#3
Academy
VIA CHRISTUS ACADEMY
Via Christus Academy is a 3-year theological and Christian life education program. The program can be completed after 350 hours of training, 7,500 pages of reading, and various assignments, exams, and church ministry experience. We use 3 different educational platforms in our program: Main Courses, Auxiliary Courses, and Seminars.
OUR PURPOSE
Discipling mature leaders in God's Word is a difficult challenge throughout Turkiye. Institutions related to the subject are few and academics are almost non-existent. When many pastor’s workload is already overwhelming and logistics and financial issues are insurmountable, leadership training is also left entirely to the local church and this reality for many seems like an impassable mountain to climb. This is why Via Christus is passionate about coming alongside the church to help them disciple local leaders. We want to see the gospel spread around the world and new churches established and therefore we take the issue of leadership training seriously. Our goal is to produce Gospel-centered leaders who are spiritually mature, theologically equipped, competent, and filled with the desire to serve the local church and plant future churches. We believe that the church is the main means God has chosen to make disciples, and therefore we believe in church-sponsored, church-based, and church localized education.
OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH & DISTINCTIVES:
Via Christus Ministry accepts the Gospel Coalition Faith Statement and offers a Church-based, Gospel-Centered, and Mission-oriented theological education committed to Reformed theology. We believe that the Biblical knowledge of God shapes and transforms all of life and therefore we take serious the need for this theological education to not only be comprehensive, but also applicable within the local church. We train Pastors, Deacons, and prospective leaders to be of long-term benefit to the church by educating them not only in the knowledge of God, but also in practical ministry, communication skills, critical thinking, counseling, and problem solving.
We aspire to provide a healthy education through our dedicated academics, local faculty, and counselors who are dedicated to the service of the Lord and who want to support the lives of the students and the future of the church. As Via Christus Academy, we want to see our students grow in the knowledge of God and His holiness, and we consider it a privilege to play this role in their education. If there is anything we can do to serve you, please contact us.
Grace and peace,
Kerem Koç
President of Via Christus Ministries
Grace and peace,
Kerem Koç
President of Via Christus Ministries
“We desire to provide education where theology changes
both minds and hearts to produce practical Godly living.”
Our ministry exists to produce mature leaders who live in God's Word with these distinctives:
- Theologically Robust
- Reformed Soteriology
- Motivated To Strengthen Existing Local Churches & Plant New Ones.
- Gospel-Centered and Mission-Minded
PROGRAM
Main Courses:
These main courses are offered by academics who are experts in the subject , but who will give active, face-to-face training for 5 days. Before and after these studies, which last 20-25 hours, students may be given various assignments, exams and church ministry responsibilities at the request of the local faculty. There are 9 main courses in total and participation in all courses is mandatory in order to complete the program.
Auxiliary courses are offered by the Academy's faculty. These lessons, held face-to-face or sometimes online, take approximately 8-10 hours. Students may be assigned various assignments, exams, and church ministry responsibilities before and after training at the request of the local faculty. There are 9 supplementary courses in total and at least 6 of them must be completed in order to complete the program.
Seminars:
Seminars are trainings that evaluate today's problems and issues. They are taught by Academy faculty and local pastors. Completion of the seminars, which are mostly held online, is not mandatory, but it will be important for students to attend the seminars in order to complete the credits required to complete the program. At the request of the local faculty before and after the seminar training, students may be given various assignments, exams and church ministry responsibilities.
There is a total of 85 credit hours required to complete the Academy program, which can be completed in 3 years as a regular study. Of these 85 credits, 63 must be taken from the compulsory main courses and 18 from the auxiliary courses. This corresponds to 81 credits in total. The remaining 4 credits can be built up from other various courses or seminars.
These main courses are offered by academics who are experts in the subject , but who will give active, face-to-face training for 5 days. Before and after these studies, which last 20-25 hours, students may be given various assignments, exams and church ministry responsibilities at the request of the local faculty. There are 9 main courses in total and participation in all courses is mandatory in order to complete the program.
- Hermeneutics
- Introduction to Theology I
- Introduction to Theology II
- Biblical Theology
- Introduction to the Old Testament
- Introduction to the New Testament
- Ethics and Apologetics
- Practical Theology and Preaching
- Theology and Church History
Auxiliary courses are offered by the Academy's faculty. These lessons, held face-to-face or sometimes online, take approximately 8-10 hours. Students may be assigned various assignments, exams, and church ministry responsibilities before and after training at the request of the local faculty. There are 9 supplementary courses in total and at least 6 of them must be completed in order to complete the program.
- Counseling
- Spiritual Disciplines
- Church Planting
- Worldviews
Seminars:
Seminars are trainings that evaluate today's problems and issues. They are taught by Academy faculty and local pastors. Completion of the seminars, which are mostly held online, is not mandatory, but it will be important for students to attend the seminars in order to complete the credits required to complete the program. At the request of the local faculty before and after the seminar training, students may be given various assignments, exams and church ministry responsibilities.
- Prosperity Gospel
- Marriage
- Other Religions
- Corona Virus
There is a total of 85 credit hours required to complete the Academy program, which can be completed in 3 years as a regular study. Of these 85 credits, 63 must be taken from the compulsory main courses and 18 from the auxiliary courses. This corresponds to 81 credits in total. The remaining 4 credits can be built up from other various courses or seminars.