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CULTURE AND MISSION STRATEGY
This brief course deals with three points:
- Understanding culture because a missionary’s work involves contact with another culture, hence the necessity of understanding what culture is
- A review of the Filipino culture because before one can effectively attempt to study and enter into a new culture, he first has to know his own.
- Examples to show that no culture is too hard to be penetrated by the gospel Because culture offers contact points in getting people to hear the gospel message
DISTINCTLY PENTECOSTAL: The Holy Spirit in the Church
Pneumatology Course with Rey Calusay: DISTINCTLY PENTECOSTAL: The Holy Spirit in the Church
Starts September 29, 30 to October 1,6,7,8 and October 13,14,15 – a three week-course, WThF only at 7-8 PM in BSM Online BEREAN.POH discord server.
- A biblical and historical study on the distinct characteristics of Pentecostals, as a church body with dynamism, direction, and a destiny for the present evangelization of the world, in the present move of the Holy Spirit.
- A study of the Pentecostals showing how their beliefs and practices are rooted and grounded in the Scriptures and in the model of the New Testament Church of the apostolic era with special emphasis on the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, operation of the gifts in a church meeting, and also the role of signs and wonders in world missions.
- Includes a historical survey of the 20th century Pentecostal Movement in general, and of the Assemblies of God in particular. We will trace from church history that the Power of the Holy Spirit, the supernatural, never left the church.
BSM Online Second Half of its Academic Year
It has been half way through the academic year. The 44 BSM Online students are bracing themselves to run the second half which will be composed of seven 3-week blocks. Two courses are covered each block.
MISSIONS COURSE WITH STEVE SULLIVAN IN BSM ONLINE
We are very glad to welcome Steve Sullivan as a guest teacher for BSM Online starting September 15, 2021. Steve Sullivan will teach the course on Introduction to Missions and Culture and Missions Strategy. With his many years of experience in the missions field, here in the Philippines, Cambodia, and Myanmar, the BSM Online students really look forward to be challenged with the need of the mission field.
Schedule of classes: Wed, Thu, Fri evenings at 8-9 PM and Sat at 10-11 AM.
WHY USE SIMPLY THE STORY
Why use simply the story? Find answers to the question in this new BSM Online Course, starts September 2, 2021 WThFr at 8-9PM and Saturday 9AM
One of the major differences between the conventional, topical way of teaching and this STS way of storytelling with inductive study, oral style, is reflected in this vital question. Who or what is going to teach?
Let’s look at the biblical roles of the teacher, the student, Scripture and the Holy Spirit. In topical teaching, the presenter decides ahead of time what is going to be taught. Verses or passages are selected by the teacher and given to the listeners to illustrate and authenticate the teacher’s views. This method is not wrong—but it is not the only way to teach. Topical teaching breaks up a story, making the information more difficult to remember.
Bible stories speak to our spirit, soul and body. The more a teacher breaks apart the story and presents information in categories, the more the information goes only to our minds, not our souls and spirits. When teaching topically, the presenter selects passages from throughout the Bible to verify pre-selected points. The congregation listens and might take notes. But, with this approach there is no story to follow. So for those who cannot take notes, there is nothing to keep the information together. For them, it is like a human body with no bones!
A BSM ONLINE COURSE OPEN FOR CHURCH PASTORS AND LEADERS: THE CHURCH THAT JESUS BUILT
The restrictions to large gatherings due to the pandemic seem to signal the churches to have a reset from large congregational gathers to house-church meetings. This course was designed and opened for local church pastors and leaders to help them prepare to transition to the house-church system.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will lead students to a look again at the Biblical record of the Church that Jesus built to discover the basic ingredients necessary for the church to continue to be vital, alive, dynamic. A special focus will be on the church in the homes that was an essential expression of church life in the formative years of church history and its relevance to our present-day situation. It will include discussion on how to transition an existing church into a house-church system. A later part of the course are practical guidelines how to conduct a house church gathering.
COURSE OUTLINE:
UNIT 1 – THE MAKE OF THE CHURCH
Analyzing the Biblical record about the early church: The origin, the purpose and design; discovering the basic ingredients necessary for the church to be vital, alive and dynamic. One lesson will be on evaluation of the church of today in comparison to the Biblical picture and life of the early church.
UNIT 2 – THE MEETING OF THE CHURCH
Rediscovering facts, principles and practices of the early church when they meet, with focus on the church in the homes that was an essential expression of church life in the formative years of church history and its relevance to our present-day situation.
3. THE MOVE OF THE CHURCH
Discovering how the church operates, as communities, as people of God, as ambassadors of Christ. Knowing how they multiplied and expanded – What are the Principles of growth. Studying a Return to the Basics of Church Life – The House Church; Learn guidelines and HOW TO’s in implementing “Operation Home Base.”
Teachers: Rey and Zeny Calusay
Schedule:
Starts September 1,2021 (for 3 weeks)
Wednesday-Friday 7-8 pm and Saturday 10-11 am
BSM ONLINE SECOND BLOCK COURSES
Second Block Classes: July 2nd Week – October of 2021
Second Break: November, first week
BSM ONLINE FIRST BLOCK COURSES
The following are the first block of courses published in their promotional titles.
First Block Classes: April to June of 2021
First Break: July, first week
HOW MUCH WILL IT COST TO JOIN BEREAN Online?
Since we started BSM in 1986, BSM teachers do not receive remunerations. The team of BSM teachers are ministers whose passion is building the Church of Jesus Christ headed by the lead pastors of Destiny City Church Rev. Rey and Zeny Calusay. BSM alumni with proven pastoral and leadership ministries and a few carefully selected guest teachers are invited to teach in specific areas of expertise. Therefore, the cost of training in BSM is kept to cover only that which is needed to give the students the training they need for church planting and pastoral work.
The restrictions due to the pandemic made us decide to go online. Because of our philosophy of training, we hold interactive classes and design appropriate systems for higher engagement levels with our students. To run and maintain this quality online classes required huge investment in state-of-the-art technology, apps to use and subscriptions to online service providers. The following are details how much it will cost for one to join BSM Online.
FEES FOR FULL TIME STUDENTS
Registration Fee: PHP1500.00
Fee per course: PHP200.00/course @ 30 courses = PHP 6000/ for entire school year.
Total: PHP7,500.00
Mode of payment: Registration fee is required to be paid on enrollment plus the fees for the scheduled courses. Fees for following courses are to be paid before the start of the corresponding classes.
FEES FOR BSM ALUMNI
BSM Alumni with established ministries/current occupation are welcome to join a course at anytime of the school year for the purposes of refreshing.
Registration Fee: An alumni is not required to pay for the PHP 1,500 registration. But we accept generous donation within the amount.
Fee per course: P200/course
How to be admitted:
a. Connect with BSM Registrar Jean Lumpod to inform her of your intention to join a course.
b. Pay the P200/course (see website how to pay online)
c. You will be given instructions how to join the BEREAN.PH server.
FEES FOR OTHERS
As a general practice, we do not accept non BSM Alumni to join a course anytime of the year. The BSM curriculum is designed as one whole training program that is best taken as a whole. Courses are also sequenced in a way that courses in the first blocks are prerequisites of courses in the later blocks.
However, BSM decides to open selected courses for non BSM Alumni and other partners if said courses will help in the equipping of those who are already serving as pastors and church leaders. In this case, the fees will be:
Registration Fee: Not required but we accept generous donation within the amount.
Fee per course: The P200/course is not required but on voluntary basis.
How to be admitted:
a. Connect with BSM Registrar Jean Lumpod to inform her of your intention to join the offered course.
b. You will be given instructions how to join the BEREAN.PH server of will be
given the link should another platform will be used other than the official BEREAN.PH server.
BEREAN.PH SERVER FOR BSM ONLINE
BEREAN Online training is designed to be as interactive as possible and with high level of engagement between students and mentors. We facilitate this through a customized server using Discord as the platform.
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