Spiritual Life Rhythms for Transformation seeks to help students to develop a model for spiritual growth and character transformation that is both theologically grounded and practically applicable to everyday life and ministry service. Students will engage in in a variety of spiritual exercises designed to help them grow in their own personal love relationship with God. Emphasis is given to the student’s personal development of spiritual life-rhythms that are foundational to the care of body, soul and spirit and which are essential aspects of living a life of wholeness in Christ and of preparedness for more effective participation in his ministry
Category: Courses
Spiritual Discernment for Life and Ministry lays the foundation for all aspects of spiritual formation through the learning of practical skillsin the field of spiritual discernment. The course content prepares students to understand principles of spiritual discernment and shows how to experientially apply them both personally and in group settings. Particular emphasis is given to discerning the presence and activity of God in the process of decision-making
Introduction to Christian Spirituality provides an understanding of the meaning and purpose of Christian spirituality. The course includes an historical review of Christian spirituality and seeks to help students go beyond the foundational elements of cognitive understanding of biblical and theological knowledge to experiential practices that teach how to create sacred space for God to work in transformative ways through the Holy Spirit in life and in ministry.
Master of Arts in Transformative Spirituality
Classes are conducted online three hours once weekly. Class link will be provided upon enrollment. Students are assigned a group for a one hour weekly discussions
FOUNDATION COURSES (12) UNITS
- Introduction to Christian Spirituality
- Spiritual Discernment for Life and Ministry
- An Introduction to the Nature and Dynamics of Conflicts
- Life Rhythms for Transformation
CORE COURSES (21 units)
- The Art & Practice of Spiritual Direction
- Spiritual Direction Practice
- Spiritual Retreat Leadership
- Foundations of Formational Prayer
- Formational Prayer Practice
- Restorative Justice and Conflict Management
- The Art and Practice of Christian Mediation
RESEARCH SUBJECTS AND THESIS (6-UNITS)
ELECTIVES (3-UNITS)
Retreat attendance in any one of the following:
- Experiencing the Trinity
- A Journey to Wholeness
TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED: 42
Categories
Mater in Transformational Leadership
Accredited by the International Council for Higher Education
Designed to build the capacity of current and emerging leaders in church, business, communities and nations anywhere in Asia and beyond to become effective, influential and transformational leaders and agents of change. The program will make use of traditional as well as innovative approaches to delivering its contents to participants such as the field immersion, current technologies such as the internet, and exposure to communities, organizations and institutions to enhance learning, information and skills acquisition.
An Ecclesiastical Degree Program
The Master of Arts in Christian Spirituality and Formation is designed to assist a new generation of church leaders, practitioners, and educational
leaders in learning, developing, practicing and teaching in the fields of spiritual formation, spiritual direction and spiritual mediation, leading to the deepening of relationships with God, self and others.
The program equips students in the ministry of Christian caregiving through spiritually focused guidance with a view to bringing hope, healing and spiritual well-being to all levels of brokenness in the human condition. To this end, emphasis is placed upon an experiential knowing of the God who is revealed in Jesus Christ as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Concomitant to the benefits of the program’s design is the student’s own personal transformation which in turn leads to the spiritual renewal of churches, communities and society as a whole.