Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Monday and Wednesday from 9:20-12:00 (CST)
Course Description:
The Book of Acts is the continuation of the work of Jesus through His body, the church. Luke wrote in the beginning verse of Acts, “I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, all that Jesus began to do and teach...” (Acts 1:1). The Gospel of Luke records the life of Christ on the earth. The Book of Acts records the work and life of Jesus being continued in the life of the New Testament body of believers, the church of Christ. Acts is a history of the work of the Holy Spirit through the people of God in the 1st century.
The purpose of our study is to see the work of God through His people to bring about the growth of His church in the world so that we can more effectively engage in it. We will also see the attempts of Satan to destroy the church of our Lord. However, the power of God prevails over each attack launched by Satan. In Luke’s accounting, we will see the church alive and fulfilling His commission for His followers to make disciples of every nation. (Matthew 28:18-20).
- Teacher: Matt Glawe
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Monday and Wednesday from 9:20-12:00 (CST)
Course Description:
- Explore biblical concepts about counseling and helping others.
- Provide an introduction to counseling for those aspiring to be ministers and leaders in the kingdom.
- Raise awareness of the need for both pastoral and professional counseling with the benefits and limitations of each type.
- Expose ministers to a variety of fundamental counseling skills and principles they can use when others ask for help.
- Increase knowledge of mental and emotional health issues and provide an overview of this field to assist them in making wise recommendations and referrals.
- Produce a personal notebook of counseling resources for ministry.
- Teacher: David Henniger
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Monday and Wednesday from 1:50-4:30 (CST)
Course Description:
A study of the life and ministry of the prophet Jeremiah, with additional study from Jeremiah’s Lamentations and the post-exilic historical books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.
- Teacher: Ron Bontrager
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Monday and Wednesday from 1:50-4:30 (CST)
Course Description:
This course focuses on the study of the Major Prophets of the Exile—Daniel & Ezekiel. Attention will be given to the primary teachings and principles of each of these key books—the nature and function of prophetic and apocalyptic literature and the historical background as it impacts the content of both messages given by God. This is an exegetical study and therefore will be a verse-by-verse, chapter-by-chapter analysis of both books.
- Teacher: Arthur Puente
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Tuesday and Thursday from 9:20-12:00 (CST)
Course Description:
Biblical Interpretation is a foundational course designed to help us develop balanced, sensible, and logical methods to understand and properly interpret scripture. We believe that God delivered us a message in His revealed Word that we can understand. We believe that it contains everything we need for life and godliness and that it makes us “complete, equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. 3:17). Therefore, we need to establish healthy methods to rightly determine what God is saying to His people. This course is designed to help us do that. It contains two parts. In the first half we will examine effective exegetical approaches to scripture. In other words, we will learn how to determine what the text was saying to the audience who initially received it. We must establish that message before we can move to part two, which is the hermeneutical section. In the second half of the course, we will learn how to correctly apply scripture to us today. Both of these elements of textual interpretation are imperative to our ability to properly preach and teach the Bible. Good exegesis leads to good hermeneutics, which leads to good homiletics. That is the ultimate goal of this course.
- Teacher: Matt Glawe
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Tuesday and Thursday from 1:50-4:30 (CST)
Course Description:
This study is the second of two courses on the Life and Teaching of Christ. It will primarily focus on Matthew, giving emphasis to The Sermon on the Mount. It will also include a comparative study on the Gospel of Mark. There is no study more important to your personal Christian education than one that focuses on Jesus, His Sermon of Sermons, and the development of your own personal righteousness in your daily life.
- Teacher: Darrin Bible
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Tuesday and Thursday from 1:50-4:30 (CST)
Course Description:
An exegetical study of Paul’s letter to the Roman Christians
- Teacher: Arthur Puente
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Fridays from 9:20-1:00 (CST)
- Teacher: Ron Bontrager
Please note: Enrollment in this course is contingent upon approval by SIBI, as outlined in the Learning Plan provided upon enrollment. Applicants must complete the acceptance process before payment. This course is residential.
Class is Fridays from 9:20-1:00 (CST)
Course Description:
- This course is a survey of Church History beginning with the birth of the church (AD 29-30) and ending with the worldwide nature of Christianity in the 21st Century. The course will be developed in the following ways:
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- A brief overview in lectures of 2,000 years of history reviewing significant dates, events, persons, and developments.
- Student-required reading of the Christian History Made Easy textbook and Pictures from Christian History study guide.
- Interactive class projects, group research and practical applications to help students learn, appreciate, and be better equipped to teach and include Christian history in their future ministries.
- Attention will be given to where the history, distinctive beliefs, and practices of the churches of Christ fit within Christian history overall.
- The instructor’s goal is to make this course more a “learning laboratory” than a set of long lectures. Only a minimum of work will be required outside of the class time; most projects and research will be done during class.
- Teacher: Richard Cravy