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Personal Enrichment
Program Purpose
What is the purpose of the Enrichment program?
Phoenix Seminary offers a non-credit personal Enrichment option for men and women who desire to deepen their understanding of God’s Word and to increase their effectiveness in lay ministry.
Enrichment students have the opportunity to experience some of the benefits of seminary training without the cost and time commitment typically required.
Enrichment courses are not transcripted or transferred as academic credit. If an enrichment participant is subsequently admitted to a program and wishes to receive credit for a course, the course must be repeated with all work completed and graded during the repeated course.
Enrichment students are expected to meet all course prerequisites. Enrollment may be limited for some courses. D.Min. courses and TH 504 Systematic Theology are not open to enrichment students.
Ordinarily, enrichment students should not participate in the classroom discussion unless invited to do so by the professor. Although enrichment students are not expected to complete assignments, their experience is enhanced if they complete the readings so that they can come to the classroom with the same shared background of information as the other students. Enrichment students must be respectful of the fact that class time with the professor is limited and priority needs to be given to credit students.
Admission Requirements
Applicants for personal enrichment must be at least 21 years of age and must have a high school diploma or G.E.D., or have earned a bachelor’s degree. Applicants must give evidence of a commitment to Jesus Christ. The Admissions Committee reserves the right to deny admission to any Enrichment applicant for any reason.
Most Popular Enrichment Courses
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BIBLICAL LITERATURE (BL) | ||
| BL 501 | Principles for Biblical Interpretation | 4 |
| BL 502 | Survey of the Pentateuch | 2 |
| BL 503 | Survey of the Historical & Wisdom Lit. | 2 |
| BL 504 | Survey of the Prophets | 2 |
| BL 505 | Survey of the Gospels | 2 |
| BL 506 | Survey of Acts & the Pauline Epistles | 2 |
| BL 507 | Survey of the General Epistles & Rev. | 2 |
| CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT (CD) | ||
| CD 501 | Living in God’s Presence | 2 |
| CD 504 | Foundations of Intimacy | 2 |
| COUNSELING & FAMILY (CF) | ||
| CF 506 | Soul Care: The Practice of Spiritual Formation | 2 |
| CF 507 | Marriage & Family Ministry | 2 |
| CHURCH HISTORY (CH) | ||
| CH 501 | History of World Christianity I | 3 |
| INTERCULTURAL STUDIES (IS) | ||
| IS 502 | Global Outreach | 2 |
| IS 503 | Evangelism & Discipleship | 2 |
| IS 510 | World Religions | 2 |
| LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (LD) | ||
| LD 501 | Shepherding God’s People | 2 |
| LD 502 | Developing Leaders Who Develop Leaders | 2 |
| MINISTRY SKILLS (MS) | ||
| MS 502 | Introduction to Pastoral Counseling | 2 |
| MS 506 | Creative Bible Teaching | 2 |
| NEW TESTAMENT GREEK (NT) | ||
| NT 500 | Introduction to Greek | 3 |
| OLD TESTAMENT HEBREW (OT) | ||
| OT 500 | Introduction to Hebrew | 3 |
| THEOLOGY (TH) | ||
| TH 500 | Survey of Christian Theology | 4 |
| TH 501 | God, Scripture, Revelation, and the Holy Spirit * | 4 |
| TH 502 | Humanity, Angels, and the Person & Work of Christ ** | 4 |
| TH 503 | Salvation, the Church, and the Future ** | 4 |
| TH 505 | Apologetics: Defending the Faith | 2 |
| TH 506 | Contemporary Moral Issues | 2 |
| TH 510 | Biblical Sexuality | 2 |
* Prerequisite: BL 501
** Prerequisites: BL 501 & TH 501