The word “evangelism” means taking the good news about salvation through Jesus Christ to other people. Jesus evangelizes today through us,  because we are His body (1 Cor. 12:27). How do we learn to evangelize? Mainly by doing it. This is a “field experience” course. Each student finds an opportunity to be part of an evangelistic program for at least 11/2 hours per week, usually with his or her own church, and then turns in weekly report forms. A book report completes the course. (2 units per quarter) 

There’s nothing more exciting than winning someone to Christ. Jesus said, There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents (Luke 15:10), and believers everywhere rejoice, too, when a new believer is born into the kingdom. But what are some good ways to bring people to Christ? This course will prepare you to share your faith effectively and, even better, bring souls to salvation in Christ. (2 units) 

There are over 100 million Americans who work full time in the USA. It is a great mission field with wonderful opportunities to be ministers of reconciliation, chaplains, and role models of integrity. This class will challenge you to break out of your preconceived notion that God does not belong in business and you’re not worthy to represent Him there. It will also detail how the early church was a movement by business people in the marketplace who loved Jesus and wanted to make Him known.
We will discuss how to introduce Christian ethics into the marketplace with real-life dilemmas we face daily. We will end the course with an opportunity for prayer and commissioning new “marketplace ministers” to be released into this powerful mission field. (2 units)

“There’s no such thing as a free lunch,” says the world. As a result they have a hard time comprehending salvation as a free gift (Rom. 6:23), or that someone would be genuinely concerned for them without wanting something in return. Yet in the Roman Empire the early Christians gradually won over the forces of evil by serving others selflessly. Servant Evangelism is a plan to serve people in this way with the result that some of them will eventually see God’s love and be won to Christ. (2 units) 

What is the most effective method of evangelism? The answer really is quite simple. When a person comes to see himself as a sinner, and to the knowledge that God is the one who can save him, that person is converted to Christ, accepts Jesus as Lord and Savior and is born again. There is a genuine, passionate energy that every believer experiences when he or she falls in love with Jesus Christ. Each believer, from the moment of rebirth, becomes a unique method of evangelism. In this course you will see that evangelism is not a particular program or technique, but is the person who, without even being able to articulate what he does, accomplishes great triumphs, unexplainable to others, but entirely natural to him. This course is designed to correct modern misconceptions of evangelism and to teach you how to discover the unique method of evangelism that God has created for you personally. (2 units) 

Jesus Christ is the very center of Christianity. And the Bible says that God’s ultimate will is that each one of us become like His Son Jesus (Rom. 8:28-29). When Jesus was on earth He constantly preached righteous character, and He regularly condemned religious hypocrites whose character was not Christlike. Godly character is the most important quality of a Christian. This course is completely unlike secular courses that go by the same name, because Jesus teaches us the way.
Learning all about the Lord and the Bible is great. Learning to minister in power is exciting. But character is the foundation of it all (Matt. 7:21-27), and if we do not develop His character we will eventually get shot down by the world, the flesh, or the devil. God gives definite steps in the Bible to achieve victory in each area of our lives, and Character Development courses are the place where you’ll learn them. This is one of the most exciting series of courses in the entire university, a life-changer you will never forget! (4 units)

When Christ ascended to the Father, He gave gifts to people by the Holy Spirit. These gifts are supernatural anointings that enable us to do things that would otherwise be either difficult or impossible, depending on the gift. In this course you will learn about different types of spiritual gifts, with a special emphasis on the ones in Romans 12, which are often called the Motivational Gifts. You will have the opportunity to learn your motivational and spiritual gifts, and how to experience great joy as you use them. This is an exceptionally enjoyable course, one you’ll remember all your life. (2 units)

God had a plan for mankind’s sexuality that included relational depth and procreation. When a man and a woman are married and consummate their marriage through sexual union, the two become one flesh (Matt. 19:5). God has ordained and blessed such intimacy (Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:12). In this course we will present a godly perspective of sexuality and expose the counterfeit nature of sensuality. (2 units) 

This course will help you identify God’s call on your life. Purpose and fulfillment cannot be bought—they are a gift of revelation from the Holy Spirit. The road less traveled requires obedience and courage to traverse. For example, Solomon epitomized the emptiness of an unfulfilled life when he wrote “vanity of vanities, all is vanity” (Eccl. 1:2). The call for significance is perhaps the single voice that eludes people the most. Answering the call of the Creator is what Os Guiness calls “the ultimate why.” In Guiness’s words, a calling is “the truth that God calls us to Himself so decisively that everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion and dynamism lived out as a response to His summons and service.” (2 units) 

We will be looking at growing in intimacy with God through His Word, through worship, through spiritual disciplines such as solitude, fasting, serving and prayer. We will explore finding a balance in our walk and implementing a relational, rather than a religious, approach to drawing near to God. (2 units) 

This course will teach you how to make decisions based upon biblical principles rather than the relativistic “ethics” of the world. The calling upon us is to follow Christ and do the things He did. It is a calling to step above even the highest standards presented by and supported in the world.

This class will review what the Bible tells us about the relationship between man and God, as it was originally created to be, and how decision making was supposed to be accomplished jointly between man and God. It will also show how man’s sin, brought about by faulty decision-making on his part, has influenced the relationship between man and God, and how decisions are now made by man. The elements of decision making such as motives, feelings, thoughts and desires will be addressed and evaluated as to their impact upon our decisions. The overriding theme of this class will be to know what spirit we are of as we make the decisions affecting our daily lives. Character will be an important ingredient to our decision making training and we will rely heavily upon God’s characteristics to learn whether the decision making elements of our character are from God or our enemy. (2 units) 

The need has never been greater for men and women of integrity, who live lives of love and truth. Ethical dilemmas loom on every side in today’s world. In the marketplace, at work, in the church, and at home; in relationships with people, the government, and the media; financially, spiritually, morally, politically, and in every other way, Christians are faced with ethical questions. This course looks in-depth at many of these issues and helps students develop a systematic, biblical way of determining what Christ would do in these situations, thus bringing a higher degree of integrity to their lives. (2 units)

There are greater demands on leaders today than ever. The resulting pressure causes many leaders to fail, often wreaking havoc with those they were leading and causing a blight on the name of Christ. A leader needs, above all, character—strong, godly character—if he or she is to finish well. This course will help leaders understand how to develop the strength of character needed to stand and prevail in today’s world. (2 units) 

Sin as a condition works its way out through the “bodily members,” that is, the ingrained habits of the body (Rom. 7:5). And there is no slavery that can compare to the slavery of ingrained habits of sin (John 8:34; 2 Pet. 2:19). Sin is part of the internal structure of our lives. No special effort is needed to produce it. No wonder we feel trapped.
Our ordinary method of dealing with ingrained sin is to launch a frontal attack. We rely on willpower and determination. Whatever the issue for us—anger, fear, bitterness, gluttony, pride, lust, substance abuse—we determine never to do it again; we pray against it, set our will against it. But the struggle is often in vain. What we must have is “an inside job,” an inner transformation. It is by God’s grace that we win our battle against evil.
God has given us the disciplines of the spiritual life as a means of getting ourselves in position to receive His grace. The disciplines help us to place ourselves before God so He can transform us. In this course, we will learn about the spiritual disciplines from the Scriptures and practice them in the classroom. You will have an opportunity to both learn about and put into practice these treasures from God. Will you join us in this exciting quest and experience the freedom Christ promised? (2 units)

Eddie Espinosa is the one who wrote the famous song Change My Heart, Oh God. He wrote it years ago at a time when he was facing some difficult things in his life. In this powerful seminar he will share how he found freedom and how you can, too.

This seminar is both for those who would like help in being freed from things that hinder their walk with God, such as compulsions, and also for those who are ministering to others with such needs. Eddie is a deeply feeling person; he lives what he teaches; he is an outstanding teacher and a lot of fun to be with. He also has an exceptional prophetic gift and will probably have a life-giving prophetic word for several people during the day—perhaps you! This promises to be a wonderful day of freedom, new beginnings, and ideas on how to minister to others. Come prepared to be blessed. (2 units) 

Today more than ever there is a need for competent leaders among God’s people. Besides character, spirituality, Biblical knowledge, people skills and other qualities normally associated with leaders, there is also a need for leaders to be able to express themselves clearly and communicate effectively, both in speaking and writing. After all, God’ primary of communicating with us is through His written Word, the Bible.

This course will teach you how to organize your thoughts and communicate them more effectively in writing such things as reports, papers, articles and sermons. The instructor will use a variety of teaching methods and continually adjust the methods and content to fit the students currently attending. (2 units per quarter) 

Our New Testament is translated from Greek manuscripts. Learning Greek provides the student an opportunity to gain rich insights and an appreciation of certain aspects of the text which do not translate easily into English. (2 units per quarter)

The Old Testament was written primarily in Hebrew. Learning this language is difficult, yet the benefits are worth the effort, because Hebrew understands and presents truth in a different way than either English or Greek. (2 units per quarter)