Classes - Engage Church Network

6 month course line up

Dr. Mike Glenn

Everyone a Theologian

In this inaugural course, Dr. Mike Glenn will advance the principle that everyone is a theologian and how that spiritual truth empowers every believer to pursue a lifetime of ministry. By using You Are a Theologian, Searching the Scriptures, and Every Woman a Theologian as our primary texts, this course will guide participants on how to understand and interpret the Bible—not as passive readers, but as active, engaged theologians. Students will learn foundational principles of biblical interpretation and study, discover how to approach scripture with clarity, using a blend of practical tools and theological insight, and engage in group discussion and a hands-on practicum that is biblically based. This course will give participants the foundation to become lifelong learners of Scripture and encourage them to take the next step in formal theological education at the ECN Institute.

Dr. Chris Brooks

Spiritual Formation

In this course, Dr. Chris Brooks will lead the students through the Biblical, historical, and theological aspects of Christian formation, including the holistic and other models, as these are practically applied to personal life and ministry contexts. Christian formation is predicated on the biblical theology related to the love of God for humanity as expressed in creation and the four aspects of salvation: justification, redemption, sanctification and forgiveness. This interactive process concerns the changes and spiritual development of the believer as God forms, conforms, and transforms believers to reflect the image of Jesus Christ through (God’s gracious actions in and for the believer) and the believer’s response to God’s loving actions. These actions result in progressive formation (in spirituality): conformation (to the will of God) and transformation (into the likeness of Christ).

Dr. Darrell Gwaltney

Biblical Studies

This course on the New Testament provides an in-depth exploration of the life, teachings, and ministry of Jesus Christ, as well as the foundational doctrines and practices of the early Christian church. Students will study the Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Revelation, with a focus on understanding the historical, cultural, and theological context of each book. Emphasizing biblical interpretation, this course equips students to apply New Testament teachings to contemporary ministry and personal faith, fostering spiritual growth and a deeper understanding of God’s Word.

Dr. Michael Easley

Christian Theology

This course will cover the key tenets and central doctrines of the Christian faith. Special focus on biblical foundations, historical developments, theological method, and major controversies and confessions. The objective of this course is not to teach the Baptist, Pentecostal Christianity, Reformed Theology, Wesleyan views, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, or any other specific type of Christianity. Rather, the goal is to teach what Richard Baxter called, “mere Christianity.” That is, to teach what has been believed “by Christian believers everywhere, always, and by all.”

Dr. Matt Pearson

Preaching Cohort

This course will teach key knowledge necessary to be effective in biblical preaching as well as give students the opportunity to reflect upon that knowledge within the field of homiletics. The bulk of the course will consist of readings and discussion forums that cover a broad spectrum of literature in the field of homiletics, crafting biblical sermons and sermon analysis, and sermon evaluations by instructor.

Pastor Darren Tyler

Global Missions

This course will be a multifaceted and integrative experience that focuses on the biblical, historical, missional, and cultural dimensions of world evangelization. Emphasis is given to the state of the unevangelized people and how to strategically complete the Great Commission by discipling the nations.