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Appendix 3 Overview of the Capstone Curriculum and Summary Objectives

Overview of the Capstone Curriculum A project of over eight years, the Capstone Curriculum was released in the spring of 2006. Containing 10,000+ pages of text, this curriculum includes 16 modules; 72 Lessons, 128 thirty-minute video segments; 166 memory verses; 41 required textbooks; 217 recommended supplemental textbooks; 380 case studies; 8,080 Scripture passages. The Capstone Curriculum is a sixteen-module training program, designed to be engaged at a seminary level, to serve as the most essential knowledge and skill learning necessary for effective urban ministry and church leadership. Based on an expanded and detailed discussion of the critical sections of the Nicene Creed, the Capstone Curriculum seeks to equip learners in the foundational truths of the Great Tradition of the Church. It was constructed to offer solid, historically orthodox, Christ-centered, biblical training to urban leaders that is both culturally sensitive and entirely affordable to those who normally would be excluded from training because of academic background or cultural distance. The curriculum is organized around four departments or categories, Biblical Studies, Theology and Ethics, Christian Ministry, and Urban Mission. Each department contains four modules or courses, each with four lessons which contain the content of the material in a structured, systemic manner. Each module consists of a Mentor’s Guide , a Student Workbook , and DVDs (two video discs containing four hours of video). Additionally, each module includes a full complement of training tools (case studies, quizzes and exams, exegetical and ministry projects, Scripture memorization assignments, and required and suggested textbooks). The Capstone Curriculum is specifically structured to be used in a variety of formats, time frames, and teaching venues. As a complete training curriculum, it may be accessed through The Urban Ministry Institute’s Satellite Certificate Program. This curriculum provides a Christian leader all they need to be effective servant leaders in their family, church, and ministry contexts.

Overview of Capstone

and Summary Objectives