Credo 2007 Class Cancelled

The class portion of the credo course, titled “Congregational Ministry in Theological Perspective,” scheduled for June 25 – 28 in Holland, Michigan, has been cancelled. This means the credo course is exclusively a distance (DL) offering during the 2006 – 2007 year. There will not be credit allotted for the course in this format. There are also plans to adjust the cost.

The course remains valuable in that it allows candidates in the Certificate of Fitness for Ministry process to complete the credo, receive feedback from the professor and peers, and meet the RCA requirement if a “B” or higher is earned. The students in the course are asked to write seven draft chapters – each chapter takes approximately two weeks. The chapter topics are: 1) Method (Introduction), 2) Doctrine of God, 3) Creation [including humanity], Fall and Sin, 4) Christology, 5) Soteriology, 6) Ecclesiology, 7) New Creation (Eschatology). With the input from the professor and other students, the participant collects the seven evaluated chapters and produces a full credo. The whole process takes approximately 18 weeks.