Pastoral Care to Women

Credit Program(PCW)
(Pre-requisite: Baccalaureate degree)

• Graduate Studies Diploma (GSD-PCW) provides a good foundation of biblical education and ministry skills. It is designed to fulfill minimum educational requirements of certain parachurch and mission organizations. It consists of 30 semester hours of training. The GSD-PCW program may be used to satisfy the first year of a MA or M.Div program in Pastoral Care to Women, after successful completion with a 2.5 cumulative grade point average.

  The GSD-PCW program is designed to deepen understanding and ministry skills for women ministering to women. The strong biblical and theological foundation, along with the spiritual formation enables students to be more confident and effective in their ministry. A balance of pastoral counsel for women, leadership development, biblical teaching, and program planning will be available in the PCW courses. Students will be well-prepared to serve in church, parachurch, or compassionate ministries to women as well as on the mission field.

  This class has given me renewed vision, greater skills, and a 'fresh heart' to provide effective ministry to women. (Sandi Phillips, Pastor to Women at Summit View Church, Vancouver, WA. GSD-PCW, 2001)

  GSD Core Classes:

  Biblical and Theological Studies (22 hours)
  BLS501 Interpreting Genesis to Song of Solomon (4 hrs)
  BLS502 Interpreting the Prophets to Gospels (4 hrs)
  BLS503 Interpreting Acts to Revelation (4 hrs)
  DBS506 Learning To Interpret Scripture (4 hrs) required
  SFS501 Learning to Love God and Others (2 hrs) required
  THS501 Knowing the Triune God: Theology I (4 hrs) required
  THS502 Glorifying the God of Our Salvation: Theology II (4 hrs)
  THS503 Living as the community of the Spirit: Theology III (2 hrs)
  THS572 Theology of Women in Ministry (2 hrs)

Pastoral Care to Women Concentration (8 hours)
PCW511 Pastoral Understanding of Women (2 hrs)* required
PCW512X Women in Pain, Part I (2 hrs)* required (Part I or II)
PCW512Y Women in Pain, Part II* (2 hrs)
PCW513 Women in Leadership (2 hrs)* required
PCW514 Building Relational Ministries to Women (2 hrs)*
PCW515 Dev and Deliver Life-Changing Messages (2 hrs)
PCW561F Develop Life-Changing Bible Study Curriculum (1hr)
PCW561G Equipping Women to Identify & Embrace Their Call (2 hrs)

TOTAL: 30 hrs