Certificate of Church History and Theology
Academic Level
Diploma
Duration
8-10 Months
Assessment
Yes. Certificate of Completion
Study Method
Online
Certificate of Church History and Theology Overview
The Certificate of Church History and Theology focuses on the fullness of the history of the Church and its great leaders.
The study of the history of the church provides an important framework for thinking through ideas of contemporary society and practice churches today.
The Certificate of Church History and Theology builds on the foundation provided by the Certificate of Theology by extending the knowledge and skills developed there to the study of the history of the Christian church.
The Certificate of Church History and Theology contributes to the students learning as it enables the learner to acquire foundational historical and biblical knowledge through historical and theological studies.
The Certificate of Church History and Theology prepares you to respond and minister out of our inherited creeds. It will enable students and leaders to identify some of their own traditions, challenge presuppositions, and develop a more comprehensive and grounded theological practice in their personal life and ministry context.
The Certificate of Church History and Theology is understanding, exploring what church history is and how we are impacted in our life and ministry today.
Who is the Certificate of Church History and Theology for
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It is a perfect starting point for those who want to understand the history and theology of the Church from the end of the Bible until now.
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People who want the pieces of the Church puzzle put into order and made sense of today’s practice across various denominations.
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It is ideal for those who are seeking an understanding of church history.
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This certificate is a foundational qualification and is designed for those who want to learn for themselves about the development of the church.
What you will learn
Introduction to Church History: Part 1
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About the history of the Church from the Apostles to Martin Luther
Introduction to Church History: Part 2
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About the history of the Church from the great reformers to Pentecostal pioneers and missionary movements
Theology of the Church: Part 1
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You will learn about the theological foundations of the Church and the sacraments.
Theology of the Church: Part 2
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About the theological underpinnings of leadership, Church health and missiology.
Pentecostal History: Part 1
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About the beginnings of Pentecostalism, healing movements and significant early leaders in the Pentecostal movements.
Pentecostal History: Part 2
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About the spread of Pentecostalism around the world and the founding of many important Pentecostal movements around the world today.
Included Courses
The study of the history of the church provides an important needed context for thinking through issues of theology and practice that believers and leaders face today.
The study of the history of the church provides an important needed context for thinking through issues of theology and practice that ministers and leaders face today. This course builds on the foundation provided by Introduction to Theology by extending the knowledge and skills developed there to the study of the history of the Christian church.
Curriculum Covered
1. Learning from History (1)
2. Learning from History (2)
3. What Does History Teach Us?
4. What is meaning anyway?
5. From Jesus to the Apostles
6. The Early Church
7. The Fall of the Temple in Jerusalem
8. Implications of the Fall of the Temple
9. Applying Lessons from the Early Church
10. Apostolic Succession
11. Issues of the 2nd & 4th Centuries (1)
12. Issues of the 2nd & 4th Centuries (2)
13. Ecumenical Councils
14. The Christian Emperors
15. Laity & Clergy
16. The Church & the Monastics
17. The Monastics: Rule & Life (1)
18. The Monastics: Rule & Life (2)
19. The Rise of Christendom: Augustine
20. Christendom: Papacy & the Rise of Islam
21. The Rise of Charlemagne
22. The Crowning of Charlemagne
23. The Church Divided (1)
24. The Church Divided (2)
25. The Crusades (1)
26. The Crusades (2)
27. Preludes to the Reformation
28. Jon Wyclif & Jan Hus
29. Reformation: The Problems (1)
30. Reformation: The Problems (2)
31. Reformation: Martin Luther (1)
32. Reformation: Martin Luther (2)
About your instructor
Dr David Morgan
David holds a Doctorate in Theology from the University of Durham. He was a Lecturer at Harvest Bible College.
Course Reviews
Thank you
I understand about baptism
Week by week revealing of the Holy Spirit
All through this course my knowledge of the Person of the Holy Spirit has grown exponentially. Having initially joined the (Evangelical) Anglican Church in Sydney I now understand how little time and consideration of the work of the Holy Spirit we were taught. Everything was Jesus, and whilst I know that is correct, I now have a better understanding of the role and work of the Holy Spirit is his relationship within the Trinity.
Importance of learning
The lessons are an eye opener and the presentation was excellent. The lessons are easy to follow and to understand. The information is very useful and and can be easily be implemented in our communities. For me the art of of listening has been a major outstanding and it has helped me a lot in that area.
The study of the history of the church provides an important needed context for thinking through issues of theology and practice that believers and leaders face today.
The study of the history of the church provides an important needed context for thinking through issues of theology and practice that ministers and leaders face today. This course builds on the foundation provided by Introduction to Theology by extending the knowledge and skills developed there to the study of the history of the Christian church.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Reformers in Europe (1)
- Reformers in Europe (2)
- Reformation in England: Beginnings
- Reformation in England: Henry VIII
- Reformation in England: Henry’s Solution (1)
- Reformation in England: Henry’s Solution (2)
- Reform in England: Edward & Mary
- Reform in England: Elizabeth & James
- Reformation in the Catholic Church (1)
- Reformation in the Catholic Church (2)
- Radical Reforms (1)
- Radical Reforms (2)
- Catholic Church Expansion (1)
- Catholic Church Expansion (2)
- The Church in Revival: Beginnings (1)
- The Church in Revival: Beginnings (2)
- The Church in Revival: The Revivalists
- The Great Awakening
- John & Charles Wesley (1)
- John & Charles Wesley (2)
- Modern Philosophers & Philosophies (1)
- Modern Philosophers & Philosophies (2)
- The Glorious (UK) & American Revolution
- The French Revolution
- The Colonies: Companies & Discoveries
- The Settlement of Australia
- The Colonies & Slavery
- Beginnings of Modern Missions
- Modern Missions: William Carey
- Modern Missions: Judson & Taylor
- Modern Missions: David Livingstone
About your instructor
Dr David Morgan
David holds a Doctorate in Theology from the University of Durham. He was a Lecturer at Harvest Bible College.
Course Reviews
Thank you
I understand about baptism
Week by week revealing of the Holy Spirit
All through this course my knowledge of the Person of the Holy Spirit has grown exponentially. Having initially joined the (Evangelical) Anglican Church in Sydney I now understand how little time and consideration of the work of the Holy Spirit we were taught. Everything was Jesus, and whilst I know that is correct, I now have a better understanding of the role and work of the Holy Spirit is his relationship within the Trinity.
Importance of learning
The lessons are an eye opener and the presentation was excellent. The lessons are easy to follow and to understand. The information is very useful and and can be easily be implemented in our communities. For me the art of of listening has been a major outstanding and it has helped me a lot in that area.
Grant Buchanan walks us through the development of the church and the theology that has undergirded movements and trends of the global & local church. He also takes a look at new and emerging philosophies that are developing in the church today.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description & Additional Resources
- Course Introduction
- Definitions
- The Church in the New Testament
- What the Church is…
- The Origin of the Church
- The Purpose of the Church (1)
- The Purpose of the Church (2)
- The Marks & Nature of the Church
- Church Universal & Local
- The Church & the Kingdom
- The Sacraments (1) Introduction
- The Sacraments (2) Baptism
- The Sacraments (3) The Lord’s Supper
- Worship
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
Amazing
Healthy church is Christ being the foundation
Trusting God
God has helped me out this far, through your teachings
Thanks axx
Very insightful topic
Grant Buchanan walks us through the development of the church and the theology that has undergirded movements and trends of the global & local church. He also takes a look at new and emerging philosophies that are developing in the church today.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Leadership & Ministry
- Leadership Ascension Gifts
- Leadership Administration Gifts
- Leadership Governance
- Leadership & Authority
- Church Health & Growth Indicators
- Natural Church Development (NCD)
- Church Health: REVEAL
- Church Health: Tony Morgan
- Profile of a Healthy Church
- Evangelism & Mission
- The Missiological Church
- What is Mission?
- Emerging Ecclesiology
- Missional Ecclesiology
- Contemporary Examples (1) Local
- Contemporary Examples (2) Global
- Pentecostal Ecclesiology
- The Destiny of the Church
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
Amazing
Healthy church is Christ being the foundation
Trusting God
God has helped me out this far, through your teachings
Thanks axx
Very insightful topic
Dr Barry Chant evokes consideration to the gravity of the Holy Spirit at work throughout our history, both old and new, near and far and how the Holy Spirit is in the smallest details of the ministry in the past century.
Well known Statesman of the Australian Pentecostal Church, Dr Barry Chant, takes us through the various movements and ministries that form the foundation of the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the past century.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Introduction and Course Documents
- Why Study History?
- Attributes of New Movements
- Charismata in the First Five Centuries
- Social & Historical Background
- The Age of Wesley
- Wesleyanism
- The Nineteenth Century
- 18th & 19th Century Missions
- 19th Century Healing Ministries
- J.A. Dowie
- Methodist Holiness Teaching
- Beginnings of Pentecostalism
- Parham & Seymour
- Assemblies of God & Oneness
- The Revival of Pentecostalism
- India
- The United States of America
- Healing Revivals & Oral Roberts
- T.L. Osborn
About your instructor
Dr Barry Chant
Barry was the founding president of Tabor College (Australia), a multi-denominational charismatic ministry training institution with campuses in Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Hobart and Sydney, teaching to doctoral level and training men and women for ministry, missionary endeavour and counselling. Today he specialises in: writing children’s stories, motivational and devotional books, historical research of the Australian Pentecostal movement, preaching and teaching, prophetic ministry, and playing an average game of tennis.
Course Reviews
Pentecostal history
Great learning
PENTECOSTAL DIMENSION NEW ERA
I have found this topic very stretching out beyond the binding tradition of scripture reading and interpretation inhabited by christian.
Reshape the long standing way of life of 2000 years Biblical principles of reading and interpreting scriptures the Nicene parameters, this world is that That was part of the Spirit initial outpouring remains also connected to this world that we are living today, and that is part of our own experience.
Feedback
It has been a most remarkable journey, one that I strongly encourage others to take. The faculty and staff at Axx are wonderful. Each loves God deeply, and this love is reflected in their selfless giving to their students. I am so thankful to our Lord, to Professor Amosh Yong and to Dr. John, and to the entire faculty and staff at Axx for playing a major role in helping me to become more like Jesus Christ. There is nothing I desire more and, in my opinion, nothing more to be desired.
In this course, you’ll learn some of what the Bible has to say about humanity. Unpack topics like the “image of God”, God’s response to sin, the humanity of God, suffering and forgiveness, sexuality, women in ministry and the environment.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- The Image of God
- A Broken & Damaged Image
- The Human Response to Sin
- God’s Response to Sin
- The Humanity of God
- God & Freedom
- Suffering & Forgiveness
- Unity
- Theology to Application
- Trinity & Family
- God & Sexuality
- God & Gendered Language
- Women in Ministry
- Church & Ethnicity
- Church & the Environment
- Trinity & the Poor
About your instructor
Pastor Jeremy Weetman
Jeremy has been in pastoral ministry for over twenty years. He and his wife plated the church they lead on the Gold Coast (Australia), Eikon Community, in 2006 and transitioned the congregation into a missional expression of church. He has served on various denominational committees and has been teaching in bible colleges since 2011. He is studying towards his Doctor of Ministry and is interested in sacred space and contemporary spirituality.
Course Reviews
Fantastic
Although the title is not something that would generally interest most people, this course was jam packed with theological goodness that was easy to understand thanks to the teachers.
Christian 101!!
Really helps anyone understand the broken state we find ourselves in as humanity and why we need Jesus!
God and Humanity Part2
I am really enjoying every lesson and sometimes I want to stop. The whole lessons in this Theology of Humanity brings more understanding of our brokenness and need of God. And also knowing our part and to bring God the glory in every area of our lives. About the Jeremy, he explained well and also there is power point in every lesson which a big help to my study. Looking forward for the rest of my study.
Certificate of Church History and Theology Enrolment Options
Monthly Subscription
- 6 Specifically Designed Courses
- Access with an active subscription
- Understand God and the Church
- 103 Lessons
Upfront Payment
- 6 Specifically Designed Courses
- Lifetime access to all resources
- Understand God and the Church
- 103 Lessons
Certificate of Church History and Theology Snapshot
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6 specifically designed courses
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137 lessons
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45 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
Certificate of Church History and Theology Requirements
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This qualification only requires a desire to discover the rich history of the Church.
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A love of the Church, its great historical leaders and its traditions.
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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
