This course equips those ministering within correctional and community settings to research, plan, and administrate a ministry program that provides learning experiences to help offenders and ex-offenders encounter the person of God, the truths of His Word, the power of His Holy Spirit, and to transform their thinking and behavior while developing basic life skills.
- Determine both a biblically based theology of mission with the incarcerated and a vision and mission with your specific correctional ministry program that serve as personal foundations for theory and praxis.
- Create a ministry program that provides transformation, motivates key stakeholders, and limits problems and liability.
- Apply evidence-based practices to your ministry program development.
- Describe the unique characteristics and diversity issues of offenders and their implications for ministry program development and the creation of learning opportunities.
- Develop volunteer recruiting, orientation, selecting (screening), training, placing, ongoing tech-support, and evaluation strategies.
- Discuss the person and the work of the Holy Spirit in the process of teaching, learning, and spiritual formation.
- Evaluate existing programs, instructional settings, educational materials, and contemporary curriculum models in order to accomplish ministry purposes.
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This course helps you to see the need to have an excellent ministry program for prison ministries and other ministries that would utilize volunteers.
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This study was thought provoking, interesting, and resourceful in my attempt to defining what ministry to pursue. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experience.
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It was very challenging, but extremely helpful and informative. I feel that it taught me many things that I can begin to apply right away to my ministry.
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[What I liked best about the course was] the practical nature of the material. It is immediately useful to my situation.
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It teaches how to take the theoretical good intentions and made them practical. It is not easy but necessary. The pieces (readings and discussion questions and [optional activities]) fit together as puzzle pieces.
Course Content
Course Details
- High Effort
- 24 Lessons
- 24 Min Average Lecture
- Course Award
