Course Equivalency Lists for the South Texas Nazarene District School of Ministry
The following list shows the equivalent courses from fellow educational providers that meet the same requirements for ordination as what is offered at the South Texas Nazarene District School of Ministry. If there is a discrepancy, the District Register in conjunction with the School Leadership Team will determine whether courses meet the educational requirements toward ordination.
KEY:
District course title
(District Registrar’s List with the same or similar titles as those taken at NBC or MVNU)
(Italicized course titles taken from draft of the Regional revision.)
All district courses are linked appropriately to the COSAC Ability Statements required for each course as given within the course syllabus.
Fall Session A (Sept to Oct)
#4 Communicating Christ in a Pluralistic World
#5 Communicating with Spoken and Written Language
#24 Tracing the Story of God in the Bible
The following list shows the equivalent courses from fellow educational providers that meet the same requirements for ordination as what is offered at the South Texas Nazarene District School of Ministry. If there is a discrepancy, the District Register in conjunction with the School Leadership Team will determine whether courses meet the educational requirements toward ordination.
KEY:
District course title
(District Registrar’s List with the same or similar titles as those taken at NBC or MVNU)
(Italicized course titles taken from draft of the Regional revision.)
All district courses are linked appropriately to the COSAC Ability Statements required for each course as given within the course syllabus.
Fall Session A (Sept to Oct)
- Biblical Interpretation (#12 Interpreting Scripture) (Biblical Literature & Scriptural Interpretation)
- Discipleship (#19 Providing Christian Education for All Ages) (Christian Discipleship in a Pluralistic Age)
- Worship (The Church in Worship)
- Local Church Administration (#1 Administering the Local Church) (Church Leadership and Administration)
- Old Testament (#23 Telling the OT Story of God) (OT Scriptures & Theology)
- Servant Leadership (#15 Leading the People of God) (Servant Leadership)
- Church Development & Renewal (NEW) (Vital Church in Context)
- Church History (#7 & #8 Exploring Our Christian Heritage 1 & 2) (Intro to Church History)
- History of the Church of the Nazarene (#11 Exploring Nazarene History & Polity) (Mission and Ministry of Church of the Nazarene)
- Exploring Ministry (#9 Exploring Christian Ministry) (God’s Holy Call on Women and Men to Ministry)
- Pastoral Care (#20 Shepherding God’s People) (Pastoral Care, Counseling and Christian Formation)
- New Testament (#22 Telling the NT Story of God) (NT Scriptures & Theology)
- Ministry Practicum & Capstone (#21 Supervised Ministry Experience) (Ordination Capstone)
- Cross-cultural Engagement (#3 Communicating Christ Cross-culturally) (Christian Ministry in Inter-cultural Contexts)
- Evangelism (#6 Declaring the Gospel of God) (The Missional Church)
- Preaching (#17 Preaching the Story of God) (Proclamation of the Living Word)
- Ethics in Ministry (#16 Living Ethical Lives) (Moral Shape of Christian Ministry)
- Spiritual Formation (#18 Practicing W-H Spiritual Formation)
- Christian Theology (#13-#14 Investigating Christian Theology 1 & 2) (Christian Theology 1 & 2)
- Doctrine of Holiness (#2 Becoming a Holy People & #10 Exploring John Wesley’s Theology) (Theology of Christian Holiness)
- (Celebration of Women in Ministry)
#4 Communicating Christ in a Pluralistic World
#5 Communicating with Spoken and Written Language
#24 Tracing the Story of God in the Bible