by which secular culture
broadcasts its values and sells it products. This same
media can, however, be
used to spread the gospel. This course will teach
students how to
“capitalize” on such media outlets as radio, television,
telephone, Internet,
magazines and newspapers to reach millions for Christ.
3 Credits
(Coming Soon!)
5105 Technology and
Ministry. (3) Bishop Andy Lewter will share in this
course simple secrets on
how to use modern technology to do ministry both
inside and outside of the
church. This course is a must for anyone with an eye
to communicating with a
21st century world. 3
Credits (Coming Soon!)
Couples Ministry
5200 Introduction
to Couples Ministry. (3) For those persons who feel they
have a calling to
minister to couples, this course will introduce them to key
concepts and give them
basic skills on how to do it effectively. 3
Credits
(Coming
Soon!)
5201 Are You
Ready for This. (1)
Dr. Wise requires everyone he marries to
see this video because it
really challenges them and forces them to answer
this critical and crucial
question before they tie the knot: “Are You Ready for
This?”
1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
5202 How to Get
Married and Stay that Way. (2) Here, Dr. Wise talks tough
to couples about how to get
married and stay that way. There are ten lectures
which include: How to
Know What Marriage was Meant to Be; How to Know
When You are Ready; How
to Unpack Your Bags; How to Develop a Manual for
Your Mate; How to Manage
God’s Money; How to Fight Fair; How to Handle the
Hot Spots; and How to
Have Sanctified Sex. This course is bound to bless
couples who are thinking
about getting married as well as those who may have
been married for years.
2 Credits
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
5203 How to
Set Your Relationship on Fire and Keep it Burning.
(1) This
course for couples does
just what it says. It teaches them tried and true
principles on how to keep
the fire of love burning in their relationships.
1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
5205 How to
Talk to Each Other Heart to Heart.
(1) Most couples
do not talk
at all. Those that do
talk mostly talk on a superficial level. This course will
teach couples how to
communicate with each other on a deeper and more
meaningful level. The
results will be a greater bond and a strong sense of
awareness of each other’s
needs. 1
Credit (Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
5205 How to Raise
Godly Children. (2) Godly children are no accident. They
must be raised in that
direction. Here, Dr. Wise and Mrs. Wise share their
experience with other
parents and offer them simple, practical and concrete
ways to raise children
who will ultimately themselves raise their hands in
praise to God.
2 Credits
(Available Now)
$50 Audit
$80 Certificate
$100 Diploma
5208 How to Blend
Blended Families
2 Credits
(Coming Soon!)
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
How
to Communicate
2 Credits (Coming Soon!)
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
How
to be Single, Saved and Satisfied
2 Credits (Coming Soon!)
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
Evangelism
5300 Personal
Evangelism. (2) In this one hour seminar, Dr. Wise gives a
simple and effective way
to do personal evangelism. 2 Credits
(Available
Now)
$50 Audit
$80 Certificate
$100 Diploma
5301 From
Witnessing to Winning.
(1) This seminar takes it attendees
through the various steps
and stages involved in witnessing to a person and
them winning them to
Christ. 1 Credit (Coming Soon!)
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
5302 Soul Winning
Seminar with David Wood. (3) This is an excellent course
on how to lead a person
to Christ. Dr. David Wood gives a step by step outline
on how to do it with
ease. Even bashful people can and will learn how to easily
win long time friends as
well as perfect strangers to Christ.3 Credits (Not
available
online)
Men’s Ministry
5400 G-Men:
Guidelines on the Development of Godly Men.
(1) As the title
suggests, this course is
for layman who desire to be godly men. It consists of
eight power packed
lessons. It can be used for individual study or taken by
several men as a group.
It includes: His Priorities; His Pattern; His Purpose;
His Preparation; His
Practices; His Priesthood; His Power; and His Partners.
2 Credits (Coming Soon!)
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
5401 How
to Build the World's Greatest Men's Ministry. (3)
Here Dr. Wise
identifies the principles by which Jesus discipled men. Then he
shows us
how
to implement and practice these basic principles in the Men's
Ministry our our local
church. 3 Credits
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
5403 - G-Men II - Doing Your Homework.
(2) Dr. Wise
Continues the
G-Man
series with an emphasis on the G-Man taking care of business at
home. It is
called: Doing Your Homework.
2
Credits
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
Missions
5500 Missions
and the Church. (1)
Dr. Wise uses this course to introduce
students to the area of
Christian Missions. He argues that there is far more to
Christian missions than
the missionary circle in most churches. This course
will not only explain
what mission is, but help churches to become for mission
minded and oriented.
1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
Preaching
Tutorials:
5600
Beginning Homiletics.
(1) Students here are given a general
introduction to
homiletics as an art form. This course is based upon the
brilliant work of
homiletician and scholar, Henry Mitchell of Atlanta, Ga.
1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
5601
Intermediate Homiletics.
(1) This course
takes the students further into
the background and
history of the preaching tradition in the African American
experience.
1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
Audio/Video Courses:
5602 Preaching in
the New Millennium I. (1.5) Based on his book, Everything
You Need to Know to
Preach Like a Pro, Dr. Wise uses this course to take
preachers from the
fundamentals to the finer points on the art of preaching.
3 Credits (Coming Soon!)
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
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5603 Preaching in
the New Millennium II. (1.5) Based on his book,
Everything You Need to Know to
Preach Like a Pro, Dr. Wise uses this course
to
take preachers from the
fundamentals to the finer points on the art of preaching.
3 Credits (Coming Soon!)
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
click here:
5604 Preacher’s
Workshop. (3) Dr. Wise will teach a monthly preaching class
for students who desire
to improve their preaching skills. Each student will be
given opportunities to
preach in class and to be coached along by Dr. Wise.
3 Credits
(Not available online)
5605 The Soul
Doctor. (3) Dr. Wise offers this insightful and ground
breaking
course on How to Operate
on the Human Heart with the Word of God to
anyone who handles the
word. He defines what a Soul Doctor is and then how
they use the various
parts of the spiritual anatomy to heal people with the
preaching, teaching and
presenting of the word of God. 3
Credits
(Coming Soon!)
5606 How to Run a Revival
3 Credits
(Coming Soon!)
This
course is not yet available online. To order this course and have it
sent to
you,
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Women’s Ministry
Tutorials:
5700 Women in
Ministry. (1)
This course surveys a number of leading
scholars on the subject
of women in ministry and provides an analysis for the
future and discussion on
the cultural realities which face women who choose
to enter the male
dominated corridors of ministry. 1 Credit (Available
Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma
Youth Ministry
Audio/Video Courses
5800 Young G-Men.
(1) This course is designed for middle and high school
young men. In it, Dr.
Wise teaches the eight aspects of being a young godly
man. This course can also
be used by adults who work with youth as an
instrument for discussion
and growth in their young men’s ministry.
1 Credit
(Available Now)
$25 Audit
$40 Certificate
$50 Diploma