Course Subjects

MANDATORY CORE SUBJECTS

Subject  No.

Title

Brief Description

P8570

Foundations of Christian Leadership

This subject focuses on the foundational elements of Christian leadership and details the distinction between leadership functions required for success in a religious, non-profit ministry versus a commercial, for-profit business. Full Details.

P8562

Administrative Leadership & Management in Ministry

This subject aims to provide students with an understanding of administrative leadership and management as it applies to varying ministry contexts. Full Details.

P8572

Spiritual Leadership

This  subject is designed to challenge and inspire students to actively serve as spiritual leaders. It will examine the significant ways that secular leadership intersects with Biblical principles and values, examine their current approach to leadership, and reflect on how they might lead at a higher level. Full Details.

P9663

Strategic Thinking & Decision Making

This  subject aims to develop strategic thinking for organisational planning. It focuses on the role of leaders as strategic thinkers whose influence will impact the future of an organisation and its stakeholders. Full Details.

P8584

Non-Profit Governance for Ministry

This subject will enable the student to understand and apply foundational legal principles of good governance to effectively lead a religious non-profit religious organisation in Australia. Full Details.

E9670

Business & Professional Ethics

This unit enables the student to explore the ethical issues that arise in professional life, and in social interactions more generally. Full Details.

 

ELECTIVE CORE SUBJECTS (choose one)

Subject  No.

Title

Brief Description

P8XXX

Reflection and analysis of approach to Christian camping in North America (including short term tour)

This subject, through a short term tour within the North American Christian Camps and Conference industry, seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the values and principles that underpin this ministry and through this, facilitate deeper analysis of the variances between the local and North American Christian camps and conference markets.

P8XXX

Reflection on practices and principles of local Christian Venues market

Through analysis of a number of difference Christian camping venues and models, students will reflect on the common treads that bind these ministries together and analyse how these ministries create an environment where transformational ministry can occur.

 

SUGGESTED ELECTIVE SUBJECTS (choose five)

Subject  No.

Title

Brief Description

P9667

Personal Growth for Leadership

During this subject, students will develop an awareness of their own spiritual and emotional health, assisting them to develop skills and techniques for achieving their own maturity, and working with others to enhance this most primary of resources for Christian ministry. Full Details.

P8589

Financial Management for Ministry

This subject will enable the student to understand and apply sound financial management for a non-profit religious organisation in Australia, based upon a stewardship resource theology. Full Details.

P8581

Administrative Gifts for Ministry

The objective of this subject is to develop an understanding and be able to apply foundational accounting principles that are required for financial reporting for a non-profit religious organisation in Australia. Full Details.

P9662

Mastering Change in Ministry

This subject acknowledges that students live their lives in times of change, and perform their ministries as agents of change for the sake of the gospel. It seeks to equip students to understand the dynamics of change in history, in institutions, and in their private lives. This unit seeks to equip students to understand change positively, and to master it as a tool for Christian ministry. Full Details.

M9XXX

Community Sector Leadership

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P9664

Leading Larger Ministries

This subject introduces the student to the uniqueness of the larger church, its role in the processes of evangelism and mission in the Australian context and beyond, and the skills and perspectives necessary to effectively lead such an organisation. Full Details.

P8561

Developing Leaders through Mentoring

This subject aims to provide an understanding of the theory and practise of mentoring as applied to the development of Christian leaders. Full Details.

 

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