Theological Leadership Program Information
This Certificate in Theological Leadership program is tailored for ministry professionals, laypeople seeking spiritual growth, and recent college graduates considering seminary.
Program Features
- Courses are taught in a hybrid format blending in-person and online elements. Each semester begins with a 3-day academic and spiritual retreat in beautiful Santa Barbara, California.
- The program’s one-course-at-a-time format enables working adults to complete their certificate in three semesters of part-time coursework.
- Earn the certificate in just one year over a fall, spring and summer term.
Designed For
- Church and ministry professionals seeking to deepen their theological grounding and expand their ministry skills.
- Lay professionals seeking to grow spiritually and strengthen the theological and biblical foundations for their professional work.
- Recent college graduates considering a career in full-time Christian ministry.
- Partnerships with leading evangelical seminaries enable graduates to go on to a Master’s degree with at least one year of academic credit.
Curriculum for Certificate in Theological Leadership
Fall Semester
- An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Wisdom of the Ancients&²Ô²ú²õ±è;—&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Sandra Richter, Ph.D., Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies
- Theological Ethics & Leadership — Telford Work, Ph.D., Professor of Theology
Spring Semester
- Reading the New Testament for Wisdom — Holly Beers, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religious Studies
- Theology for Discipleship — Telford Work, Ph.D., Professor of Theology
Summer Semester
- World Christianity: Leadership in Global Context — Faculty T.B.D.
- Culture and Theology: Thinking Missionally — Faculty T.B.D.