A Program intended for the savvy, forward-thinking Ministry Leader who wants to make a real difference in the community and the world at large.The relevance of the young generation must be given an ideal premium. The course deals with Exploring Cyberspace with NextGen, social media Tools and Languages, Church Website and Social Media Communication, Deploring Internet Technology for Ministering Transformation and Multimedia Programming.
The course considers Eight Elements of Church Strategic Management System, How to Strategically Analyse Your Ministry, Church Internal Analysis, Lifestyle Audit, SWOT Analysis, Church External Analysis and Implementing Marketing and Executing Strategy.
Modest Legal education should be the concern of any church that desires growth in the 21st century. The aspects addressed by the course includes Church Constitution Formation, Amendment, and Reviews, Fundamentals of Church Incorporation and Statutory Requirements, CAMA Act and Compliance, Relationship between Administrative Law, Rule of Law Separation of Power, Wills, Estate Management and Inheritance Laws, Property Laws and Pension Acts.
The new outlook to ministry in this century serves as one of the main panaceas for church growth and development. The course addresses areas like, Doing Ministry Differently in the 21st Century, Understanding Paradigm and Paradigm Shift, 21st Century Ministry Skills, Soft and hard skills and the Seven Strategic Changes that Every Church must make to be Relevant.
The course involves basic communication and public relations in the church, Concept of Total Quality Service in Ministry Setting, Church Service Touch Points, Service Quality Elements. Evaluation of Church Service Encounter, Customers’ Relation and Pareto Principle for Church Programming.
Church growth also depends on appropriate church marketing. This course addresses Effective Program Packaging and Selling, Creative Management, Customer Service orientation, Church Branding and Friendly Attitude Inventory.
MET 104: MINISTERIAL ETHICS (3 credits)
Course Description:
The aspect of placing requisite premium on values and virtues are the hallmark of any Church Ministry. The course addresses Goof-free Ministry Strategies, Senior Pastors Ethics’, Team Management Ethics, Financial Integrity and Money Ethics. It also focuses on handling the Opposite Gender, Business versus Ministry Ethics, Biblical Laws on Usury, Profiteering, Surety, Fraud, Wages Payment, Pledges, Mortgages Borrowing, and Lending Ethics.
Human Capital in contemporary Church Management must be addressed by any church that desires relevance in meeting the yawning of the society. This course would address Recruiting, Motivating and Retaining Great People, Essentials of Workforce Management and How to Mobilize and Motivate Volunteers. It will also address Turning Laypeople to Ministers and Paradigm Shift from Committee to Ministry.
The importance of basic financial management principles in the church are to be considered. The course includes, Unlocking Your Ministry Financial Potential, Twenty notable Weaknesses of Church Internal Control System. It also addresses, Twenty-five Ways to Strengthen Your Church Internal Control system, Cash flow Management, Church Cashless Transactions, Petty Cash and Payroll Management.
This is an introductory course which identifies essential Business Management Tools for Maximum Ministry success. The nature and purpose of planning strategies and policies. Why planning fail. Nature and Purpose of organizing line and Staff Authority Relationship in the Ministry.