Programme Details
Bachelor of Theology
Study Options:
Day Session: Classes hold Tuesdays through Fridays at the Seminary campus for four academic years with two semesters each beginning in August and ending in May.
Weekend Session: Classes hold Fridays at 6:00pm to 9.00pm, Saturdays 8.00am to 5:00pm at the Seminary campus for five academic years with two semesters each beginning in August and ending in May.
Summer Session: Classes hold every year from Monday 10.00am to Friday 6.00pm between June and July. The programme holds for five academic years with two contacts beginning in June and ending in July. It is a six-weeks intensive classes.
Additional Admission Requirements: The Bachelor of Theology Degree is a four-year (Day session) and a five year (Weekend/Summer sessions) post-secondary level course of study for students of any denomination who meets the general admission requirements and the following:
1. Five Credit passes (including English Language) in the West African School Certificate (SSSC); OR Five Credit passes (including English Language) in the General Certificate of Education (GCE);
2. Applicant who lacks the above but have attained the age thirty-five (35) years old and have at least five years experience in the ministry shall be considered for admission into the degree programme. He/she must meet the following requirement also:
(a) A letter from his/her supervising minister attesting to years of experience.
(b) Must have at least a cumulative GPA of 2.00 upon completion of Diploma programme.
3. The applicant must have salvation experience with promise of continual spiritual growth and potential for future usefulness in the church and society.
4. Applicant must be personally committed to faith in Christ for not less than two years by time of submitting application, and must be a regular worshipper of Christ in a local church.
5. An applicant must complete the admission process as stated on the Seminary portal.
Previous Degree Waiver: Individuals who have already earned a Bachelor degree (e.g. B.A., B.S., B.Sc., H.N.D.,) may earn a second degree from any of the departments in LIFE. To do this, the student must fulfill the specific requirements for the major courses in the department of choice. A minimum of 96 credit units must be completed in the Seminary.
Graduation Requirements
Degree - B. A. &B.Th.
A minimum of 120 credit units is required with a grade-point average of at least 2.0 on the 4.0 scale, along with the spiritual, practical, and general graduation requirements. The student must successfully complete Christian Service in a local church for each semester of enrolment plus one semester of attachment to a model church within two years to graduation. Certificates of attendance at the annual Spiritual Life Retreat must also be presented.
Pastoral Studies
Objective: LIFE’s Pastoral Studies Focuses on the Christian faith and prepares students for leadership roles in the church or a religious organization. Students learn to fulfil leadership roles in their congregations or communities by counselling individuals in crisis and assisting them in their spiritual development and principle of biblical preaching and teaching.
Course Schedule - Day Session
FIRST SEMESTER |
SECOND SEMESTER |
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100 LEVEL |
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Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
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BASIC ENGLISH |
C |
3 |
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY |
C |
3 |
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MISSION PERSPECTIVE |
R |
3 |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
C |
3 |
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PRINCIPLES OF WRITING |
C |
3 |
GENERAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE |
R |
3 |
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SURVEY OF ACTS |
R |
1.5 |
SOCIOLOGY |
R |
3 |
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MUSIC |
R |
1.5 |
|
|
|
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TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
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200 LEVEL |
|
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Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
||||||||||
BIBLE INTRODUCTION |
R |
3 |
HEBREW HISTORY & POETRY |
R |
3 |
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PENTATEUCH |
C |
3 |
JOHANNINE WRITINGS |
C |
3 |
||||||||||
SPIRITUAL FORMATION & MINISTRY |
C |
3 |
CHURCH HISTORY/ CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA |
R |
3 |
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SYNOPTIC GOSPELS |
C |
3 |
EVANGELISM/CHURCH PLANTING |
C
|
3 |
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HERMENEUTICS |
C |
3 |
**HEBREW LANGUAGE 1 |
R |
3 |
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**NEW TESTAMENT GREEK I |
R |
3 |
HOMILETICS |
R |
3 |
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION |
C |
1.5 |
|
|
|
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**Compulsory for Biblical students |
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TOTAL UNITS |
19.5 |
TOTAL UNITS |
18 |
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300 LEVEL |
|
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Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
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FOURSQUARE POLITY/CHURCH ADMIN. |
R |
3 |
HAUSA/YORUBA/IGBO LANGUAGE |
R |
1.5 |
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PROJECT MGT & FINANCE |
R |
3 |
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PASTORAL COUNSELING |
C |
3 |
CHRISTIAN ETHICS |
C |
1.5 |
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |
C |
1.5 |
DANIEL/ REVELATION |
C |
1.5 |
||||||||||
PAULINE EPISTLES |
C |
3 |
GENERAL EPISTLES/ HEBREWS |
C |
1.5 |
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SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 1 |
C |
3 |
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2 |
C |
3 |
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ROMANS/ GALATIANS |
C |
3 |
HEBREW PROPHETS |
C |
3 |
||||||||||
WORLD RELIGION/ AFRICAN TRADITONAL RELIGION |
R |
1.5 |
PASTORAL THEOLOGY |
R |
3 |
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TOTAL UNITS |
18 |
TOTAL UNITS |
18 |
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400 LEVEL |
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Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
||||||||||
ACTS |
C |
3 |
AGAPE & HUMAN RELATIONS |
R |
3 |
||||||||||
APOLOGETICS |
R |
3 |
CHURCH AND AFRICAN REALITIES |
C |
3 |
||||||||||
OLD TESTAMENT BIBLICAL THEOLOGY |
C |
3 |
PUBLIC SPEAKING |
C |
3 |
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION LEADERSHIP |
C |
3 |
STRATEGIES FOR CHURCH GROWTH |
R
|
3 |
||||||||||
|
|
PROJECT |
C |
4 |
|||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
16 |
Course Schedule - Weekend/Summer Session
FIRST SEMESTER |
SECOND SEMESTER |
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100 LEVEL |
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Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
||||||||||||
BASIC ENGLISH |
C |
3 |
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY |
C |
3 |
||||||||||||
MISSION PERSPECTIVE |
R |
3 |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
C |
3 |
||||||||||||
PRINCIPLES OF WRITING |
C |
3 |
GENERAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE |
R |
3 |
||||||||||||
SURVEY OF ACTS |
R |
1.5 |
SOCIOLOGY |
R |
3 |
||||||||||||
MUSIC |
R |
1.5 |
|
|
|
||||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
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200 LEVEL |
|
||||||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
||||||||||||
BIBLE INTRODUCTION |
R |
3 |
HEBREW HISTORY & POETRY |
R |
3 |
||||||||||||
PENTATEUCH |
C |
3 |
JOHANNINE WRITINGS |
C |
3 |
||||||||||||
SPIRITUAL FORMATION & MINISTRY |
C |
3 |
CHURCH HISTORY/CHRISTI-ANITY IN AFRICA |
R |
3 |
||||||||||||
SYNOPTIC GOSPELS |
C |
3 |
HAUSA/YORUBA/IGBO LANGUAGE |
R |
1.5 |
||||||||||||
PROJECT MGT & FINANCE |
R |
3 |
|||||||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
13.5 |
||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||
300 LEVEL |
|
||||||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
||||||||||||
HERMENEUTICS |
C |
3 |
**HEBREW LANGUAGE 1 |
R |
3 |
||||||||||||
**NEW TESTAMENT GREEK I |
R |
3 |
HOMILETICS |
R |
3 |
||||||||||||
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION |
C |
1.5 |
EVANGELISM/ CHURCH PLANTING |
C
|
3 |
||||||||||||
GENERAL EPISTLES/ HEBREWS |
C |
1.5 |
PAULINE EPISTLES |
C |
3 |
||||||||||||
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 1 |
C |
3 |
|
|
|
||||||||||||
**Compulsory for Biblical students |
|||||||||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
||||||||||||||
400 LEVEL |
|
||||||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
||||||||||||
FOURSQUARE POLITY/CHURCH ADMIN. |
R |
3 |
PASTORAL COUNSELING |
C |
3 |
||||||||||||
PASTORAL THEOLOGY |
R |
3 |
CHRISTIAN ETHICS |
C |
1.5 |
||||||||||||
ROMANS & GALATIANS |
C |
3 |
DANIEL/ REVELATION |
C |
1.5 |
||||||||||||
WORLD RELIGION/ AFRICAN TRADITONAL RELIGION |
R |
1.5 |
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2 |
C |
3 |
||||||||||||
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |
C |
1.5 |
HEBREW PROPHETS |
C |
3 |
||||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
||||||||||||||
500 LEVEL |
|||||||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
||||||||||||
ACTS |
C |
3 |
AGAPE & HUMAN RELATIONS |
R |
3 |
||||||||||||
APOLOGETICS |
R |
3 |
CHURCH AND AFRICAN REALITIES |
C |
3 |
||||||||||||
OLD TESTAMENT BIBLICAL THEOLOGY |
C |
3 |
PUBLIC SPEAKING |
C |
3 |
||||||||||||
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION LEADERSHIP |
C |
3 |
STRATEGIES FOR CHURCH GROWTH |
R
|
3 |
||||||||||||
|
|
PROJECT |
C |
4 |
|||||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
16 |
Biblical Studies
Objective: LIFE’s Biblical Studies programme acquaints students with biblical content and major doctrines of the Word of Bible, leading to greater spiritual maturity. Some of the courses highlight and topics the students will learn about include:
- Foundational Old and New Testament knowledge
- Critical thinking and persuasion
- Principles for Interpreting Scripture
- History, background, and culture of the biblical books
Course Schedule - Day Session
FIRST SEMESTER |
SECOND SEMESTER |
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100 LEVEL |
||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||
BASIC ENGLISH |
C |
3 |
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY |
C |
3 |
|||||
MISSION PERSPECTIVE |
R |
3 |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
C |
3 |
|||||
PRINCIPLES OF WRITING |
C |
3 |
GENERAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE |
R |
3 |
|||||
SURVEY OF ACTS |
R |
1.5 |
SOCIOLOGY |
R |
3 |
|||||
MUSIC |
R |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|||||
TOTAL UNITS |
|
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
12 |
|||||
200 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||
BIBLE INTRODUCTION |
R |
3 |
HEBREW HISTORY & POETRY |
R |
3 |
|||||
PENTATEUCH |
C |
3 |
JOHANNINE WRITINGS |
C |
3 |
|||||
SPIRITUAL FORMATION & MINISTRY |
C |
3 |
CHURCH HISTORY/CHRISTI-ANITY IN AFRICA |
R |
3 |
|||||
SYNOPTIC GOSPELS |
C |
3 |
EVANGELISM/ CHURCH PLANTING |
C R |
3 |
|||||
HERMENEUTICS |
C |
3 |
HEBREW LANGUAGE 1 |
C |
3 |
|||||
NEW TESTAMENT GREEK I |
C |
3 |
HOMILETICS |
C |
3 |
|||||
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION |
C |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
|
19.5 |
TOTAL UNITS |
18 |
||||||
300 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||
FOURSQUARE POLITY/ CHURCH ADMINISTRATION |
R |
3 |
HAUSA/YORUBA/IGBO LANGUAGE |
R
|
1.5 |
|||||
PROJECT MGT & FINANCE |
R |
3 |
||||||||
PASTORAL COUNSELING |
C |
3 |
CHRISTIAN ETHICS |
C |
1.5 |
|||||
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |
C |
1.5 |
DANIEL/ REVELATION |
C |
1.5 |
|||||
PAULINE EPISTLES |
C |
3 |
GENERAL EPISTLES/ HEBREWS |
C |
1.5 |
|||||
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 1 |
C |
3 |
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2 |
C |
3 |
|||||
ROMANS/ GALATIANS |
C |
3 |
HEBREW PROPHETS |
C |
3 |
|||||
WORLD RELIGION/ AFRICAN TRADITONAL RELIGION |
|
1.5 |
PASTORAL THEOLOGY |
R |
3 |
|||||
TOTAL UNITS |
|
18 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
18 |
|||||
400 LEVEL |
||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||
APOLOGETICS |
R |
3 |
CHURCH AND AFRICAN REALITIES |
C |
3 |
|||||
GREEK LANGUAGE II |
C |
3 |
PUBLIC SPEAKING |
C |
3 |
|||||
OLD TESTAMENT BIBLICAL THEOLOGY |
C |
3 |
STRATEGIES FOR CHURCH GROWTH |
R |
3 |
|||||
ACTS |
C |
3 |
HEBREW LANGUAGE II |
C |
3 |
|||||
|
|
|
PROJECT |
C |
4 |
|||||
TOTAL UNITS |
|
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
16 |
Course Schedule - Weekend/Summer Session
FIRST SEMESTER |
SECOND SEMESTER |
|||||||||||
100 LEVEL |
||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
BASIC ENGLISH |
C |
3 |
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY |
C |
3 |
|||||||
MISSION PERSPECTIVE |
R |
3 |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
C |
3 |
|||||||
PRINCIPLES OF WRITING |
C |
3 |
GENERAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE |
R |
3 |
|||||||
SURVEY OF ACTS |
R |
1.5 |
SOCIOLOGY |
R |
3 |
|||||||
MUSIC |
R |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
|||||||||
200 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
BIBLE INTRODUCTION |
R |
3 |
HEBREW HISTORY & POETRY |
R |
3 |
|||||||
PENTATEUCH |
C |
3 |
JOHANNINE WRITINGS |
C |
3 |
|||||||
SPIRITUAL FORMATION & MINISTRY |
C |
3 |
CHURCH HISTORY/CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA |
R |
3 |
|||||||
SYNOPTIC GOSPELS |
C |
3 |
HAUSA/YORUBA/ IGBO LANGUAGE |
R |
1.5 |
|||||||
PROJECT MGT & FINANCE |
R |
3 |
||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
13.5 |
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
300 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
HERMENEUTICS |
C |
3 |
HEBREW LANGUAGE 1 |
C |
3 |
|||||||
NEW TESTAMENT GREEK I |
C |
3 |
HOMILETICS |
R |
3 |
|||||||
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION |
C |
1.5 |
EVANGELISM/ CHURCH PLANTING |
C
|
3 |
|||||||
GENERAL EPISTLES/ HEBREWS |
C |
1.5 |
PAULINE EPISTLES |
C |
3 |
|||||||
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 1 |
C |
3 |
|
|
|
|||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
400 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
FOURSQUARE POLITY/CHURCH ADMIN. |
R |
3 |
PASTORAL COUNSELING |
C |
3 |
|||||||
PASTORAL THEOLOGY |
R |
3 |
CHRISTIAN ETHICS |
C |
1.5 |
|||||||
ROMANS & GALATIANS |
C |
3 |
DANIEL/REVELATION |
C |
1.5 |
|||||||
WORLD RELIGION/ AFRICAN TRADITONAL RELIGION |
R |
1.5 |
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2 |
C |
3 |
|||||||
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |
C |
1.5 |
HEBREW PROPHETS |
C |
3 |
|||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
|||||||||
500 LEVEL |
||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
APOLOGETICS |
R |
3 |
CHURCH AND AFRICAN REALITIES |
C |
3 |
|||||||
GREEK LANGUAGE II |
C |
3 |
PUBLIC SPEAKING |
C |
3 |
|||||||
OLD TESTAMENT BIBLICAL THEOLOGY |
C |
3 |
STRATEGIES FOR CHURCH GROWTH |
R |
3 |
|||||||
ACTS |
C |
3 |
HEBREW LANGUAGE II |
C |
3 |
|||||||
|
|
|
PROJECT |
C |
4 |
|||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
|
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
16 |
Christian Education
Objective: LIFE’s Christian Education Programme is designed to develop the students’ abilities and spiritual gifts for leadership in parachurch organizations or specialized ministries within the church. Along the way, the students will gain biblical wisdom and practical insights to disciple the specific groups to which they have been called - whether children, teens, youth, adults, families or others. The Christian Education programme coursework will focus on lay leadership training, teaching, administration, evangelism and discipleship with specific application to education ministry of the Church.
Course Schedule - Day Session
FIRST SEMESTER |
SECOND SEMESTER |
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100 LEVEL |
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Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||||||||
BASIC ENGLISH |
C |
3 |
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY |
C |
3 |
|||||||||||||
MISSION PERSPECTIVE |
R |
3 |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
C |
3 |
|||||||||||||
PRINCIPLES OF WRITING |
C |
3 |
GENERAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE |
R |
3 |
|||||||||||||
SURVEY OF ACTS |
R |
1.5 |
SOCIOLOGY |
R |
3 |
|||||||||||||
MUSIC |
R |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
|
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
12 |
|||||||||||||
200 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||||||||
BIBLE INTRODUCTION |
R |
3 |
HEBREW HISTORY & POETRY |
R |
3 |
|||||||||||||
PENTATEUCH |
C |
3 |
JOHANNINE WRITINGS |
C |
3 |
|||||||||||||
SPIRITUAL FORMATION & MINISTRY |
C |
3 |
CHURCH HISTORY/CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA |
R |
3 |
|||||||||||||
SYNOPTIC GOSPELS |
C |
3 |
EVANGELISM/ CHURCH PLANTING |
C
|
3 |
|||||||||||||
HERMENEUTICS |
C |
3 |
**HEBREW LANGUAGE 1 |
R |
3 |
|||||||||||||
**NEW TESTAMENT GREEK I |
R |
3 |
HOMILETICS |
C |
3 |
|||||||||||||
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION |
C |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
19.5 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
18 |
||||||||||||||
**Compulsory for Biblical students |
|
|
||||||||||||||||
300 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||||||||
FOURSQUARE POLITY/ CHURCH ADMINISTRATION |
R |
3 |
HAUSA/YORUBA/ IGBO LANGUAGE |
R
|
1.5 |
|||||||||||||
PROJECT MGT & FINANCE |
R |
3 |
||||||||||||||||
PASTORAL COUNSELING |
C |
3 |
CHRISTIAN ETHICS |
C |
1.5 |
|||||||||||||
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |
C |
1.5 |
DANIEL/ REVELATION |
C |
1.5 |
|||||||||||||
PAULINE EPISTLES |
C |
3 |
GENERAL EPISTLES/ HEBREWS |
C |
1.5 |
|||||||||||||
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 1 |
C |
3 |
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2 |
C |
3 |
|||||||||||||
ROMANS/ GALATIANS |
C |
3 |
HEBREW PROPHETS |
C |
3 |
|||||||||||||
WORLD RELIGION/ AFRICAN TRADITONAL RELIGION |
R |
1.5 |
PASTORAL THEOLOGY |
R |
3 |
|||||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
|
18 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
16.5 |
|||||||||||||
|
400 LEVEL |
|||||||||||||||||
|
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
||||||||||||
|
APOLOGETICS |
R |
3 |
CHURCH MUSIC |
R |
3 |
||||||||||||
|
PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING |
C |
3 |
PUBLIC SPEAKING |
C |
3 |
||||||||||||
|
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION LEADERSHIP |
C |
3 |
AGAPE & HUMAN RELATIONS |
R |
3 |
||||||||||||
|
ACTS |
C |
3 |
CHRISTIAN JOURNALISM |
C |
3 |
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
PROJECT |
C |
4 |
||||||||||||
|
TOTAL UNITS |
|
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
16 |
Course Schedule - Weekend/Summer Session
FIRST SEMESTER |
SECOND SEMESTER |
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100 LEVEL |
||||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||||
BASIC ENGLISH |
C |
3 |
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY |
C |
3 |
|||||||||
MISSION PERSPECTIVE |
R |
3 |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
C |
3 |
|||||||||
PRINCIPLES OF WRITING |
C |
3 |
GENERAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE |
R |
3 |
|||||||||
SURVEY OF ACTS |
R |
1.5 |
SOCIOLOGY |
R |
3 |
|||||||||
MUSIC |
R |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
|||||||||||
200 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||||
BIBLE INTRODUCTION |
R |
3 |
HEBREW HISTORY & POETRY |
R |
3 |
|||||||||
PENTATEUCH |
C |
3 |
JOHANNINE WRITINGS |
C |
3 |
|||||||||
SPIRITUAL FORMATION & MINISTRY |
C |
3 |
CHURCH HISTORY/CHRIS-TIANITY IN AFRICA |
R |
3 |
|||||||||
SYNOPTIC GOSPELS |
C |
3 |
HAUSA/YORUBA/IGBO LANGUAGE |
R |
1.5 |
|||||||||
PROJECT MGT & FINANCE |
R |
3 |
||||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
13.5 |
|||||||||||
300 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||||
HERMENEUTICS |
C |
3 |
**HEBREW LANGUAGE 1 |
R |
3 |
|||||||||
**NEW TESTAMENT GREEK I |
R |
3 |
HOMILETICS |
R |
3 |
|||||||||
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION |
C |
1.5 |
EVANGELISM/ CHURCH PLANTING |
C
|
3 |
|||||||||
GENERAL EPISTLES/ HEBREWS |
C |
1.5 |
PAULINE EPISTLES |
C |
3 |
|||||||||
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 1 |
C |
3 |
|
|
|
|||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
|||||||||||
**Compulsory for Biblical students |
|
|||||||||||||
400 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||||
FOURSQUARE POLITY/CHURCH ADMINISTRATION |
R |
3 |
PASTORAL COUNSELING |
C |
3 |
|||||||||
PASTORAL THEOLOGY |
R |
3 |
CHRISTIAN ETHICS |
C |
1.5 |
|||||||||
ROMANS & GALATIANS |
C |
3 |
DANIEL/ REVELATION |
C |
1.5 |
|||||||||
WORLD RELIGION/ AFRICAN TRADITONAL RELIGION |
R |
1.5 |
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2 |
C |
3 |
|||||||||
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |
C |
1.5 |
HEBREW PROPHETS |
C |
3 |
|||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
|||||||||||
|
500 LEVEL |
|||||||||||||
|
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
||||||||
|
APOLOGETICS |
R |
3 |
CHURCH MUSIC |
R |
3 |
||||||||
|
PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING |
C |
3 |
PUBLIC SPEAKING |
C |
3 |
||||||||
|
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION LEADERSHIP |
C |
3 |
AGAPE & HUMAN RELATIONS |
R |
3 |
||||||||
|
ACTS |
C |
3 |
CHRISTIAN JOURNALISM |
C |
3 |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
PROJECT |
C |
4 |
||||||||
|
TOTAL UNITS |
|
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
16 |
Missions and Church Growth
Objective: The missions programme in LIFE equips students to reflect on the historical, theological, cultural and strategic realities that impact effective cross-cultural witness and service. As agents of the Great Commission, students are prepared to exegete Scripture and cultural context, avoiding the mistakes of the past while using the most effective means possible to advance the gospel.
Students will have numerous hands-on learning opportunities to give them deeper insight into cross-cultural communication and spreading the gospel. Coursework will focus on studying people groups and cultures, understanding linguistic and cultural diversity, and developing meaningful relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
Course Schedule – Day Session
FIRST SEMESTER |
SECOND SEMESTER |
|||||||||||
100 LEVEL |
||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
BASIC ENGLISH |
C |
3 |
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY |
C |
3 |
|||||||
MISSION PERSPECTIVE |
R |
3 |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
C |
3 |
|||||||
PRINCIPLES OF WRITING |
C |
3 |
GENERAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE |
R |
3 |
|||||||
SURVEY OF ACTS |
R |
1.5 |
SOCIOLOGY |
R |
3 |
|||||||
MUSIC |
R |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
|
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
12 |
|||||||
200 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
BIBLE INTRODUCTION |
R |
3 |
HEBREW HISTORY & POETRY |
R |
3 |
|||||||
PENTATEUCH |
C |
3 |
JOHANNINE WRITINGS |
C |
3 |
|||||||
SPIRITUAL FORMATION & MINISTRY |
C |
3 |
CHURCH HISTORY/ CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA |
R |
3 |
|||||||
SYNOPTIC GOSPELS |
C |
3 |
EVANGELISM/ CHURCH PLANTING |
C
|
3 |
|||||||
HERMENEUTICS |
C |
3 |
**HEBREW LANGUAGE 1 |
R |
3 |
|||||||
**NEW TESTAMENT GREEK I |
R |
3 |
HOMILETICS |
R |
3 |
|||||||
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION |
C |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
|
19.5 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
18 |
|||||||
**Compulsory for Biblical students |
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
300 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
FOURSQUARE POLITY/CHURCH ADMINISTRATION |
R |
3 |
HAUSA/YORUBA/IGBO LANGUAGE |
R |
1.5 |
|||||||
PROJECT MGT & FINANCE |
R |
3 |
||||||||||
PASTORAL COUNSELING |
C |
3 |
CHRISTIAN ETHICS |
C |
1.5 |
|||||||
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |
C |
1.5 |
DANIEL/ REVELATION |
C |
1.5 |
|||||||
PAULINE EPISTLES |
C |
3 |
GENERAL EPISTLES/HEBREWS |
C |
1.5 |
|||||||
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 1 |
C |
3 |
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2 |
C |
3 |
|||||||
ROMANS/ GALATIANS |
C |
3 |
HEBREW PROPHETS |
C |
3 |
|||||||
WORLD RELIGION/ AFRICAN TRADITONAL RELIGION |
R |
1.5 |
PASTORAL THEOLOGY |
R |
3 |
|||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
|
18 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
18 |
|||||||
400 LEVEL |
||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
MISSION STRATEGIES |
C |
3 |
STRATEGIES FOR CHURCH GROWTH |
R |
3 |
|||||||
BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF MISSION |
C |
3 |
CHURCH AND AFRICAN REALITIES |
C |
3 |
|||||||
CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION |
C |
3 |
AGAPE & HUMAN RELATIONS |
R |
3 |
|||||||
ACTS |
C |
3 |
PUBLIC SPEAKING |
C |
3 |
|||||||
|
|
|
PROJECT |
C |
4 |
|||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
|
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
16 |
Course Schedule - Weekend/Summer Session
FIRST SEMESTER |
SECOND SEMESTER |
|||||||||||
100 LEVEL |
||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
BASIC ENGLISH |
C |
3 |
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY |
C |
3 |
|||||||
MISSION PERSPECTIVE |
R |
3 |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
C |
3 |
|||||||
PRINCIPLES OF WRITING |
C |
3 |
GENERAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE |
R |
3 |
|||||||
SURVEY OF ACTS |
R |
1.5 |
SOCIOLOGY |
R |
3 |
|||||||
MUSIC |
R |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
|||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
200 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
BIBLE INTRODUCTION |
R |
3 |
HEBREW HISTORY & POETRY |
R |
3 |
|||||||
PENTATEUCH |
C |
3 |
JOHANNINE WRITINGS |
C |
3 |
|||||||
SPIRITUAL FORMATION & MINISTRY |
C |
3 |
CHURCH HISTORY/CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA |
R |
3 |
|||||||
SYNOPTIC GOSPELS |
C |
3 |
HAUSA/YORUBA/ IGBO LANGUAGE |
R |
1.5 |
|||||||
PROJECT MGT & FINANCE |
R |
3 |
||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
13.5 |
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
300 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
HERMENEUTICS |
C |
3 |
**HEBREW LANGUAGE 1 |
R |
3 |
|||||||
**NEW TESTAMENT GREEK I |
R |
3 |
HOMILETICS |
R |
3 |
|||||||
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION |
C |
1.5 |
EVANGELISM/ CHURCH PLANTING |
C
|
3 |
|||||||
GENERAL EPISTLES/ HEBREWS |
C |
1.5 |
PAULINE EPISTLES |
C |
3 |
|||||||
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 1 |
C |
3 |
|
|
|
|||||||
**Compulsory for Biblical students |
||||||||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
|||||||||
400 LEVEL |
|
|||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
FOURSQUARE POLITY/ CHURCH ADMINISTRATION |
R |
3 |
PASTORAL COUNSELING |
C |
3 |
|||||||
PASTORAL THEOLOGY |
R |
3 |
CHRISTIAN ETHICS |
C |
1.5 |
|||||||
ROMANS & GALATIANS |
C |
3 |
DANIEL/ REVELATION |
C |
1.5 |
|||||||
WORLD RELIGION/ AFRICAN TRADITONAL RELIGION |
R |
1.5 |
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 2 |
C |
3 |
|||||||
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |
C |
1.5 |
HEBREW PROPHETS |
C |
3 |
|||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
12 |
|||||||||
500 LEVEL |
||||||||||||
Courses |
Status |
Units |
Courses |
Status |
Units |
|||||||
MISSION STRATEGIES |
C |
3 |
STRATEGIES FOR CHURCH GROWTH |
R |
3 |
|||||||
BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF MISSION |
C |
3 |
CHURCH AND AFRICAN REALITIES |
C |
3 |
|||||||
CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION |
C |
3 |
AGAPE & HUMAN RELATIONS |
R |
3 |
|||||||
ACTS |
C |
3 |
PUBLIC SPEAKING |
C |
3 |
|||||||
|
|
|
PROJECT |
C |
4 |
|||||||
TOTAL UNITS |
|
12 |
TOTAL UNITS |
|
16 |