 Types of Competency Sets
Students in Antioch School programs will be assessed according to the following sets of competencies. Not all sets are assessed in each program. Although the competency sets are organized according to the use of BILD resources for leadership development, individual students may develop in different ways in the use of BILD resources and through other learning opportunities demonstrated in their portfolios.
Life and Ministry Development Portfolio System
(all degree programs)
Each Antioch School program is grounded in a deep understanding of God's design for each person, as well as extensive mentoring and evaluation done by church leaders using biblical qualifications for ministry. Competencies related to life and ministry development are demonstrated in the following manner:
Leadership Series I
(C.Min., B.Min., B.Th., M.Min., and M.Th.)
This series of courses helps the student employ the New Testament as a manual for church development, particularly through the keys taught in the Book of Acts and the Pauline Epistles. The courses are designed to be used in group settings and rely heavily on Socratic discussion for personal and community insights. Each course contains units with issues to address, Socratic discussion questions, project guides, and a theological reader (with the best chapters and articles on the key topics).
Leadership Series II
(C.Th., B.Th., and M.Th.)
This series of courses helps the student utilize biblical theology to let the inspired message of Scripture unfold and a theology-in-culture orientation to complete the process of Scripture having its intended impact. Like Leadership Series I, each course contains units with issues to address, Socratic discussion questions, project guides, and a theological reader (with the best chapters and articles on the key topics).
Ministry Strategy Plans
(B.Min. and M.Min.)
These plans demonstrate integration of ministry strategy into ongoing comprehensive personal ministry based upon competencies associated with Leadership Series I courses. In most cases, they will be written and revised upon the completion of sets of four Leadership Series I courses.
Major Projects
(B.Th. and M.Th.)
These projects integrate Leadership Series II courses in an ongoing comprehensive process of building biblical theology. They include presentations of the author's intent, literary design, and key theological and hermeneutical themes for all the books of the Old and New Testaments.
Ministry Practicum
(all degree programs)
These are opportunities to learn through substantial ministry responsibilities and reflection on ministry experience. Students "contract" with their mentors and certified leaders for development related to specific ministry responsibilities and evaluation (at a rate of 1 semester hour of credit for each 45 hours of designated ministry and reflection), making extensive use of the "Current Ministry Assessment" form by a student's mentor.
Teaching Practicum
(all degree programs)
These are opportunities to learn through substantial teaching experiences and demonstrate learning through careful reflection and external evaluation. They include the use of The First Principles (basic discipleship material), Leadership Series, and Paradigm Transformation Seminar courses in one's own ministry situation. The contexts for teaching can range from teaching the main classes a ministry uses to facilitate use of the BILD resources to personal discipleship with a small group or family members. It does not need to be an "official teaching role" in a church.
Paradigm Transformation Seminars
(D.Min.)
These seminars allow the student to inquire deeply about ministry concepts and build ministry plans from beyond traditional paradigm perspectives. Each seminar requires extensive preliminary reading in seminal resources, participation in discussions held in intensive live class meetings (3–5 days in length), and practical projects in one's own ministry situation.
Biblical Theology in Culture Seminars and Defenses
(D.Th.)
These seminars allow the student to make substantial contributions to the understanding of the unfolding message of God's Word and its significance for cultural impact. Each seminar requires extensive preliminary reading in seminal resources, participation in discussions held in intensive live class meetings (3–5 days in length), and practical projects in one's own ministry situation.
Doctoral Projects
(D.Min. and D.Th.)
These projects are culminating efforts of doctoral programs. They make substantive contributions to the progress of church-based theological education and biblical theology in culture. They could take the form of a dissertation (literature review and original research), a book, a Leadership Series type course (suited to a particular ministry situation or issue), or other publishable ministry tool (video/DVD seminar, workshop, assessment tool, etc.).
General Education
(B.Min. and B.Th.)
This area provides a core of analytical, communicative, and quantitative skills associated with a well-trained bachelors-level student. The courses form an "integrated, holistics core" that is built from Ernest Boyer's College: The Undergraduate Experience in America, Mortimer Adler's The Paideia Program: An Educational Syllabus, and Howard Gardiner's The Disciplined Mind. They may be fulfilled in four ways:
- BILD-type courses (forthcoming).
- transfer credit from traditional institutions.
- portfolio assessment of other demonstrations of competency.
- CLEP tests.
See the Transfer Credit section for more details on what qualifies as transfer credit or CLEP tests for these general education requirements.
Other/Electives
(B.Min. and B.Th.)
This category allows students and partners to customize programs and determine competencies appropriate to the programs. It may include use of additional BILD resources, transfer credit from other institutions, specialized training unique to the ministry needs of the partner, Lifelong Learning Reading Reports, Leading "Great Books" community discussions, Ministry Practicum, Teaching Practicum, or other demonstrated competencies.
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