About the Curriculum
The Third Millennium Ministries' curriculum used by is a work in progress that will be completed in three stages:
- Stage 1 — Certificate (Completed)
- A 27-credit 1-year curriculum suitable for a certificate in Christian ministry.
- Stage 2 — M.A.C.M. (In Production; Some Courses Available)
- A 27-credit addition to the certificate curriculum to form a 54-credit 2-year curriculum suitable for an M.A. in Christian ministry.
- Stage 3 — M.Div. core
- A 27-credit addition to the M.A. curriculum to provide the academic core of an M.Div. program. Seminaries may choose to add their own practicum and/or language courses to this core.
The projected curriculum is listed below. Courses (e.g., Kingdom, Covenants & Canon of the Old Testament) are grouped with similar courses with common objectives (e.g., Pauline Epistles). Courses that are currently available are linked to pages where they can be downloaded.
Certificate in Christian Ministry (27 credits)
- Old Testament Survey
- Kingdom, Covenants & Canon of the Old Testament (2 credits)
- Hermeneutics
- He Gave Us Prophets (1.5 credits)
- Pentateuch
- The Primeval History (1 credit)
- Father Abraham (1 credit)
- Gospels & Acts
- The Gospels (2.5 credits)
- The Book of Acts (1 credit)
- Pauline Epistles
- The Heart of Paul's Theology (1.5 credits)
- Paul's Prison Epistles (2 credits)
- Introduction to Theological Studies
- Building Your Theology (1 credit)
- Building Systematic Theology (2 credits)
- Building Biblical Theology (2 credits)
- Basic Christian Doctrine
- The Apostles' Creed (3 credits)
- We Believe in Jesus (2.5 credits)
- Biblical Ethics
- Making Biblical Decisions (4 credits)
M.A.C.M (Certificate + 27 additional credits)
- Old Testament Survey
- Introduction to the Pentateuch (.5 credit)
- Introduction to the Historical Books (.5 credit)
- Introduction to the Poetic and Wisdom Books (.5 credit)
- Introduction to the Prophets (.5 credit)
- New Testament Survey
- Kingdom, Covenant & Canon of the New Testament (2 credits)
- Hermeneutics
- He Gave Us Scripture: Foundations of Interpretation (1.5 credits)
- He Gave Us Scripture: Biblical Literature (1.5 credits)
- Pentateuch
- The Books of Moses (2.5 credits)
- The Historical Books
- The Deuteronomic History (1.5 credits)
- The Chronistic History (1 credit)
- Pauline Epistles
- The Book of Romans (1.5 credits)
- General Books
- The General Epistles (1 credit)
- The Book of Revelation (1.5 credits)
- Basic Christian Doctrine
- We Believe in God (2 credits)
- The Sacraments (1 credit)
- Church History
- Introduction to Church History (2 credits)
- Ancient through Medieval Church History (2 credits)
- Biblical Ethics
- God's Law (1 credit)
- Loving God (1 credits)
- Loving Our Neighbor (2 credits)
M.Div. Core (M.A.C.M. + 27 additional credits)
- Hermeneutics
- He Gave Us Stories (1.5 credits)
- He Gave Us Poetry (1.5 credits)
- He Gave Us Letters (1 credit)
- The Poetic Books
- The Book of Psalms (1 credit)
- Poetry and Wisdom (1 credit)
- The Prophetic Books
- The Major Prophets (2 credits)
- The Minor Prophets (2 credits)
- Pauline Epistles
- Paul's Pastoral Epistles (1.5 credits)
- Biblical Criticism
- Survey of Higher Criticism (1 credit)
- Intermediate Christian Doctrine
- The Doctrine of Humanity (1 credit)
- The Doctrine of Salvation (1 credit)
- The Doctrine of the Church (1 credit)
- The End Times (1 credit)
- Church History
- Survey of Philosophy and Christian Thought (1 credit)
- History of the Reformation (2.5 credits)
- Modern Church History (2 credits)
- Apologetics
- Every Thought Captive (2 credits)
- Worship
- Theology of Worship (1 credit)
- Missions
- Theology of Missions (1 credit)
- Evangelism
- Theology of Evangelism (1 credit)