Advanced Certification of Pastoral Ministry
Academic Level
Diploma/Degree
Duration
9-12 Months
Assessment
Yes. Certificate of Completion
Study Method
Online
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Advanced Certification of Pastoral Ministry Overview
The Axx Advanced Certification of Pastoral Ministry qualification equips you to follow the call on your life. It is the Axx qualification that is designed to prepare you for a broad range of ministry roles inside the Church and in the wider community. If you love the ministry and people then this is perfect for you.
The Advanced Certification of Pastoral Ministry starts by answering the important question: What is the Kingdom of God and what is my assignment in it? Then we focus on your personal spiritual and personal formation. We must first learn to care for ourselves practically and spiritually so we can care and minister to others.
We then journey deeper into the word of God to understand its meaning in both the Old and New Testaments and how to apply it to life and ministry today. Then we take some time to explore and understand the wonders of the author and the finisher of faith in Jesus Christ.
This qualification builds on the Certification of Pastoral Ministry.
Who is the Advanced Certification of Pastoral Ministry for
What you will learn
Personal Spiritual Growth: Certified – Part 1
Personal Spiritual Growth: Certified – Part 2
Advanced Pastoral Care – Part 1: Certified
Advanced Pastoral Care – Part 2: Certified
Introduction to Biblical Studies Part 1: Certified
Introduction to Biblical Studies Part 2: Certified
Introduction to Biblical Studies Part 3: Certified
Foundations of Leadership: Certified
Person & Work of Christ Part 1
Person & Work of Christ Part 2
Included Courses
Play to Preview Personal Spiritual Growth
This course helps people lay the foundation to develop as a Christian leader through a process of personal and spiritual growth, thus undergirding all their spiritual life and ministry.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Spiritual Growth
- How Do I Best Grow?
- Growing Through Seasons
- Integrity: What is Integrity?
- Benefits of Integrity
- Building Integrity
- What is Character?
- Character Development
- Spiritual Formation of Leaders
- The Power of Surrender
- Overcoming Obstacles to Spiritual Growth
- Responding to Temptation
- Self-Leadership & Self-Mastery
- Achieving Self-Leadership & Self-Mastery
- Self-Management
About your instructor

Pastor Cheryl Forrest
With more than twenty years in ministry, Cheryl brings experience in the areas of: well being coaching, running addiction recovery groups, training new Christians, outreach ministries, overseeing and developing departments, pastoral care and leadership training. Cheryl holds a Master in Arts Ministry.
Course Reviews
Personal management and spiritual health
I have learnt how important it is to introspect and improve my personal and spiritual health for the better, depending on God’s wisdom for more.
Personal Management & Spiritual Heal Review
It taught us how to manage ourselves and to growth and maintain our spiritual lives
Make the main thing the main thing
This lesson was not just a lesson but it was talking to me. This changed the my way of thinking and my way of seeing certain things both in my life and the work of God.
Especially on values, goals, Christian values and my personal health. I believed in working hard but forgetting to take care or myself. The story of Elijah touched me and also to identify what is really important, 《”make the main thing the main thing”》Thank you so much axx team, ma God continue to bless you. Shalom.
Play to Preview Personal Spiritual Growth
This course continues to build foundation spiritual disciplines and leadership practices including; biblical study tools, prayer and spiritual disciplines. Students build a foundation for development as a Christian and as a leader through a process of personal and spiritual growth, thus undergirding all your spiritual life and ministry.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Scripture Reading & Journaling
- How to Read the Bible
- Bible Reading Program
- Leaders & Prayer: What is Prayer?
- Prayer Strategies & Spiritual Warfare
- What are Spiritual Disciplines?
- The Need for Spiritual Disciplines
- The Benefits of Spiritual Disciplines
- Spiritual Disciplines: Foster, Willard, Whitney & Calhoun
- SD Abstinence Part 1
- SD Abstinence Part 2
- SD Engagement Part 1
- SD Engagement Part 2
- The Truth Quest & Biblical Submission
- Relationships with God
- Relationships with Others
- Relationships at Work
- Being a Catalyst for Growth & Health
- How God causes Growth through Adversity
- Review & Future Growth
About your instructor

Pastor Cheryl Forrest
With more than twenty years in ministry, Pastor Cheryl brings experience in the areas of: well being coaching, running addiction recovery groups, training new Christians, outreach ministries, overseeing and developing departments, pastoral care and leadership training. Cheryl holds a Master in Arts Ministry.
Course Reviews
Personal management and spiritual health
I have learnt how important it is to introspect and improve my personal and spiritual health for the better, depending on God’s wisdom for more.
Personal Management & Spiritual Heal Review
It taught us how to manage ourselves and to growth and maintain our spiritual lives
Make the main thing the main thing
This lesson was not just a lesson but it was talking to me. This changed the my way of thinking and my way of seeing certain things both in my life and the work of God.
Especially on values, goals, Christian values and my personal health. I believed in working hard but forgetting to take care or myself. The story of Elijah touched me and also to identify what is really important, 《”make the main thing the main thing”》Thank you so much axx team, ma God continue to bless you. Shalom.
Play Preview Course Theology - Ministry in the Spirit
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.
Preview Introduction to Biblical Studies
This course will kick start your interpretive journey of the Scriptures as you unpack the nature of the Bible and how to read sentences, paragraphs and discourses within the biblical text.
Curriculum Covered
- The Nature of the Bible (1)
- The Nature of the Bible (2)
- Pre-Understandings (1)
- Pre-Understandings (2)
- The Interpretive Journey (1)
- The Interpretive Journey (2)
- Reading Sentences
- Reading Paragraphs (1)
- Reading Paragraphs (2)
- Observation
- Reading Discourses (1)
- Reading Discourses (2)
About your instructor

Pastor Grant Buchanan
Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.
Course Reviews
Depth
The more I follow the teachings the more alive my understanding is when I study.
My ability to get what was intended originally is super heightened. Thank you.
This course has been the start of a new journey in my faith
Am blessed to this course God bless you am not the way I started learning
This course for introduction is good to me learning
I thank my monitor teacher for offer himself to have teach me, because I now from the time I start learning that have testimony that I get knowledge from this school axx God bless you
Preview Introduction to Biblical Studies
The Bible is not one book, but a collection of books with many genres. In this course, you’ll uncover the different genres in the Bible and learn how they affect the way in which Scripture is read and interpreted.
Curriculum Covered
- New Testament Genre: Gospels
- New Testament Genre: Epistles
- New Testament Genre: Revelation
- Old Testament Genre: Narrative
- Old Testament Genre: Law & Prophets
- Old Testament Genre: Poetry
- Old Testament Genre: Wisdom
- New Testament Genre: Acts
- Communicating the Passage
- Where we have Been
About your instructor

Pastor Grant Buchanan
Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.
Course Reviews
Depth
The more I follow the teachings the more alive my understanding is when I study.
My ability to get what was intended originally is super heightened. Thank you.
This course has been the start of a new journey in my faith
Am blessed to this course God bless you am not the way I started learning
This course for introduction is good to me learning
I thank my monitor teacher for offer himself to have teach me, because I now from the time I start learning that have testimony that I get knowledge from this school axx God bless you
Preview Introduction to Biblical Studies
The Bible is not one book, but a collection of books with many genres. In this course, you’ll uncover the different genres in the Bible and learn how they affect the way in which Scripture is read and interpreted.
Curriculum Covered
- Historical Context (1)
- Historical Context (2)
- Historical Context (3)
- Literary Context (1)
- Literary Context (2)
- Literary Context (3)
- Word Studies (1)
- Word Studies (2)
- Word Studies (3)
- Meaning & Original Intention (1)
- Meaning & Original Intention (2)
- Meaning & Original Intention (3)
- Interpretation
- Holy Spirit & Interpretation
- Application
- Literary Context & Genre
About your instructor

Pastor Grant Buchanan
Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.
Course Reviews
Depth
The more I follow the teachings the more alive my understanding is when I study.
My ability to get what was intended originally is super heightened. Thank you.
This course has been the start of a new journey in my faith
Am blessed to this course God bless you am not the way I started learning
This course for introduction is good to me learning
I thank my monitor teacher for offer himself to have teach me, because I now from the time I start learning that have testimony that I get knowledge from this school axx God bless you
Play to Preview Foundations of Leadership
This course explores some of the foundational principles of leadership in ministry. You’ll learn about conflict management, leading collaboratively, failure, risk and decisions, before the course moves into implementing and sustaining change.
Curriculum covered
- Course Description
- Sources of Conflict
- Styles of Conflict
- Biblical Principles of Conflict Resolution
- Failure & Decisions
- Risks & Opportunities
- Leading Collaboratively
- Vulnerability of the Leader
- Accountability of the Leader
- Leaders as Mentors
- Leaders as Coaches
- Leaders as Disciplers
- How do you Measure up?
- Change! Why?
- Leadership: Influencing People to Change
- How do you Sustain the Change Process?
About your instructor

Dr Albert Haddad
Albert is in the learning field so that he may assist people to achieve their potential! His teaching style is facilitative and aims at drawing out principles from theories and best practice that may be applied differently according to the participants’ contexts and thus achieving successful learning experiences. Albert seeks not only to provide learning to the participants but also to enable them to integrate their observations into their lifelong learning journey. Albert holds a Doctor of Education and a Masters of Education Degree in Leadership and change. He is an experienced Human Resource and Leadership Development consultant, experienced in Adult Education in both private and public sectors and has extensive experience in Medical Research at a senior level as well as in Higher Research Degrees.
Course Reviews
God created each one of us in His own image, Godly image, a Holy image, righteous character, endurance, faithfull and conquering people, a significant people of Leadership. And yes, everyone has been anointed with the gift and talent to lead and live life, just like our Lord Jesus Christ who live and creates Leadership Champions. He champions over death. He conquer over evil. He Restores life, eternally. He set the example and sure made a living changing people from bad to good. He rescue people from darkness and placed people on a platform of love, peace, grace and anointed them with the healing fire of God. He lift people up from the mud and cleanse their heart. He transform lifestyle from nobody to somebody, from “no where” to “now here”. This transformation of the inside of the heart brings out the best in people, eventually creating the atmosphere of love, peace, support, patient, kindness, healing, surrender and worship. While people’s ego and pride looks to change material things, or to gain fame and popularity which just lead generations astray. Jesus change brings comfort, surrender and compassion over people. As the devil mission is to lie, kill and destroy, But Jesus, God’s mission is setting people free from death, giving us the right to inherit the Kingdom of Light, to be with Father God. To God be the glory for the things He has done. Let the Word of Christ continue to teach us, guide us, correct us, motivate us, build us, teach us and inspire us everyday of our life and walk with King Jesus. God is good. Amen
PEOPLE CHANGERS
I have seriously been impacted by this course on foundations of Leadership, I have been opened up to a lot of areas I need to look at and address in my own especially in how I respond to the news for change. Many times I personally have not liked Change and I now understand why that has been so, the aspect of not understanding the purpose and not understanding my own feelings towards the change. Thank you Dr. Albert for bringing this lecture so clearly and in very simpler way.
Testimonial
this course is very instructive for the ministry.
Foundations of Leadership
Play to Preview Person and Work of Christ
This course discusses key theological issues related to the Person and Work of Christ and analyses the historical development of the doctrines and issues related to the deity, humanity and atoning work of Christ.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Prolegomena (Introductory Thoughts)
- Jesus in History
- Search for the Historical Jesus
- Jesus in the Old Testament
- Jesus in the Gospels
- Jesus in the New Testament
- Humanity of Jesus
- The Virgin Birth
- Heresy & the Humanity of Christ
- Responses to Heresies Concerning the Humanity of Christ
- The Deity of Jesus
- Heresy & the Divinity of Christ
- Responses to Heresies Concerning the Divinity of Christ
- Fully God and Fully Human
- Heresy and the Hypostatic Union
- Responses to Heresies Concerning the Hypostatic Union of Christ
- Jesus & the Trinity (1)
- Jesus & the Trinity (2)
About your instructor

Pastor Grant Buchanan
Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.
Course Reviews
SALVATION, GRACE, JUSTIFICATION & SANTIFICATION
Appreciating the gift of Salvation that restored our rightful place in God. With Salvation we are reconnected to God again. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we have victory throught the death of Christ on the Cross. This great Love of God so precious demonstrate the Grace of God for all humankind.
Those who willingly appreciate God’s grace, love and authority would see and experience the divine transformation God release into our personal life. This transformation leads to living Christ character in our life, enjoying the fruit of the Spirit. As we continue to trust in God and be bold in our walk with God, seeking God first, we would enjoy the magnificent santification work that Jesus promised for us to receive. Such an amazing session and we Thank God for His Life and Work in our Life.
Complex and clear
I appreciate theology even more now, and marvel at the depth of the person and work of Jesus on earth. Grateful to teacher Grant B for imparting your knowledge and love for Jesus. God bless His ministry through each of you.
Jesus and trinity
According to my experiences one man ‘s error in misunderstanding the bible concepts can lead to the destruction of many souls, and how mush so if such a person is a leader of a church or congregation, like necodems, jesus once said to him though you a teacher of Israel you dont know what I’m saying to you, just imagine honorable man knowing nothing about his duties its a disaster.jesus once told some that youbare in error because you dont know the scriptures nor the power of God,lets remember that out of the mouth of the priest must proceed knowledge, that is why luke wrote tha after a perfect investigation of things happened on account of jesus christ he saw it fit to can also write scriptures, wonderful idea so that he may not teach false doctrines. Lets remember if the blind leads the blind both will fall into destructive pits, that is exatly what is heppening with leaders carring wrong understanding and wrong teachings, rhey astrays the people of God. Me according to my experiences i fully support the doctrine of trinity, the father, the son and the Holy spirit.this doctrine is trustworthy and agrees with many scriptures,like when Jesus was coming out of the water, we see trinity, jesus, the Holy spirit descendin and settling on Him and the voice which said this is my son and I’m well pleased with Him, these are three forms and three divine. These three are one because they are in agreement and their agreement and working together makes them to be one.its like adam and Eva , they were two forms a woman and a man, but the bible says because they were joined together they were no longer two but one.these calls for understanding and the help by the spirit of God, jesus said to Philip not blood and flesh revealed that to you but by my father in heaven.Axx ministry we thank you so much for teaching us true doctrines your the servant of God send to open our eyes, we are highly blessed by you, may God almighty bless and keep this ministry foever in Jesus name, Amen🙏🙏
Play to Preview Person and Work of Christ
This course discusses key theological issues related to the Person and Work of Christ and analyses the historical development of the doctrines and issues related to the deity, humanity and atoning work of Christ.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Intro to the Work of Jesus
- Salvation & Atonement
- The Cross & Resurrection
- Extent of Atonement
- Worldview & Theology
- Biblical Metaphors 1
- Biblical Metaphors 2
- Theories 1
- Theories 2
- Theories 3
- Grace
- Election
- Calvinist-Arminian Debate
- Justification 1
- Justification 2
- Sanctification
- Adoption/Participation
- Contemporary Issues 1
- Contemporary Issues 2
About your instructor

Pastor Grant Buchanan
Prior to Bible teaching, Grant served as a full-time pastor and school chaplain. Although a lecturer in theology and biblical studies with a focus on Pauline theology and the Gospels, Grant also operates as a professional counsellor and is working towards the completion of this Doctor of Philosophy by exploring a pneumatological reading of Galatians in light of 6:15 and the impact this has on Christian identify.
Course Reviews
SALVATION, GRACE, JUSTIFICATION & SANTIFICATION
Appreciating the gift of Salvation that restored our rightful place in God. With Salvation we are reconnected to God again. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we have victory throught the death of Christ on the Cross. This great Love of God so precious demonstrate the Grace of God for all humankind.
Those who willingly appreciate God’s grace, love and authority would see and experience the divine transformation God release into our personal life. This transformation leads to living Christ character in our life, enjoying the fruit of the Spirit. As we continue to trust in God and be bold in our walk with God, seeking God first, we would enjoy the magnificent santification work that Jesus promised for us to receive. Such an amazing session and we Thank God for His Life and Work in our Life.
Complex and clear
I appreciate theology even more now, and marvel at the depth of the person and work of Jesus on earth. Grateful to teacher Grant B for imparting your knowledge and love for Jesus. God bless His ministry through each of you.
Jesus and trinity
According to my experiences one man ‘s error in misunderstanding the bible concepts can lead to the destruction of many souls, and how mush so if such a person is a leader of a church or congregation, like necodems, jesus once said to him though you a teacher of Israel you dont know what I’m saying to you, just imagine honorable man knowing nothing about his duties its a disaster.jesus once told some that youbare in error because you dont know the scriptures nor the power of God,lets remember that out of the mouth of the priest must proceed knowledge, that is why luke wrote tha after a perfect investigation of things happened on account of jesus christ he saw it fit to can also write scriptures, wonderful idea so that he may not teach false doctrines. Lets remember if the blind leads the blind both will fall into destructive pits, that is exatly what is heppening with leaders carring wrong understanding and wrong teachings, rhey astrays the people of God. Me according to my experiences i fully support the doctrine of trinity, the father, the son and the Holy spirit.this doctrine is trustworthy and agrees with many scriptures,like when Jesus was coming out of the water, we see trinity, jesus, the Holy spirit descendin and settling on Him and the voice which said this is my son and I’m well pleased with Him, these are three forms and three divine. These three are one because they are in agreement and their agreement and working together makes them to be one.its like adam and Eva , they were two forms a woman and a man, but the bible says because they were joined together they were no longer two but one.these calls for understanding and the help by the spirit of God, jesus said to Philip not blood and flesh revealed that to you but by my father in heaven.Axx ministry we thank you so much for teaching us true doctrines your the servant of God send to open our eyes, we are highly blessed by you, may God almighty bless and keep this ministry foever in Jesus name, Amen🙏🙏
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- 161 Lessons
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- 10 Specifically Designed Courses
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- Certified Training
- 161 Lessons
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Advanced Certification of Pastoral Ministry Snapshot
Advanced Certification of Pastoral Ministry Reviews
The Word is Alive, Jesus is Alive and He Reign
Surely Aax has opened my mind and made me a learned pastor
I love you Axx
Advanced Certification of Pastoral Ministry Requirements
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