Lutheran Teaching Minor

This course will explore Christian vocations including the possibility of full-time professional church work in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) as pastor, 女执事, 老师, director of Christian education, or director of parish music and examine these positions in the context of the church-at-large and local congregations. The professional and personal growth and formation of the future church worker will be described and fostered.

This seminar course is for students pursuing the vocation of 老师 in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). Participants will explore areas of interest and concern that pertain specifically to 老师s. The role of Lutheran 老师s will be examined in the context of the church-at-large and the local congregation. The professional and personal growth and formation of the future Lutheran 老师 will be described and fostered. Students in the Lutheran 教ing program must take one (1) seminar course per year, normally in the semester they are not taking CCI 103 or CCI 305. 可重复的. 先决条件: Program acceptance or consent of instructor.

All Christian ministers 教 the faith in their various callings. This course will equip future ministers to properly apply 律法与福音 in a variety of educational contexts, to theologically evaluate curricula, and to participate in effective faith formation. Students are personally and professionally prepared for full-time ministry through topics such as the local and national church, 呼叫流程, Christian professionalism and ethics, and through spiritual and personal health. This class will also address income tax, 社会保障, and financial planning for called ministers. Prerequisites: Acceptance into an LCMS church vocations program; completion of THL 371 (concurrent enrollment allowed) or consent of the instructor.

This course will investigate the literature of the Old Testament in light of its cultural and canonical contexts with an emphasis on its major theological questions and themes and their relevance for Christian faith and life.

This course will survey the origin and development of the Christian church through the examination of its political and cultural contexts and influences with special consideration given to theological themes which surfaced at different times and places throughout the history of the Christian church, culminating with 21st century trends in fundamentalism, 福音派的教义, 和合一.

This introductory course in systematic and confessional theology will cover theological method, revelation and Scripture, 律法与福音, the Triune God and His attributes, 人性与罪, and the person and work of Jesus Christ as the God-man, with an emphasis on key biblical material and its expression in the Lutheran Confessions.

This introductory course in systematic and confessional theology will cover the work of Christ, the person and the work of the Holy Spirit, the church and eschatology with an emphasis on key biblical materials and its expression in the Lutheran Confessions. 先决条件: THL 371.