Certificate in Spiritual Formation
Program Requirements: 26 semester hours, 20 in spiritual formation and 6 Bible/Theology co-requisites.
The Certificate in Spiritual Formation is an introductory yet intensive program designed to provide some training in lay ministry of spiritual formation in the local church and to give the student opportunity to understand his or her giftedness in order to determine whether the Lord is calling one to more training and preparation for ministry. As an introductory program, it has coursework designed to introduce students to doing soul care and spiritual direction while experiencing personal spiritual direction and various retreats but, unlike the M.A. Soul Care program, does not include (1) actual practice in doing soul care and spiritual mentoring with others in a church or university context or (2) professional supervision from a faculty spiritual mentor regarding the student's practice of mentoring others.
The Certificate program is designed with the possibility of completion within one year.
The co-curricular elements are required
in addition to the following classes:
Required Courses
| SF 511 | Theo I: Intro: Revelation & Nature of God | |
| SF 512 | Theo II: Works of God, Angels, Man and Sin | |
| SF 613 | Theo III: Christ, Salvation and the Spirit | |
| SF 519 | Survey of Gen. - Mal. | |
| SF 520 | Survey of Matt. - Rev. | |
| (Two of five above) |
6
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| SF 517 | Hermeneutics & the Word in Spiritual Formation |
3
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| SF 521 | Introduction to Christian Spirituality and Prayer |
3
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| SF 524 | History & Theory of Christian Soul Care |
3
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| SF 532 | Developmental Spirituality & Contemplative Prayer |
3
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| SF 543 | Personal Foundations of Spirituality and Retreat |
3
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| SF 585 | Personal Spiritual Direction | |
| (Each semester enrolled) |
0
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| SF 621 | Spiritual Formation and Theology Seminar | |
| OR | ||
| SF 701 | Spiritual Formation Elective |
3
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| SF 672 | Personal Retreat and Formation |
2
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