Mini-Courses - Top 15 Recent Courses 2022

How does mental illness intersect with theology, the church, and who Jesus is? Join Brandon Applenhans in dissecting how faith communities can support mental wellness. 

Are you called to minister to those not attending your local church? The Kingdom Minister program may be a fit for you. You will learn how to minister as a Kingdom Pastor/minister to those in your circles of connection. 

Clutter, Clutter, Clutter. The soul is confronted with sinful clutter every day. This course is about the care of the soul with special attention paid to what needs to be decluttered. Professor Henry Reyenga invites you to a place where anthropology and practical spiritual growth meet. 

Learn the skill of being on a church or ministry board. Learn who to look for if you are planting or revitalizing a church or ministry. 

Learn the essentials of developing your first ministry board. This is an ideal class if you are starting a new church or ministry.

Are you looking for more tools to serve Christians who struggle with sexual sins? Are you looking for ways for you to be sanctified by the Holy Spirit in your sexual desires? This mini-course will look at overcoming sexual sins from a creation, fall redemption Biblical approach. 

In this course, you will learn how the traditions of men have obscured the meaning and practice of the most important Christian ritual. You will learn how the Lord’s Supper was originally a feast of joy,  an instrument of unity, a weekly reminder to the Lord of his promised return, and how the Agape Love Feast is, in fact, the chief reason that Christians should gather together.

Cherrilynn Bisbano leads students through the basics of writing a non-fiction book. Are you interested in writing? Or even publishing a book? This course will prepare you with the building blocks of writing as you gain confidence in the process.

Are you considering planting a church? Are you part of a church that is launching a new church? Do you have a passion for your neighborhood or community in which you want to plant a church? How can an understanding of church planting strengthen your ministry?


In this mini-course, Victoria White dives into the topic of supporting and celebrating neurodiverse children, especially in the church. She will outline how to work with children whose brains are wired differently, how to understand their strengths and challenges, and how to welcome them into church programming.

Spiritual Disciplines are biblical principles that bring growth and depth to ones' faith and relationship with Christ. This mini-course will introduce several fundamental spiritual disciplines and discuss the ways they can be practiced, their biblical framework, and the impact they can have when practiced. 

Are you interested in learning how to use the Christian Leaders Planner - The Ministry Edition? 

In many cultures, the idea of identity has become a defining characteristic of an individual and has taken on a deeper significance. As Christians, how do we understand this? How is our identity shaped? And what is our identity in Jesus Christ? Join Professor DeCook on a journey of exploration and discovery of what it means to have an identity as a follower of Jesus Christ.

This course will encourage learners and ministry leaders to identify with the heritage that the gospel offers as children of God, and empower them to use this identity with their unique gifts to serve the Lord in dynamic times today.

Learn what praise and worship are all about in the context of ministry practice. 

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