Foundations of Christian Theology

Overview
This 8-week course (meeting 4 times) explores the foundational teachings of the Christian faith. Who is God?  How is Jesus both God and man? What does salvation mean? Where do we even get our theology? How do we identify what teachings are essential, important, or debatable within Christianity? Why does any of this matter for life and ministry? We dig into these questions and many others in this learning community.

Learners engage with Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction (2020), the Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms, and the ecumenical Creeds of the Christian Church.

Intended Competencies
Our learning together in community will help learners gain:

• • • an understanding of the essential and practical value for how systematic theology shapes one’s own identity, life, and ministry
    • familiarity with significant theological terminology common to the Christian tradition
    • the ability to distinguish between core doctrines, secondary Christian views, heresy, and matters of indifference
    • the skill of communicating acquired biblical and theological knowledge
    • thoughtful, critical, and charitable engagement with theological perspectives on topics related to the Bible, the Trinity, Christ, and salvation