Advanced Certification of Local Church Ministry
Academic Level
Diploma/Degree
Duration
9-12 Months
Assessment
Yes. Certificate of Completion
Study Method
Online
Advanced Certification of Local Church Ministry Overview
The Advanced Certification of Local Church Ministry qualification is specifically designed to help people prepare to enter into full-time ministry. This qualification allows you to develop real-life ministry training while furthering your leadership skills, biblical and theological knowledge. You will be equipped with the skills needed to lead a local church ministry team.
Graduates of the Advanced Certification of Local Church Ministry will be equipped with the skills they need for a wide range of leadership and ministry roles. Many graduates go into leadership roles, such as associate pastor, youth pastor and worship pastor, where they are using the leadership, biblical and ministry skills they have developed. Others have gone into key ministry roles, where they are primarily using their highly developed ministry, pastoral, creative and administrative gifts to help their church move forward.
Who is the Advanced Certification of Local Church Ministry for
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The Advanced Certification of Local Church Ministry is the perfect qualification for those looking to enter into local church ministry full-time.
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It is also ideal for those who seek to lead a ministry team such as associate pastor, youth pastor, children’s pastor or worship pastor.
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It also provides a great foundation for key ministry roles, for those primarily using their highly developed administrative, ministry, pastoral and creative gifts.
What you will learn
Formation of Self
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How to reflect on past personal experience and present core principles, in order to devise a health and wholeness plan for Christian living and continuing personal formation.
Jesus. Kingdom. Gospel.
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How to understand the life and ministry of Jesus as described by the four gospel narratives.
God’s Call Your Response
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How to move towards what God is calling you to do and become the person God is calling you to be.
Authentic Leadership
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How to become an authentic leader, who recruits and develops a highly motivated team in pursuit of kingdom objectives whilst always making time for spiritual reflection.
Theology - Ministry in the Spirit
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How to discern insights, revelation and promptings given by the Holy Spirit and when they are for private edification or the edification of others. You will grow in the expressions of gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit and when to act on promptings of the Holy Spirit in accordance with biblical guidelines.
Emotional Intelligence & Productive Teams
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How to integrate concepts of self, and the principles and skills required to work effectively with people in a workplace or ministry context.
Pastoral Care: Certified
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How to care for people pastorally, and be equipped with tools and teaching within good pastoral care systems.
Sermon Design & Delivery
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How to develop and deliver engaging sermons that build audience rapport in a contemporary ministry setting. You will develop clear and coherent sermon outlines ensuring biblical accuracy with your authentic style.
Included Courses
This course is designed to equip students with the skills & knowledge to critically reflect on past personal experience and present core principles, in order to devise a health and wholeness plan for Christian living and continuing personal formation.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Formations of Self – Course Introduction
- A Transformational Approach to Life
- Two Processes: Self Discovery & God Discovery
- Spiritual Disciplines – Personal & Corporate
- Spiritual Disciplines – Practicalities
- 7Retrospective Reflections
- Retrospective Analysis
- Power of Retrospective Reflection & Analysis – Personal testimony of Grant Buchanan (Part 1)
- Introduction to Identity
- Building a Healthy Self
- Your Personal Identity
- Moment of Distinction & Impact on Identity
- Values
- Christian Values
- Personal Values
- Events that have impacted my spirituality – Personal testimony of Grant Buchanan (Part 2)
- A Personal Mission Statement
- Examples of Mission Statements
- Moment of Distinction & Impact – Testimony of Adrian Dennian
- Your Health & Wholeness
- Health & Wholeness Practice
- Dealing with Disappointment
- Dealing with Failure
- Finding Strength in Disappointment – Interview with Tex Houston regarding chronic pain
- A Defining Moment Signified by Pain or Joy – Testimony of Bianca Cumin-Groza
- It Is NOT About You (Revision)
About your instructor
Amelia Pickering
Amelia has had a diverse career thus far, one dedicated to working towards building a better world and empowering others to do the same. Over the past 25 years, her passion for leadership, academia and social justice has led her to pioneer an adult literacy and numeracy school for the disadvantaged, assume the role of university VP and run a social enterprise focused on increasing EQ within corporations and NFPs. This, along with her interest and acumen for social impact and investment strategy, has afforded her the opportunity to work with various NPFs in creating holistic frameworks for change and mobilise capital for impact.
Course Reviews
A Revelation and Challenge
This course has helped me understand many of the events in my life which have formed and affected my outlook on life and my approach to my faith. In some cases it was quite surprising, in others it brought clarity and understanding. In a number of cases it was uncomfortably challenging, but ultimately very useful.
Refocussing and looking to God.
There is definitely a lot to this course so far and it is, among other things, helping me put in perspective a lot of my past in accordance with how God sees it and how He sees me. It can be very easy to lose sight of what really matters in life and allow pressures to take your eyes off Jesus and doing this course so far has helped me refocus and keep Him first.
Thankful
I just want to say that I as so blessed by all this lessons; feeling like my eyes are opening and I can understand more. So clear and approachable even with my limited English 😁
This course gives an overview of the life and ministry of Jesus as described by four gospel narratives. The aim of the course is to bring an understanding of the cultural and historical environment of the day within its literary setting.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Introduction to Course
- Concept of Audience
- Context of the Internal Narrative Audience (1)
- Context of the Internal Narrative Audience (2)
- Context of the Internal Narrative Audience (3)
- Interpretation
- What are the Gospels?
- Why Four Different Accounts?
- Structure of Gospel Accounts (1)
- Structure of Gospel Accounts (2)
- Structure of Gospel Accounts (3)
- Structure of Gospel Accounts (4)
- What is the Gospel? (1)
- What is the Gospel? (2)
- History of the Birth of Jesus
- The Passion Week
- Jesus & the Fulfilment of the Old Testament (1)
- Jesus & the Fulfilment of the Old Testament (2)
- Jesus & the Fulfilment of the Old Testament (3)
- Jesus is the Breather of Life
- Putting it all Together
- What does the Kingdom look like? (Mark)
- Abstracting Principles
- Application
- What Does the Kingdom Look Like? (Matthew & Luke)
- What Does the Kingdom Look Like? (John)
- Jesus Kingdom Gospel Today?
- Jesus’ Commissioning
About your instructor
Matthew Jarlett
Following the completion of his Bachelor of Arts (Biblical Studies), Matthew assumed the Vocational Education Course Supervisor role with Harvest Bible College.
Course Reviews
Gratitude
I am grateful for Axx.
God presentation
This presentation really step on toes, but it is meant to challenge us. Great food for thought
what an eye opening
I can now tell others about the kingdom better.
This course is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge required to investigate and integrate biblical principles of the call of God for ministry into a personal ministry development strategy.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Introduction to the Course
- What is a Call?
- Defining Ministry
- Understanding Mission
- General & Specific Call
- Obedience
- Unique Aspects of Ministry (Interview)
- Reclaiming the Discipleship Call
- Allowing Scripture to Define & Direct
- Historical Look at Ministry
- Church-Based Ministry
- Marketplace Ministry
- Community-Based Ministry
- Platforms for the Call
- OT Example: Nehemiah
- NT Example: Peter
- Unusual Callings
- The Ministry Zone (Part 1)
- The Ministry Zone (Part 2)
- The Ministry Zone (Part 3)
- The Ministry Zone (Part 4)
- Hearing the Voice of God
- Recognising the Voice of God
- How to Hear the Voice of God
- Processing Moments of Call
- Gifts & Calling
- Involving & Aligning
- A Kingdom Perspective
- Called to Go
About your instructor
Dr Brendan Roach
Founder and CEO of Axx. Dr Brendan Roach has been involved in the professional development and training of pastors and leaders globally for over 25 years. His Biblical expertise is Biblical Archaeology, Leadership Development, First Century History and the Call to Ministry.
Regan Perry
Regan firmly believes that you never stop learning and enjoys creating pathways for others to discover their full potential. He has lead & served on church staff, coordinating teams & interns, and overseen ministry programs and campus facilities.
Course Reviews
Wonderful
My wonderful experience at the harvest Bible college
My call, my mission
God called me, but I was not ready to respond. Now I am, and I already responded to my Lord. Thank you to this course I was able to see more and clear.
Wonderful Encounter
It was a wonderful encounter I had with this Bible Course. It has helped spiritually shaped my thinking about God and improved on my teaching and preaching aspects of my ministerial calls.
I really enjoyed deeply all the courses here, and is greatly helping me to be searching thoroughly the scripture before anything unlike me before. I truly appreciate all the teachers, in their teaching and I also thank all the teachers who made themselves available as well as materials.
This course is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge required to lead others effectively in a manner that is shaped by a Christian understanding of leadership.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Introduction to Authentic Leadership
- Introduction to Leadership
- Christian Leadership
- Mission & Vision
- Values
- Organisational Behaviour
- Preparing a Vision Document
- Motivation & Inspiring Others
- Credibility & Earning Trust
- Communication & Obtaining Favour
- Recruitment
- Building a Team
- Evaluation of Performance
- Morale
- Making Decisions
- Leading Change
- Dealing with Conflict
- Dealing with Criticism
- The Leader’s Character
- Inner Challenges of a Leader
- Flexible Leadership
- Critical Thinking & Learning from Experience
- Critical Thinking & Evaluating Yourself
- Sustainable Leadership
About your instructor
Pastor Andrew Groza
Andrew is an experienced Pastor with a demonstrated history of working in the e-learning industry. Skilled in non-profit organizations, E-Learning, coaching, organizational development, and instructional design. Andrew holds a Master of Arts in Ministry from Harvest Bible College.
Course Reviews
My Mission
Many times it is not enough to have the desire to work and to help. Leadership is needed to motivate and to guide people. This course provided me with priceless tools to do it.
Building kingdom centred church through euthentic leadership
I have learn how build a kindom centred church. through euthentic leadership
Good leader
The course covers all aspects of leadership authenticity which is a must for every church leader. Because, if you are a leader in the church you are in trusted in shepherding the people of God. Therefore authentic leadership is a must for us to have training and wisdom in this regard to be able to direct the people in the right direction, which is salvation. What i liked about the course is that, it has practical examples of the problems that we face but also has alternative solutions in line with the word of God which is a source of knowledge.
The lessons in this series are presented by a number of experienced ministry leaders, with the emphasis on the Holy Spirit – who He is and what He loves to do, the Spirit’s work with and through believers, and Holy Spirit empowered outreach.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Introduction to Course
- The Spirit the Life-Giver
- The Person of the Holy Spirit
- Holy Spirit Baptism
- Relating to the Holy Spirit
- The Work of the Spirit
- Community of the Spirit
- The Gifts of the Spirit
- Experiences of the Holy Spirit at Work
- The Fruit of the Spirit (1)
- The Fruit of the Spirit (2)
- Jesus & Ministry of the Holy Spirit
- What Does Ministry in the Spirit Look Like?
- When Prayer Doesn’t Work
- Evangelism in the Gospel: Jesus
- Evangelism with Paul & the Apostles
- The Breath of the Gospel
- Different Approaches to Evangelism
- Sharing Your Testimony
- The Missional Discussion
- Talking to Non-Christians
- Spirit Led Ministry
- Discipleship & Follow Up
- Following People Up
- Developing an Understanding of the History of the Holy Spirit
About your instructor
Tex Houston
Tex (Gary) became a successful pub musician in 1980’s, from there began working with large church & community organisations in media and music production. He has travelled to many places in the world, usually with a video camera and tripod, either doing documentaries on Australians working in other lands, or filming his own works on Anzac history in the First World War. In addition to being an avid steam engine enthusiast with YouTube channel ‘symphony of steam’, Tex is an authority on Christian worship.
Matthew Jarlett
Following the completion of his Bachelor of Arts (Biblical Studies), Matthew assumed the Vocational Education Course Supervisor role with Harvest Bible College.
Course reviews
RELYING ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
On TALKING TO NON-CHRISTIANS Tina Waldron session made me to refocus myself more on depending on the Holy Spirit. 2 Cor. 5:17-19. This Holy Spirit will flow through the believer’s life to the non-believers. The holy spirit puts the believer living a life of evangelism an not a life of evangelistic events. As Steve Jarlette also pointed out in this session, I want to have more love for the lord and His work. The god will give me more open doors as I break off my fears and difficulties to share God’s love more and more.
Ministry in the spirit
I beautifully acknowledge speaking in tongues as initial sign of baptism in the holy spirit.
Review for "THEOLOGY - Ministry in Spirit"
I am truly blessed by this subject. Thank God for the teachers who prayerfully and carefully do the presentation. THEOLOGY – Ministry in Spirit, was an eyeopener to see the work of the Holyspirit and the growth of the church in history. Every lecture was so interesting and has something new to learn. Thank you.
This course is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge required to integrate concepts of self, and the principles and skills required to work effectively with people in a workplace or ministry context.
Curriculum Covered
- Introduction to Course
- Theory of Emotional Intelligence
- Application of Emotional Intelligence
- Biblical & Theological Foundations of E.I.
- Biblical & Theological Foundations of Teams
- Understanding Yourself & Understanding Others
- Temperaments & DISC
- DISC & Temperaments – Weaknesses
- DISC & Temperaments – Strengths
- Dysfunction & what it looks like
- Maintaining Relational Health
- You as the Team Player
- Introduction to Productive Teams
- Qualities for an Effective Team
- Values & Care within a Team
- Unity & Goals within a Team
- Communication & Teams
- Collaboration
- Chemistry
- Celebrations
- Why Teams Fail
- When things go wrong
- Review of Course
- Driving Forward
About your instructor
Pastor Andrew Groza
Andrew is an experienced Pastor with a demonstrated history of working in the e-learning industry. Skilled in non-profit organizations, E-Learning, coaching, organizational development, and instructional design. Andrew holds a Master of Arts in Ministry from Harvest Bible College.
Course Reviews
Greatly inspired
I appreciate all the instructors
Important
A very important aspect of life as a leader
Success
Emotional Intelligence when handled very well leads to team success.
This course will equip individuals to care for people pastorally, providing them with tools and teaching them to work within good pastoral care systems.
Curriculum Covered
- What is Pastoral Care?
- Biblical & Historical Perspectives
- The Gift & the Role
- Discipleship vs Pastoral Care
- Pastoral Care in the Church
- Pastoral Care in the Community
- Pastoral Care Skills
- Systems
- Legislation
- Confidentiality
- Records
- Referrals
- Team-based Pastoral Care
- Understanding Others – Uniquely Created
- Understanding Others -Worldview
- Strengths Finder
- Spiritual Gifts
- Self-Care
- Boundaries
- Relationship Health
- Communication
- Conflict
- Solutions Focused
- Social Media
- Crisis Care
- Practical PC Meetings
- Millennials
About your instructor
Regan Perry
Regan firmly believes that you never stop learning and enjoys creating pathways for others to discover their full potential. He has lead & served on church staff, coordinating teams & interns, and overseen ministry programs and campus facilities.
Course Reviews
interesting , informative, empowering
I have thoroughly enjoyed this course.
I have learned a lot about myself and how I can best approach pastoral care.
The law module and some of the stats were not too relevant as I am based in the UK, but still informative.
my appetite to study has been reawakened.
Renewal of God-given purpose
Time and time again God called me to follow Him, yet each time there’s one excuse after another. I have bits and pieces of pastoral and trainings through various Christian organizations, but I would slowly drift away when I had to choose between ministry and money. Finally this time God mercifully took money away and I can finally choose to follow Him completely and willfully. May Our Heavenly Father be glorified. Amen.
Following the design of the first church
My reasoning for attending this course was to obtain an incite on the process of support for those in the church in need. I have always been the go to guy for support outside the church family. So to understand the suggested process and shared responsibility required. I found the course extremely enlightening and understand the reason in Acts 6 for the delegation of other believers to share the work load so those with the gifts needed for other process can be freed to do their allotted tasks.
This course is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge required to understand the basics of communication theory and to use those, along with solid biblical exegesis to develop and deliver a sermon within a ministry context.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Introduction to Preaching
- What is Preaching?
- Preaching Foundations
- Understanding the Text: Exegesis
- Hermeneutics: Understanding the World
- Ethics of Communication
- Types of Sermons
- Story, Illustration & Metaphor
- Preparation
- Structure & Flow
- ‘Grabbing People by the Ears’
- Sermon Application
- Sermon Conclusion
- From Design to Delivery
- Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication
- Taking Your Audience Seriously
- Establishing Rapport
- Sermon Notes
- Story & Imagination
- Using Our Voice Well
- Body Language
- Audience Engagement
- Creative Presentations
- Personality & Style
- Dealing with Anxiety
- Sermon Evaluation
- Wisdom from our Mistakes
- Difficult Topics
- Preaching & the Future
About your instructor
Pastor Andrew Groza
Andrew is an experienced Pastor with a demonstrated history of working in the e-learning industry. Skilled in non-profit organizations, E-Learning, coaching, organizational development, and instructional design. Andrew holds a Master of Arts in Ministry from Harvest Bible College.
Course Reviews
Great lesson
Thanks to open my mind with the lessons.
My great experience at Axx
When I started this lesson I was like what is this? I can testify that this lesson was great and am so great full.
My message
Sometimes it is easy to have an idea about the topic you would like to talk about, but in order to do it you need to k own the right way to do it. It is not easy, it is time consuming, but it has to de done. This course taught me how to do it. Now I need to practice.
Advanced Certification of Local Church Ministry Enrolment Options
Monthly Subscription
- 8 Specifically Designed Courses
- Access with an active subscription
- Certified Training
- 214 Lessons
3 Monthly Payments
- 8 Specifically Designed Courses
- Lifetime access to all resources
- Certified Training
- 214 Lessons
Upfront Payment
- 8 Specifically Designed Courses
- Lifetime access to all resources
- Certified Training
- 214 Lessons
Advanced Certification of Local Church Ministry Snapshot
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8 specifically designed courses
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214 lessons
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54 hours on-demand video
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Certification
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Full lifetime access
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Access on computer, mobile devices and TV
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All learning resources, handouts and E-library at no extra cost
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Personalised Certified Certificate of Completion
Advanced Certification of Local Church Ministry Reviews
The Person of Christ and the fullness Theroff
The Gospel as presented is glorious in all its categories. I can see the foundation and the rock that the Gospel and that is very special. Thank you!
Children's Ministry
Loved this course. Great info that will help me to lead better in Children’s Ministry.
Word of thanks.
I would like to thank our lecturers for this wonderful lessons they have opened My understanding of the word of and how to be an effective Minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Advanced Certification of Local Church Ministry Requirements
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Students should have completed the Certification of Local Church Ministry.
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If you have relevant ministry experience or previous training then you can commence this qualification immediately.
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If you would like to course advice on this qualification please contact us on courseadvice@axx.global or book a phone call
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This qualification requires a desire to learn about full-time ministry and how to prepare for it.
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Students should have an introductory understanding of the concepts of the Bible, theology, spiritual formation and pastoral ministry.
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A love of God and people.
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A love of God and the Local Church
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Learners are welcome to commence this qualification at any time
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A computer, tablet or smartphone is required
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No additional software is required
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Internet connection is required
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Lessons are presented in English
All assessment tasks must be completed to be certified
- Learners are required to complete all video lessons
- Each lesson has a short multiple choice quiz
- There are no essays to be written in this qualification
