Course Overview

Developing House Churches (3 credits)

Instructor: Henry Reyenga

Content Provider: Larry Kreider

Dove International Founder and Director

Overview: This course teaches you how to plant a house church and house church network. You will also learn the leadership operating system that makes house churches strong and thriving.

Course Outcomes:

1. Know biblical principles and practical guidelines for leading house churches or cell groups.
2. Develop personal qualifications and skills to be a house church leader.
3. Embrace vision for relational ministry, spiritual parenting/mentoring, and every-member mobilization.
4. Recognize some common problems of house church ministry and know how to deal with them.
5. Rely on the Holy Spirit in leading others and forming new groups of believers.

Resources:

 This course includes two books written by Professor Larry Kreider. The first book is House to House. The second book is The Cry of Spiritual Fathers and Mothers. No book purchases are needed. The books are in the course. If you do want to buy the house church books, click here.

Assignments

1. View all online lectures and read all articles on each topic. Active engagement with course materials prior to attempting the quiz is required for each unit. If a resource is provided in multiple formats, simply choose whichever format best supports your learning. CLI’s system tracks your viewing history to determine meaningful engagement. Make sure you are logged into your student account when viewing or downloading the materials.

2. Take the online quiz for each unit. You will have 75 minutes to answer 20 multiple-choice questions for each quiz. Each quiz covers the readings and video lectures for that unit. Once a quiz has started, you must finish it, and you cannot retake it. 

 3. At the end of the course, you will be invited to complete a brief Course Feedback Survey. Your feedback helps CLI evaluate the course and identify opportunities for improvement.

 Course Forum

Each course forum is located near the beginning of the course, immediately before the first course-content section. The forum allows students to post course-related questions and comments for other currently enrolled students to view and discuss. You can also search previous posts to see whether your question or topic has already been addressed. 

 The forum is intended primarily for peer discussion and may not receive an immediate response. Questions or concerns requiring timely assistance should be directed to the Help Desk at helpdesk@christianleaders.net.

 Grading Scale

A  93-100%   A- 90-92%   B+ 87-89%   B  83-86%   B- 80-82%   C+ 77-79%   C  73-76%   C- 70-72%   D+ 67-69%   D  63-66%   D- 60-62%   F  0-59%

 Students' final grade is based on the average of all required quizzes and assignments. Each graded activity is weighted equally unless otherwise stated. The single lowest quiz score will be excluded from the overall grade.

 Your average for the course must be at least 60%. Otherwise, you will fail the class and will receive no credit.

 Deadline

You have 180 days to finish the course. If you have not received a final grade for the course before your enrollment ends, you will be automatically unenrolled, you will receive an “Administrative Withdrawal” for the course on your transcript, and all coursework will be removed. You will have to start over and take the class again to receive credit.

 To avoid potential administrative delays or additional fees, please complete all assignments at least three weeks before your enrollment end date.

 If you believe you qualify for a two-week extension, as outlined in our Catalog policies, please contact the Help Desk at helpdesk@christianleaders.net as soon as possible, ideally at least three weeks before your enrollment end date.