Certificate in Christian Endurance Studies

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Students enrolled in our 10-hour accredited curriculum will survey God’s work in the world through Christians who are familiar with challenging circumstances – from surrounding cultural hostility to outright persecution.

We offer courses in applied theology covering main themes of Christian Endurance Studies, including Kingdom prayer, biblical Christology and anthropology, global and local apologetics, ethics, church and mission history from the margins, theology of martyrdom and persecution, global human rights, discipleship, and spiritual formation under difficult conditions.

Courses are designed for students who have either experience with, or a burden for, world Christianity and ministry in communities that exist on the margins including missionaries, church planters, and lay leaders.

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Certificate Curriculum

Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
PT6395	Theology & Mission of Prayer	2 hours
PT6227	Christian View of Human Rights	2 hours
HT6211	Christianity as a Cultural Minority	2 hours
PT6228	Principles of Leadership: Daniel and Nehemiah	2 hours
ST6516	World Christianity and Perseverance	2 hours

Credits earned may apply toward various RTS degrees including the Master of Divinity (MDiv), Master of Arts Theological Studies (MATS) and the Master of Arts Biblical Studies (MABS).

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Spiritual Formation

The values that shape Edmiston Center students are drawn from the ancient story recorded from Genesis to Revelation – that God is keeping for Himself a people who will run the Christian race well for His purposes, no matter what circumstances surround them.

The Bible lays out a unique narrative: A good and loving God wired human beings to worship Him, to enjoy a harmonious relationship with fellow humans and with the rest of creation.

The Bible also teaches that there are false stories. They have the power to degrade people to the image of the false god they promote.

Both stories offer a path to change setting out life goals, priorities, and purpose, as well as guidance on how those things can be achieved.

These practices, habits, and systems either change individuals into the image of the Creator leading to transformation, spiritual freedom, whole identity, and flourishing, or they change individuals into the images of cultural gods following different stories.

The Edmiston Center curriculum trains participants to continually and critically reflect on which story they follow as their life-giving, life-defining priority. Through this process, we aim to create Kingdom-aware Christians whose minds, priorities, and habits are geared toward an "other-cultural" presence in the world - especially in the times and places where practicing Christianity is hard.

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