Spring Registration is coming! The official date to begin signing up for classes is MONDAY, OCTOBER 28th!
All courses are listed on the Seminary Academics Student Resources Website.
Please note that Spring Semester registration is sometimes odd, due to January term and classes offered only during Midwinter (a Covenant Church Conference). Make sure you know when and where your class is being held before you register for it!
Besides the required courses, there are multiple electives being offered this semester:
January Term:
CEDF 5100: Christian Education & Formation in the Church;
- This course is taught by Professor Olfelt and is offered Monday January 6th – Friday January 10th from 8am-5pm.
- This course will introduce the tensions and dimensions of historical, theological, and pedagogical foundations of Christian Formation. Time will be given to discussing leadership concerns for pastors related to Christian Formation. This course will facilitate a broad awareness of Christian formation in the Church.
INT 5010: The Life of a Leader
- This course is taught by Dean Auger and is offered Friday, January 10th from 6-9 pm and Saturday, January 11th from 9am-5pm.
- It is a hybrid course focusing on the role frameworks, values, purposes, learning and growth have on shaping decisions, building capacity, and influencing the kind of impact leaders make on the lives of persons and organizations. A special focus will be given on the influential nature of a leader’s self-awareness, perceptions, personal formation, and value systems on their leadership style and relationship with those they serve and lead.
Spring Semester:
THEO 6355: Worship Arts
- This course is taught by Dr. David Bjorlin and is offered Thursdays from 9:30am-12:30pm.
- This course looks at all kinds of arts, not just music, used in worship, including examples and liturgical theology paradigms. It provides a background on music, drama, dance, visual arts, media, and architecture/environment. Weekly chapel will be included in this course.
THEO 5140: Advanced Seminary: Theologies of Disability, Church, and Sacrament
- This course is taught by Dr. Mike Walker and is offered Tuesdays and Thursday from 8:9-15 am.
- This course explores the theology of disability, and ways in which the Sacraments of baptism and Holy Communion empower people of diverse abilities to participate in the life and theology of the church. There is also an exploration of the importance of the human body in multiple areas of theology, including Christology, ecclesiology, sin, and eschatology.
BIBL 6325: The Gospel of Mark
- This course is taught by Dr. Lee and is a limited course. It is February 8th, March 7th, and March 28th from 8am- 5pm.
- Explore the life and teaching of Jesus as distinctively presented by the Gospel writer. The book will be studied from the standpoint of literature, history, theology, and its relevance to the life of the church today.
MNST 6151: Cultural Dimensions of Mission
- This course is taught by Professor Johnson and is an online course.
- In this course, insights from the social sciences are applied to the analysis of the missionary task of the church. Using case studies, topics relevant to the cultural dimension of mission are discussed including the role, impact, and needs of the missionary, and the appropriation of cultural forms in missional communication of the gospel. Each student will develop a personal mission theology towards culture.
SPFM 6230: Being Well: Spirituality and Personal Health
- This is a one credit online course taught by Dr. Chase-Ziolek.
- The is a Spiritual Formation Course focusing on exploring the interrelationships between spirituality and health from a personal faith perspective. The multiple dimensions of Christian well being will be considered, focusing on the individual with consideration given to spirituality and the health of families, congregations and communities.
MNST 6160: Foundations of Congregational Vitality
- This course is taught by Rev. Shaun Marshall, Director of Congregational Vitality for the Evangelical Covenant Church, and is a week long intensive from March 9-13, the Spring Reading Week.
- Pastors and churches do not magically drift into vitality. They sense a call to be more faithful, fruitful and alive in the Spirit. How do congregations position themselves to experience this awakening? How does a common language of vitality bring unity and clarity? How do churches avoid the quick fix approach and instead walk a transformative process over time? This course provides pastors with the vision, intention and means to engage that process.
If you have any questions regarding what courses to sign up for, contact your advisor and academic student services: semacademicserv@northpark.edu