Course Offerings - Fall 2: 2025 - October 6 - November 30

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Facilitator: Dr. Robert Mitchell

 NTCC is pleased to offer this course in partnership with North American Missions (NAM). 

Course Description:   This course interactively presents students with the biblical imperative to establish new churches. The course explores the methods of the early Pentecostal movement to evangelize by planting churches, as well as presenting a modern paradigm of church planting by examining the experiences of modern church planters.

Required Book(s): 

• A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story
• Discovering Church Planting: An Introduction to the Whats, Whys, and Hows of Global Church Planting

Instructor: Dr. Napoleon Burt

Course Description: In this course, the student will be introduced to a basic understanding of the tenets undergirding biology. Evidence foundational to the theories of origins and evolution will be examined. Arguments for creation and intelligent design will be introduced and explored. A comparison will be made between secular biological theories and biblical teachings to expose inherent contradictions and equip the student to understand and defend their acceptance of the Bible.

Required Book(s): 

• Discovering Intelligent Design: A Journey into the Scientific Evidence

Instructor: Cade Hendrick

Course Description: In this course, the student will explore a chronological study of the life and times of Christ. Particulars will include His Birth, Early Years, His Ministry, and the Passion Week.

Required Book(s): 

• Four Portraits, One Jesus: A Survey of Jesus and the Gospels

Instructor: Jacob Stump

Course Description: In this course, the student will explore various ethical challenges affecting the church. A personal, professional, and ministerial perspective will be integrated into the learning in order to take a holistic approach to ethical behavior. Each topic will be studied from a scriptural and historical perspective.

Required Book(s): 

• Christian Ethics: Contemporary Issues and Options

Instructor: Brian Kinsey

Course Description: In this course, the student will grasp a basic understanding of Biblical stewardship and overall life management. The student will analyze key management skills and ethical behavior that sustains ministry success.

Required Book(s): 

• I Choose to Win: How to Get Unstuck, on Track, and Enjoy Abundant Life
• Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer (Sanders Spiritual Growth Series)

Instructor:  Todd Nance

Course Description:  In this course, students will gain an understanding of the historical and cultural settings of the New Testament. Students will start in the Gospels, Acts with a special emphasis on the Epistles and the Book of Revelation. The highlights of the New Testament.

Required Book(s): 

• A Popular Survey of the New Testament