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Using the Classification for Course Construction The following Course was constructed mainly from the Progressive Classification “menu”. Educational Objectives were added for each subject.

DISCIPLESHIP COURSE OUTLINE & OBJECTIVES Part 1: Following Christ 1.  The Evilness of Sin, Repentance, Conversion and the Life of Faith To understand what is involved in conversion and to be assured of eternal life.

2.  Commitment and the Lordship of Christ; Freedom and Obedience; Living out the Ten Commandments Today; Self-denial To learn what is involved in obeying God’s commands, in commitment to Jesus as Lord, in denying the desire of self-pleasing, and in experiencing the freedom of Christ’s Spirit within.

3.  Guidance and a Sense of Purpose To learn how God guides the Christian disciple and shows us what he wants him/her to do now.

4.  Spiritual Warfare & Empowerment To be able to fight victoriously against the world, the flesh and the Devil.

5.  Persevering against Temptation, Hindrances, Backsliding and Spiritual Decline To be able to withstand temptation and avoid backsliding.

6.  Self-control & Self-discipline: The Quiet Time, Fasting, Silence To learn self-control and practice various spiritual disciplines.

7.  The Cost of Discipleship & Sacrificial Living To evaluate and accept the cost of being a disciple of Christ.

8.  Imitating Christ To learn how to abide in Christ and become more like Him.

9.  Character development & Growth in the Fruit of the Spirit To learn how the believer’s life can bear spiritual fruit.

10.  Spiritual Pruning of Bad Habits and Obstacles to Growth To learn how to check one’s spiritual life and allow the Holy Spirit to remove all hindrances to growth.

11.  Integrity, Reliability and Simplicity To learn how to live simply and with complete reliability & integrity in every dealing with others.

12.  Holiness and the Question of Perfection in This Life To become closer to God and learn how to please Him better.

13.  Growth through Suffering & Inner Healing. To understand the place of suffering in the Christian life and develop a scriptural understanding of healing of body, mind and spirit.

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Part 2: Walking with God & The Means of Grace 1.  The Means of Grace To understand, and learn how to use, the means of grace.

2.  Studying God’s Word & Hindrances to Hearing God’s Word To learn to feed on God’s Word regularly.

3.  Biblical Meditation To learn how to meditate on God’s Word.

4.  Prayer Life To learn how to talk with God and develop a personal prayer life.

5.  Worship To learn how to worship God in truth and in spirit.

6.  Rest & the Sabbath To learn how to keep Sunday as God’s day of rest and recreation.

7.  Fellowship with God’s People To learn how to maintain fellowship with other Christians at all times.

Part 3: Christian Service 1.  Involvement in the Life of the Local Church, Using & Developing the Gifts of the Spirit To be able to distinguish the fruit of the Spirit from the gifts of the Spirit and develop one’s own gifts for the up-building of the Church.

2.  Witness To learn how to share a personal faith with others.

3.  Service to Society & the Community To learn to recognise and fulfil our responsibilities as Christians to meet human need and serve others.

4. Work To learn how to work purposefully, productively and conscientiously.

5. The Use of Time To learn how to make the best use of time.

6. A Giving and Tithing To learn how to make best use of personal resources for the extension of God’s kingdom. The course, as laid out above, represents a two term period of 13 weeks per term. However, some topics may well require longer treatment than others. Also some topics may not be considered as essential as others. It is recommended that for each topic listed above a further sub-outline of main points be developed – with key Bible texts where possible – and then priorities established for inclusion in a final syllabus. Reference to the NIV Thematic Study Bible (Hodder & Stoughton, 1996) is highly recommended for this exercise.

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A FRAMEWORK for Developing an INTEGRATED COURSE on

LITURGICAL THEOLOGY (WORSHIP) Showing where the subject of Worship is treated in fields other than the section in Pastoral Theology

The Church’s Message 100 113.1 123.3 126 151 154 168 169.3 172 186 197 199.4 200

Hermeneutics (Interpreting the Bible) – Old Testament – New Testament BIBLICAL STUDIES Ceremonies & festivals OT Priesthood Exodus – Leviticus - Deuteronomy Psalms The Megilloth Songs of Songs, etc NT John. Early church worship 1 Corinthians Hebrews Revelation Hymns of the Bible

Systematic Theology 210 GOD 249 JESUS CHRIST 278 REDEMPTION 289 The HOLY SPIRIT 294 The CHURCH

His mediation Praise of God’s glory Charismatic experience Her worship

The Church’s Mission 300

400

Philosophy 366 APOLOGETICS 379 EIRENICS

The holy / numinous (Common worship)

Contemporary Studies – Islam 434.3 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 453.1 ISLAM 458.2 491 CONTEXTUAL THEOLOGY

Inter-Faith quest (Inter-Faith services) Prayer in Islam Festivals & Islamic calendar Eastern theologies (Worship)

500

Communication – Homiletics (Preaching) – Missiology 551 MISSIOLOGY Theology of mission

600

Church History – Historical Theology 601 PATRISTIC ERA Worship 607.1 THE WEST Middle Ages 610 The Reformation 619.3 House Churches & Charismatic Movement 624.9 PAKISTAN Post-Independence 695 CHURCH DOCTRINE The Reformation 699.7 DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINES Sacramental Theology

700

Discipleship – Ethics – Education 710 DISCIPLESHIP 798 MINISTERIAL SKILLS

The Church’s Movement

The Church’s Ministry

800

Worship Lead worship in Spirit and in truth

Pastoral Theology – Liturgical Theology (Worship) – Organization 820 RENEWAL 883 DENOMINATIONS Forms of worship