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Apostolic Power Bible Institute
Year 4
Advanced apologetics, organizational leadership, Christian ethics, pastoral counseling, missiology, and a capstone thesis project synthesizing four years of study.
Term 1: Advanced Ministry & Leadership — Year 4 · Term 1
- LEAD-201: Organizational Leadership for Ministry (3 credits)
Vision-casting, strategic planning, and leading and developing volunteers within a church or ministry organization. - HOM-201: Advanced Homiletics: Doctrinal & Series Preaching (3 credits)
Building a full, multi-part doctrinal teaching curriculum from the ground up, rather than a single message. - ETH-201: Christian Ethics (3 credits)
Applying biblical moral principles to real, often difficult modern questions, reasoning from Scripture rather than cultural consensus in either direction. - THE-204: Eschatology: The Doctrine of Last Things (3 credits)
A careful, humble study of what Scripture says about Christ's return, the resurrection, final judgment, and the new heavens and new earth, with a fair overview of major interpretive views. - WOR-201: Worship & the Ordinances (3 credits)
The theology and practice behind water baptism, the Lord's Supper, and footwashing as practiced in Oneness Apostolic churches, plus the broader theology of corporate worship.
Term 2: Thesis & Capstone — Year 4 · Term 2
- THE-205: Advanced Apologetics: Defending the Oneness Position (3 credits)
Engaging historic and contemporary Trinitarian scholarship directly, and studying how established Oneness scholars have made and defended the case in writing. - HIS-202: Global Pentecostalism & the Apostolic Movement Today (3 credits)
The worldwide growth of Pentecostalism over the last century, with attention to the Apostolic Assembly's roots and ongoing growth among Spanish-speaking believers. - MIN-201: Mentorship & Succession (3 credits)
Deliberately raising up other teachers and leaders rather than keeping ministry dependent on one person. - RES-202: Thesis Seminar (3 credits)
Narrowing your capstone topic into a specific, defensible thesis question, and building a full proposal and outline before you start writing. - CAP-201: Master's Capstone Project (3 credits)
A substantial, original piece of work — a full written thesis, a produced teaching series, or a complete original curriculum product — at a depth beyond the Associate-level capstone.