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Chris sent this curriculum for the Christian Academy House in Rwanda.

Bible Curriculum at Christian Fellowship House

1. Tailored to meet the needs of NUR students:
a. four-year curriculum (8 semesters)
b. classes will be in session when students are on campus/
classes will be on holiday when students are on holiday.
-- each class will meet 16 to 18 times depending on calendar
c. classes held Monday through Friday / 6 PM to 8 PM
d. total number of classes in curriculum = 40 (8 semesters x 5 evenings)
e. students will receive a certificate for each completed class.
f. students will receive a diploma (?) when the curriculum is complete.
g. Frank Murenzi is academic director.
He will work out details for fairness in enrolling students
2. Tailored to meet the needs of the house: maximum number per class is 30 students
3. Tailored to meet needs of instructors:
a. Instructors are required to commit for one night a week for duration of the semester (14 to 16 sessions)
b. Compensation will be 5000 RF per session of class. This gratuity is intended to cover transport costs. Additional transport costs will be considered on a case-by-case basis. (for instance for an instructor traveling from Kigali)
c. The academic director will be assisting in all sessions and will be available as translator. He will also substitute when necessary.
d. We will pay for one sheet of paper per student per session. The sheet may be printed on the house computer.
e. An overhead projector, transparences, and whiteboard will be available for instructors.
f. Our desire is to challenge students. The difficulty of the class should fall somewhere between a Sunday school Bible study and a genuine seminary class.
g. We will strive to supply appropriate teaching and reference material for instructors.
h. We want to take full advantage to visiting scholars. If a seminary professor is in town for a few weeks, we may ask an instructor to cancel one session to provide an opportunity for a visiting expert.
i. We are recruiting instructors for the first semester as follows:

Monday – The Gospel of Matthew – Frank Murenzi
Tuesday – Church History since Reformation – Paul Gasigi
Wednesday – The Purpose Driven Life – James Musoni
Thursday – An Overview of Genesis and Exodus -- ?
Friday -- Introduction to Missions -- ?


See next page for proposed four-year curriculum

Our intention is to fill NUR students with the Gospel of Jesus Christ (20 classes), send them out them to make disciples of all nations (10 classes) and provide them with relevant tools to make their work effective (10 classes). We want to do all this in four years.

The Curriculum contains four parts: New Testament (12 classes), Old Testament (8 classes), Evangelism (10 classes), Special Topics / ST (10) classes.

We understand that student can not possibly complete every class during every semester. We plan to award a diploma to students who completes ½ of classes in each of the four areas. In addition, if students seeks a diploma, they are required to complete two weeks of evangelism during a holiday period.


Year One / Semester One
Gospel of Matthew
Church History 2 (ST)
The Purpose Driven Life (ST)
Genesis & Exodus
Intro to Missions


Year One / Semester Two
Epistle to the Romans
History of Church in Africa (ST)
Leviticus, Numbers & Deuteronomy
Biblical Interpretation (Hermeneutics)
Personal Evangelism

Year Two / Semester One
Gospel of Luke
Letter to the Hebrews
Church History 1 (ST)
Joshua, Judges, & Ruth
Apologetics


Year Two / Semester Two
Acts of the Apostles
1-2 Samuel & 1-2 Kings
TBA -- (ST)
Islam in Africa
TBA -- (ST)

Year Three / Semester One
Gospel of Mark
1 – 2 Corinthians
Chronicles > Esther
Preaching the Word
TBA -- (ST)


Year Three / Semester Two
Galatians > Thessalonians
Job > Song of Solomon (Poetry)
TBA -- (ST)
Teaching the Word
Church Planting


Year Four / Semester One
Gospel of John
1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
TBA -- (ST)
Isaiah > Ezekiel (Major Prophets)
Cross-cultural Evangelism

Year Four / Semester Two
Revelation
TBA -- (ST)
Daniel > Malachi (Minor Prophets)
Spiritual Formation
James > Jude (General Epistles)