PCW511E - Pastoral Understanding of Women. Beverly Hislop, D.Min. This course fosters an understanding of the issues that impact effective biblical strategies for pastoral care to women. Students discover how the physiological, psychological, cultural and spiritual aspects of a woman affect good pastoral care. Featured is an understanding of seasons and transitions in life cycles against the background of societal role change for women, and the impact of physiological changes, nurturing needs and feminine perspective. Gender and cultural stereotypes
are examined, and biblical strategies for developing friendships, mentor/protege relationships, group support and other helps for shepherding women are presented.
PCW512XE - Women in Pain I. Beverly Hislop, D.Min. Increasing awareness of experiences that cause deep pain in women’s lives enables one to offer strategic pastoral care and referral when needed. Issues discussed in this course include divorce recovery, lesbianism, eating disorders, sexual abuse, suicide, widowhood, post-abortion syndrome, pornography, domestic violence, and infertility. Students learn how, from a biblical basis, to help women grieve losses, begin transition to health, and secure professional help when needed. The course features guest speakers with personal experience in dealing with these issues.
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PCW512YE - Women in Pain II. Beverly Hislop, D.Min. Increasing awareness of experiences that cause deep pain in women’s lives enables one to offer strategic pastoral care and referral when needed. Issues discussed in this course include divorce recovery, lesbianism, eating disorders, sexual abuse, suicide, widowhood, post-abortion syndrome, pornography, domestic violence, and infertility. Students learn how, from a biblical basis, to help women grieve losses, begin transition to health, and secure professional help when needed. The course
features guest speakers with personal experience in dealing with these issues.
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PCW513E - Women in Leadership. Beverly Hislop, D.Min. In this course students explore four essential components of being a Christian woman in leadership: call, character, craft, and competencies. Concerning the call of a woman in leadership, attention is given to understanding and valuing what motivates a person to lead. Students learn how to define and develop Christ-like character and integrity of heart in private and public arenas. The art of leadership is examined, including cycles, styles, and gender issues. The many facets of being a change agent,
communicator, and mentor are investigated, and insights are gained from biblical and historical examples of women in leadership.
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PCW514E - Building a Ministry to Women. Beverly Hislop, D.Min.
Learn how to build, maintain and advance a ministry to women-from vision to reality. Gain insights on developing these four components: cast the vision, build the team, discern the needs, and mold the ministry. Gain insights on building a leadership team by identifying and implementing essential team building components. Establish a biblical basis, mission and goals for the ministry. Learn how to discern the needs of the women, form a profile, then mold the ministry around that profile. Discover how to publicize, evaluate and celebrate for maximum ministry effectiveness..
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PCW 561GE- Equipping Women to Identify and Embrace Their Call. Kerry Kenyon, M.A. Learn to recognize the major obstacles and spiritual roadblocks women face daily. Gain biblical insights that are practical and applicable in guiding women out of a life of confusion and emptiness, and into the fullness of who they were created to be. This course provides five strategic disciplines that enable women to shed the lies, fear, and shame that keep them in bondage, freeing women to fully embrace their true identity in Jesus Christ.
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*Important Note: Courses delivered in DVD format are computer DVD ROM disks designed for computers running the Windows operating system. They will not work in home or auto DVD audio and video systems, and they will not provide full function when used with Macintosh computers running Apple operating systems.
