Joyce and I arrived back on Guam Saturday night and I got back into the office this morning. As promised, over the next few days I will be posting pictures and stories and about our Christmas celebrations here on Guam and in California over the past 4 weeks. But first, just a word about our PIU seminary Pacific Islands Evangelical Seminary. This year I got to add seminary dean to my responsibilities here at PIU. Our seminary is still very small with only about 12 students, of which only three are full time. There are several other Micronesian students who would like to enroll in our seminary but, even though costs are low, they cannot afford the tuition. There is no federal grant money for seminary education. Thus, one of the main tasks before me is to find some scholarship money for these students. My other, and more enjoyable, task is to teach biblical studies courses. Last semester I taught New Testament Survey. Because of the small size the class was very interactive. We did 6 sessions on New Testament biblical theology which were held in various public places like coffee shops (class pictured in Java Junction in Agana) and restaurants as we tried to engage people around us in theological discussion. It was a lot of fun.
This semester we are offering three courses in the seminary. They are ….
1. THEO 602 – Theology 2: Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Church, Salvation, and Eschatology taught by Dr. M. James Sawyer. The course is a study of the person of Christ and the doctrine of salvation; the study of salvation; the baptism, indwelling and ministries of the Holy Spirit; a study of ecclesiology; and the study of eschatology. It will be a hybrid course, mostly Online with 6 classroom sessions taught on Guam between Jan 20 and Feb 1, 2012.
2. THEO 798 Seminar in Roman Catholic Theology taught by Dr. Robert Bonifacio on Friday nights 6:30-9:00pm on the Guam campus. This course discusses the development of Roman Catholic Theology as the Catholic Church progressed from the period of the Counter Reformation to Post Vatican Council II.
3. BNEW 603 Prison Letters taught by Dr. William Wood on Monday nights from 6:30 to 9:00pm. It will be an analysis of Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon emphasizing the doctrinal and practical truths in each book.
No comments:
Post a Comment