Certification of Local Church Ministry
Academic Level
Diploma
Duration
8-10 Months
Assessment
Yes. Certificate of Completion
Study Method
Online
Certification of Local Church Ministry Overview
The Certification of Local Church Ministry course qualification is for people who are serving or who are preparing to serve in a local church. It is suited for people undertaking a one-year Internship program. It gives you an excellent grounding in Bible, theology and local church ministry.
This qualification is the perfect starting point for those who are on a journey to discover their calling in God.
Who the Certification of Local Church Ministry is for
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The Certification of Local Church Ministry course is designed for those who are interning or volunteering in a local church or a Ministry.
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It is ideal for those seeking to be more effective as a future leader or a key volunteer in a local church setting.
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It is ideal for those seeking the Call of God.
What you will learn
Introduction to the Biblical Narrative
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How to understand & communicate the Bible’s key themes, events, characters and how to apply lessons learnt in my life and ministry.
Analyse & Apply the Bible
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How to master the features of a study Bible, to interpret what a biblical passage meant to its original audience and how to apply learnt principles to my life, family and ministry community.
Personal Management and Spiritual Health
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How to develop your relationship with God through holistic spiritual and practical disciplines to achieve your God-given destiny and spiritual goals.
Theology of God
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How to grasp the true nature of God revealed in the Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit. You will also learn how to assess personal needs and grow in the gifts and fruit of the Spirit
Group Ministry Practice
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How to serve, lead and develop your ministry team in a local church or another ministry context. Your role and responsibilities are made more effective and measured against best practice and biblical standards. Ministry practices are recommended to increase ministry health and effectiveness in light of church/ministry focus.
Personal Spiritual Growth
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How to lay a personal foundation for development as a Christian and a leader through a process of personal and spiritual growth, thus undergirding all their spiritual life and ministry.
Work with and Care for Others
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How to provide pastoral care for an individual, members of a family or your community. How to effectively work with and serve people whilst developing tools and insights in self-awareness. You will understand how to apply principles and skills to promote effective group harmony and synergy.
Included Courses
This course presents a ‘bird’s eye view’ of the Bible as one story. Each teaching is aimed at equipping learners with the skills and knowledge required to evaluate, communicate and apply the biblical narrative to a specific contemporary ministry context.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Seeing the Bible as One Story
- Orientation/Creation
- The Plot: Solution: The Patriarchal Narratives
- YHWH is crowned Israel’s King
- The Former Prophets: from Conquest to Exile
- The Ups & Downs of Samuel
- The Latter Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel & Twelve
- Jeremiah: The Weeping Prophet
- The Writings
- Lamentations: the Shedding of Righteous Blood
- Who is Jesus?
- The Crescendo of Jesus
- The New Covenant
- Epistles: New Covenant Prophets
- Good Deeds are Essential
- The Hope of Resurrection
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
introduction to bible narrative
glory to God the powerful teachings at axx bible college
God's big story
The introduction to the biblical narrative is a blessing indicating how God inspired a whole book written by different people but speaking of the same messages seemlessly and flowing .From Genesis to Revelation -the unfolding story giving humans solutions to every of their problems with our current life challenges reflective on the analogies being played out in the Big story .E g using the weak to shame the wise.
Seeing the bible as one
The joy in me I don’t know how to express. Seeing the bible as one;has opened my eyes to see the holy scriptures in a different light. Knowing now that it has a narrative structure(orientation, complication and resolution) and literal structure (the torah(th law or covenant), nabiim(the prophets and ketubiim(the writings)),and that the prophets they are the covenant keepers and the prophetic literature has 3 pattern structure.And the new testament literature has a structure too. The gospel(the new covenant ), epistle and apocalyptic writing. Thank you sir, God bless you.
This series of lessons is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge required to utilise the features of a study Bible, as well as historical and cultural analysis to compose an accurate application of a biblical passage.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Introduction to Interpretation
- Introduction to Study Bibles
- A Pattern for Application
- Look for Clues
- Original Audience & Historical Context
- Researching Historical Context
- Genre Pitfalls (Part 1)
- Genre Pitfalls (Part 2)
- Literary Context
- Observation
- From Analysis to Meaning
- But we are different… aren’t we?
- Meaning to Application
- Summary & Example
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
ANALYSE AND APPLY
GLORY to God
Analyze and Apply the Bible
This course is very enlightening, I gained a lot of insight on how to properly analyze and apply the Scriptures.
Add is a blessing bible college
There are many things I didn’t know before, axx bible college has taught me a lot and I continue to learn more.
This course is designed to equip learners with the skills and knowledge to evaluate contemporary ministry practices and develop a ministry plan based on theologies of mission and church.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Introduction – God, Us & You
- What Mission is not/What Mission is
- Creation, Covenant, Consummation – God’s Rule
- The Missio Dei through Israel
- The Missio Dei through Christ
- The Missio Dei through the Church
- Culture (1) God’s mission is within cultures
- Culture (2) National & Local. Being effective WITHIN a culture
- Contextualisation – 3 step model
- Proclamation – What is the Gospel?
- WHO – What on earth is the church?
- WHAT – What does the church do?
- HOW – The charismatic community. Tongues/baptism/healing
- Being Christ-like, Love, God’s community
- Our life together. Part 1. Authority, leadership & Governance.
- Our life together. Part 2. Structure & order in community
- The Church in History Part 1 – Roman Catholic church
- The Church in History Part 2 – Reformation/revivals/Pentecost
- The Church in History Part 3 – Sacred Space
- YOU – From our to my
- YOU – internal – A faithful witness
- In the School of Christ – We are a student
- Church in the Public Sphere (Sermon on the Mount)
- What now? Thoughts about moving 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
Understanding God's plan
Knowing and understanding God’s plan from the very beginning of the book of Genesis and after the fall of man is so amazing. God by His divine and master plan makes the church and the individual that trusted Him to be partakers of His something big. I am so grateful as being in that circle and to go and proclaim God’s saving grace to all.
The Biblical Narrative
The guy who posts on Facebook and Instagram is a star.
What i learnt
It was a very interesting course, i learnt a lot about being the church and the importance of discipleship and caring for not only the people outside the church but the individuals in the church. There were a few statements and things i didnt believe, but for me that was encouraging because it meant that i was forming my own opinions on things and wasnt just piggy backing off someone elses view of the bible but the the truth from the bible. thankyou i learnt many things.
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
Ministry in Holy Spirit
I have learnt that all that I do the heavens must direct. This means I should always listen to the Holy Spirit even as I listen to my audience. I need to take time to allow God do his work through me. I have learnt in the process that character development through through the Holy Spirit is key and should preceed the gifts if I am to minister effectively
Benefits of axx education
Beneficiary of this course and much equipped
Understanding God
This topic taught me what theology is. It is simply seeking to understand God. I learned that God is in trinity. That is God the father, God the son, and God the Holy spirit, three equal person and they are equal in status. We also discussed unity in trinity and trinity in unity. And this unity should as well be demonstrated in the church of God, the church should learn unity and be able to work together in harmony. Trinity is said to be a loving peaceful and expensive fellowship, and it is out of the overflow of these relationship that creation and humans came together. We also learned about the attributes of God: God is eternity he lives for ever, self-sufficient, impassibility not affected by anything external to himself. He is omnipotent everywhere, he is omnipotent all powerful, he is omniscience all knowing and omnibenevolence God is God. God is responsible for creation, Christ for salvation and the holy spirit redemption. Holy spirit leades reveals and empowers us . I very much appreciate this course because even though I knew about trinity I had some misconceptions. I looked at God the father as a superior one which was wrong thanks to this course which cleared the misunderstanding.
This course presents a ‘bird’s eye view’ of the Bible as one story. Each teaching is aimed at equipping learners with the skills and knowledge required to evaluate, communicate and apply the biblical narrative to a specific contemporary ministry context.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Seeing the Bible as One Story
- Orientation/Creation
- The Plot: Solution: The Patriarchal Narratives
- YHWH is crowned Israel’s King
- The Former Prophets: from Conquest to Exile
- The Ups & Downs of Samuel
- The Latter Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel & Twelve
- Jeremiah: The Weeping Prophet
- The Writings
- Lamentations: the Shedding of Righteous Blood
- Who is Jesus?
- The Crescendo of Jesus
- The New Covenant
- Epistles: New Covenant Prophets
- Good Deeds are Essential
- The Hope of Resurrection
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
introduction to bible narrative
glory to God the powerful teachings at axx bible college
God's big story
The introduction to the biblical narrative is a blessing indicating how God inspired a whole book written by different people but speaking of the same messages seemlessly and flowing .From Genesis to Revelation -the unfolding story giving humans solutions to every of their problems with our current life challenges reflective on the analogies being played out in the Big story .E g using the weak to shame the wise.
Seeing the bible as one
The joy in me I don’t know how to express. Seeing the bible as one;has opened my eyes to see the holy scriptures in a different light. Knowing now that it has a narrative structure(orientation, complication and resolution) and literal structure (the torah(th law or covenant), nabiim(the prophets and ketubiim(the writings)),and that the prophets they are the covenant keepers and the prophetic literature has 3 pattern structure.And the new testament literature has a structure too. The gospel(the new covenant ), epistle and apocalyptic writing. Thank you sir, God bless you.
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
I learnt more about theology in this Bible college
Understand some of things I didn’t known
PERSONAL MANAGEMENT AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH
GLORY TO GOD
Christian Discipline is basic to Personal Management and Spiritual Growth
I really enjoyed the course in that it explains how Christian discipline can promote personal and spiritual growth. Christians, particularly in Africa, should not turn doctrinal values brought with the spread of Christianity to the Pharisees mode of serving God.
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
I learnt more about theology in this Bible college
Understand some of things I didn’t known
PERSONAL MANAGEMENT AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH
GLORY TO GOD
Christian Discipline is basic to Personal Management and Spiritual Growth
I really enjoyed the course in that it explains how Christian discipline can promote personal and spiritual growth. Christians, particularly in Africa, should not turn doctrinal values brought with the spread of Christianity to the Pharisees mode of serving God.
This Course equips students with practical skills to better understand people, teams and to provide care in a variety of situations. Students will discover how God has uniquely created every person & how we can effectively work with others.
Curriculum Covered
- Course Description
- Uniquely You
- Spiritual Gifts
- Self Management
- Relational Health
- Communication
- Conflict
- Teams
- Followership
- Leadership
- Pastoral Care
- Boundaries & Self Care
- Pastoral Care in Church
- Pastoral Care Skills & Tools
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
Being a Sheppard
As a a child of God called to ministry. We live a certain lifestyle not really understood by poeple close to us.
This lifestyle wasthe foundation of training God put us in directly to not just expect but to understand it master itand grow from it
Spiritually emotionally and physically.
Everything in your.life had a purpose and a season for such a time as this.
We can not effectively help poeple in certain circumstances if we have not been through it and or experienced it.
This is your calling. Head the call.
Count the cost of following Jesus and understand the cost thereof
I love this module and we’ll presented thank you AXX
Making it real
Working With And Caring For Others is a fantastic unit where practical application in real life situations is a must. What a fantastic opportunity for God to bring us into a situation which makes what we have learned real. The reality of this unit provides a framework by which the student can engage in love for God through the love and care of others. It brings with it a true fear of God, instilling the seriousness of diligent application and the joy and excitement that comes from stepping out in faith. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9, NIV)
Thanking the teachers and the sponsors
I want to thank God for my teacher and my sponsors ,I have learnt a lot in this course may God continue blessing you in Jesus name amen
Certification of Local Church Ministry Enrolment Options
Monthly Subscription
- Certified Training
- 8 specifically designed courses
- Access with an active subscription
- 112 Lessons
3 Monthly Instalments
- Certified Training
- 8 specifically designed courses
- Access with an active subscription
- 112 Lessons
Upfront Payment
- Certified Training
- 8 specifically designed courses
- Lifetime access to all resources
- 112 Lessons
Certification of Local Church Ministry Snapshot
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8 specifically designed courses
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112 lessons
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29 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
Certification of Local Church Ministry Reviews
The turn around of my life
Firstly I want to thank God almighty for this opportunity he gave me
Firstly I want to thank God almighty for this opportunity he gave me to be part of this learning, second I want to thank all the sponsors and the teachers may God continue blessing you so that you continue helping and equipping ministers of God more especially us who can not afford to take our selves to college because of money issues.please please continue with the same spirit in Jesus name amen.
I am well equipped in this course
Certification of Local Church Ministry Requirements
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The Certification of Local Church Ministry only requires a desire to learn about the introductory concepts of the Bible and local church ministry.
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The Certification of Local Church Ministry requires a desire to learn about theology, spiritually caring for yourself and others.
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A love of God and your 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
