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Using the Classification for Course Construction

The following Course was constructed mainly from the Progressive Classification “menu”.
Educational Objectives were added for each subject.

DISCIPLESHIP COURSE
OUTLINE & OBJECTIVES

Part 1: Following Christ

1.  The Evilness of Sin, Repentance, Conversion and the Life of Faith

To understand what is involved in conversion and to be assured of
eternal life.
2.  Commitment and the Lordship of Christ; Freedom and Obedience;
Living out the Ten Commandments Today; Self-denial
To learn what is involved in obeying God’s commands, in commitment to
Jesus as Lord, in denying the desire of self-pleasing, and in experiencing the
freedom of Christ’s Spirit within.
3.  Guidance and a Sense of Purpose
To learn how God guides the Christian disciple and shows us what he
wants him/her to do now.
4.  Spiritual Warfare & Empowerment
To be able to fight victoriously against the world, the flesh and the
Devil.
5.  Persevering against Temptation, Hindrances, Backsliding and
Spiritual Decline
To be able to withstand temptation and avoid backsliding.
6.  Self-control & Self-discipline: The Quiet Time, Fasting, Silence
To learn self-control and practice various spiritual disciplines.
7.  The Cost of Discipleship & Sacrificial Living
To evaluate and accept the cost of being a disciple of Christ.
8.  Imitating Christ
To learn how to abide in Christ and become more like Him.
9.  Character development & Growth in the Fruit of the Spirit
To learn how the believer’s life can bear spiritual fruit.
10.  Spiritual Pruning of Bad Habits and Obstacles to Growth
To learn how to check one’s spiritual life and allow the Holy Spirit to
remove all hindrances to growth.
11.  Integrity, Reliability and Simplicity
To learn how to live simply and with complete reliability & integrity in
every dealing with others.
12.  Holiness and the Question of Perfection in This Life
To become closer to God and learn how to please Him better.
13.  Growth through Suffering & Inner Healing.
To understand the place of suffering in the Christian life and develop a
scriptural understanding of healing of body, mind and spirit.
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Part 2: Walking with God & The Means of Grace

1.  The Means of Grace

To understand, and learn how to use, the means of grace.
2.  Studying God’s Word & Hindrances to Hearing God’s Word
To learn to feed on God’s Word regularly.
3.  Biblical Meditation
To learn how to meditate on God’s Word.
4.  Prayer Life
To learn how to talk with God and develop a personal prayer life.
5.  Worship
To learn how to worship God in truth and in spirit.
6.  Rest & the Sabbath
To learn how to keep Sunday as God’s day of rest and recreation.
7.  Fellowship with God’s People
To learn how to maintain fellowship with other Christians at all times.

Part 3: Christian Service

1.  Involvement in the Life of the Local Church, Using & Developing

the Gifts of the Spirit
To be able to distinguish the fruit of the Spirit from the gifts of the
Spirit and develop one’s own gifts for the up-building of the Church.
2.  Witness
To learn how to share a personal faith with others.
3.  Service to Society & the Community
To learn to recognise and fulfil our responsibilities as Christians to meet
human need and serve others.
4. Work
To learn how to work purposefully, productively and conscientiously.
5. The Use of Time
To learn how to make the best use of time.
6. A Giving and Tithing
To learn how to make best use of personal resources for the extension of
God’s kingdom.

The course, as laid out above, represents a two term period of 13 weeks per term.
However, some topics may well require longer treatment than others. Also some topics may
not be considered as essential as others. It is recommended that for each topic listed above a
further sub-outline of main points be developed – with key Bible texts where possible – and
then priorities established for inclusion in a final syllabus. Reference to the NIV Thematic
Study Bible (Hodder & Stoughton, 1996) is highly recommended for this exercise.
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A FRAMEWORK for Developing an INTEGRATED COURSE

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LITURGICAL THEOLOGY (WORSHIP)
Showing where the subject of Worship is treated in fields other than the section in Pastoral
Theology
The Church’s Message
100 Hermeneutics (Interpreting the Bible) – Old Testament – New Testament
113.1 BIBLICAL STUDIES Ceremonies & festivals
123.3 OT Priesthood
126 Exodus – Leviticus - Deuteronomy
151 Psalms
154 The Megilloth Songs of Songs, etc
168 NT John.
169.3 Early church worship
172 1 Corinthians
186 Hebrews
197 Revelation
199.4 Hymns of the Bible
200 Systematic Theology
210 GOD
249 JESUS CHRIST His mediation
278 REDEMPTION Praise of God’s glory
289 The HOLY SPIRIT Charismatic experience
294 The CHURCH Her worship
The Church’s Mission
300 Philosophy
366 APOLOGETICS The holy / numinous
379 EIRENICS (Common worship)
400 Contemporary Studies – Islam
434.3 RELIGIOUS STUDIES Inter-Faith quest (Inter-Faith services)
453.1 ISLAM Prayer in Islam
458.2 Festivals & Islamic calendar
491 CONTEXTUAL THEOLOGY Eastern theologies (Worship)
500 Communication – Homiletics (Preaching) – Missiology
551 MISSIOLOGY Theology of mission

The Church’s Movement

600 Church History – Historical Theology
601 PATRISTIC ERA Worship
607.1 THE WEST Middle Ages
610 The Reformation
619.3 House Churches & Charismatic Movement
624.9 PAKISTAN Post-Independence
695 CHURCH DOCTRINE The Reformation
699.7 DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINES Sacramental Theology
The Church’s Ministry
700 Discipleship – Ethics – Education
710 DISCIPLESHIP Worship
798 MINISTERIAL SKILLS Lead worship in Spirit and in truth
800 Pastoral Theology – Liturgical Theology (Worship) – Organization
820 RENEWAL
883 DENOMINATIONS Forms of worship