Featured Courses July-Nov 2024 – Singapore Bible College

School of Theology English

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Jul–Nov 2024

Do you want to renew your thinking on current issues or update your theological training?

Every semester, SOTE makes a selection of our courses available to alumni and interested individuals without requiring them to be currently enrolled in an SBC programme.

Whether you are our alumni or have not taken any of our postgraduate programmes, you are welcome to register for these electives at the School of Theology English.

Biblical Theology for the Church

To many readers, the Bible is like a huge jigsaw puzzle with small pieces of many shapes and colours. As they cannot figure out what those pieces are about, they examine them in isolation, hoping to find some spiritual insights, moral guidance, wisdom nuggets or even recipes for success. In fact, these are not primarily what the pieces are about. Biblical Theology is tasked to figure out what the pieces mean and put them together so as to present the full picture. Once done, students will find that the Bible has a much richer message to offer than just insights or recipes!

Rev. Dr. Samuel Goh

Rev. Dr. Samuel Goh has a BTh and MDiv from Singapore Bible College, ThM from Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, US), and PhD from Queen’s University of Belfast (UK). He was in pastoral ministry for ten years before coming to Singapore Bible College in 2003, and taught Old Testament courses in SOTE and SOTC till mid-2019, as he went on to teach Old Testament at Brisbane School of Theology (Australia). He has rejoined the SBC faculty (SOTC) since July 2023. Besides teaching, his passion is research, publication, and preaching.

Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics is the disciplined study of the everyday skill of human understanding. This course approaches the hermeneutics of Christian Scripture from the angle of a communication model. The first part of the course explores the worlds of the author, the text, and the reader, and their interrelationships. The second part provides hands-on engagement with texts selected from a range of genres in the biblical canon.

Generative Church Leadership: A Holistic Approach to Church Vitality and Revitalization

Churches will organically die within 80-100 years without regular revitalization.? This course helps pastors and church leaders develop systems-approach practices to sustain church vitality and help stagnant, dying churches revitalize. The course will be practical with case studies and designed for busy schedules with recorded mini-lectures and bi-weekly live tutorials.

Rev. Dr. Henry Wong

Henry Wong was a Colonel in the SAF before giving up his military career to serve the Lord full time in 2008. He graduated with a MDiv from Trinity Theological College and a Doctor of Ministry from Singapore Bible College. He is currently the Senior Pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church. He was previously the Executive Director of Careworks Community Services and was a Director of Care Corner Singapore. He is married to Carol and they have three daughters, Kirstie, Kelda, and Keryn, and one son, Keith.

Course Fees*

Credit(s) Course Tuition fee (w/GST): S$523.20 (3 credit units)
Audit Course Tuition fee (w/GST): S$359.70

* Credit course participants can earn credit units that are transferable to our programmes. No credit/s will be awarded for audit class takers.

Registration Requirements

The following category of applicants will be considered for eligibility of admission as special students:

SBC alumni recommended by their churches or organizations to do certain courses for the sake of their ministries.
Pastors and Missionaries on furlough. These special students may be allowed to attend just certain portions of a course, as long as they may benefit from the course if their furlough schedules do not fit our semester schedule. Pastors on sabbatical leave may apply to attend courses as special students for a semester or two.
Staff of churches, mission organizations, and para-church organizations that are recommended by the organization to attend certain courses for the sake of the ministry of that organization.
Spouses of International full-time students only.
Students from another seminary who are recommended by the seminary to attend certain courses to fulfil requirements that allow them to complete the programme of that seminary.
Leaders of a church or parachurch organization in a leadership position who are recommended by the organization to attend certain courses for the sake of the ministry of that organization.

Applicants enrolled into the courses are to abide by the Academic Policy and Guidelines set by the respective schools.

Applicants will have to register and make payment for the Library Membership Fee in order to use the library facilities.

Closing date : 1 May 2024

SOTE/SOC/SCM/ThM Courses

Application for Jan semester – closing date 1 Nov

Application for July semester – closing date 1 May

For each approved application, applicant can take 3-6 credits course per semester up to 2 consecutive semesters. Only alumni, pastors and missionaries can renew the application subsequently for courses to be taken as audit.

For each approved application, applicant can take 3-6 credits per semester up to 2 consecutive semesters. Only alumni, pastors and missionaries can renew the application subsequently for courses to be taken as audit.

Transfer of Credits

Special students can transfer a maximum of 12 credits taken that do not exceed one-third of the total credits of any programme.

The request is subject to the Dean’s approval based on transfer credits guidelines.?

Please download the appropriate form:

For any enquiries, please contact us at reg@sbc.edu.sg.

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