Our Courses
April 5, 2022 2024-05-16 10:14Our Courses
DBC prepares students with the transformative experience and to be well-rounded leaders who make a positive impact on the world.
Knowledge
- *Essentials and Characteristics of Religious Practitioners
- *The Bible and Bible interpretation
- *Basic Christian Concepts
- *Christian Ethics
- *History of the church and an overview of a variety of Christian traditions
- *Principles of building the faith community
- *Principles of preaching
- *Principles of conducting services
- *Spiritual formation, life skills training, and value system development
- *Principles of pastoral counseling in a Christian context
- *The missional calling of the Church
- *Principles of Church leadership and ministry management
- *Church administration, accountability, and financial management
Practical Skill
- *Prepare sermons that will address the spiritual and contextual needs of the faith community
- *Conduct worship services within the faith community
- *Interact with groups and individuals to facilitate spiritual growth
- *Nurture fellowship among members of the faith community
- *Lead the faith community to show loving care in times of need or crisis
- *Lead the faith community to live according to a Christian value system and Christian virtues
- *Develop proactive and reactive (coping) life skills in the faith community through preaching and teaching and mentoring
- *Mobilize the faith community to share the good news of Jesus Christ with the world
- *Plan and execute outreach programs to deal with socio-economic and other relevant needs in the wider community
- *Initiate and participate in interventions to deal with needs and emergencies in the community
- *Participate in inter-faith community development initiatives
- *Plan and manage the effective use of media
- *Lead a faith community through visionary spiritual leadership (strategic management as a spiritual discipline)
- *Build the spiritual leadership capacity of the congregation/faith community
- *Facilitate effective ministries in a faith community (operational management as a spiritual discipline)
- *Facilitate stewardship processes in the faith community (stewardship as a spiritual discipline)
Workplace
- *Prepare and conduct a worship service to nurture the relationship with God
- *Plan and conduct teachings, and develop ministry activities, to enhance the quality of fellowship and mutual care
- *Develop pro-active and reactive (coping) life skills and nurture Christian values in a faith community
- *Plan and execute an outreach or community development project in a community
- *Engage the leadership of a faith community in discussions on Missional leadership and operational management practices
Other Electives
# Fundamental Module
* Core Module
The rest are Elective Modules.