Theology of Leadership (May 2018 Intensive Course)
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Theology of Leadership (LF512/TS522, 3 credits)
18-25 May 2018, 9.00 am-5.00 pm (starts on Friday, ends on the following Friday)
What are God’s instructions for us today as leaders in ministry? Unreflective reliance on secular theories and techniques can be hazardous to us as leaders and to our people. This course helps participants to develop a theological foundation for thinking about practical issues of leadership for application to life and ministry.
Guy Saffold, EdD
Guy, is Executive Director of the Associated Canadian Theological Schools at Trinity Western University and has 40 years of experience in organisational and ministry leadership. He holds a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from Seattle University (USA) and a MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (USA). He is an author and Associate Professor in theological studies and organisational leadership. He consults and speaks widely, most recently working with hundreds of Asian leaders to support their National Evangelization Plan for their country. Guy and his wife Susan have two sons and three grandchildren.
Registration deadline is Friday, 11 May 2018. Online registration of courses at www.east.edu.sg or contact registrar@east.edu.sg for registration form.
Crisis Counseling (May 2018 Intensive Course)
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Crisis Counseling (LF563, 3 credits)
15-24 May 2018, 9.00 am-5.00 pm (starts on Tuesday, ends on the following Thursday)
The course is designed to develop sensitive Christian counselors who are able to discern spiritual and emotional needs, listen well, and guide counselees toward an understanding, healing and acceptance/remediation of their unpleasant circumstance/s. Toward that end, formats and models for counseling those experiencing a crisis in their lives are explored. Topics on counseling skills and Biblical perspectives on suffering are also covered.
Wilson Phang, PhD
Wilson is the founder of Ministry Personnel Care. He is using his background in crisis response, psychiatry, psychology, Biblical counseling and missiology to provide care, counsel and training to Christian workers globally. He and his wife have three grown children.
Registration deadline is Tuesday, 8 May 2018. Online registration of courses at www.east.edu.sg or contact registrar@east.edu.sg for registration form.
Post Exilic Narratives and Prophets (Evening Course)
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OT597A Post Exilic Narratives and Prophets (2 credits)
Thursdays: 7.00 pm-9.15 pm
How are the prophetic books of Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi relevant to our lives and world today? These are the last three prophets before Christ was born 400 years later. This is a study of the so-called “Restoration Prophets” in their historical, theological and prophetic development. The class will look at understanding the main message of each book and its relevance to us today through an expository study.
Come journey through these “Restoration Prophets” and apply them to the redemptive needs of our time.
Toe Set, ThM
Toe Set enjoys helping people understand the Old Testament. Over the years, he has taught various Old Testament books not only in Singapore but elsewhere in Asia to lay leaders, pastors, and full-time Christian workers.
Registration deadline is Tuesday, 2 January 2018. You may register online or contact us for registration form.
A Study of Romans: Sola Fide—By Faith Alone—the Birth of Reformation (Evening Course)
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NT535 A Study of Romans: Sola Fide—By Faith Alone—the Birth of Reformation (2 Credits)
Tuesdays: 7.00 pm-9.15 pm
The 500th anniversary of the Reformation was celebrated in 2017. Martin Luther posted a manuscript in 1517, commonly named as the Ninety-Five Theses, which restated the doctrine that salvation rested on faith alone (sola fide) in the finished work of Jesus Christ alone. Luther came to that conviction by studying Romans. Would you like to study the book that transformed him and gave birth to the Protestant faith?
Come and learn from the teacher Dr Andrew Spurgeon who has published a commentary on Romans among other published works.
Andrew B. Spurgeon, PhD
Andrew has taught in seminaries in Asia since 1996. He has published commentaries on 1 Corinthians and Romans, edited a book on Christian Services, and written several articles in peer-reviewed theological journals. He serves as the Chairman of Publications for Asia Theological Association and as a New Testament editor for Asia Bible Commentary Series.
Registration deadline is Tuesday, 2 January 2018. You may register online or contact us for registration form.