This five-week term offers courses and schedules to serve a wide variety of students, from young people seeking spiritual growth and practical teaching to seasoned pastors seeking refreshment and encouragement. Students can attend for two, three, or five weeks.
Winter Term includes courses to challenge and deepen your faith and equip you to serve your church better, whatever your phase or direction in life.
Full-time Faith Builders instructors are joined by church and mission leaders with teaching experience to offer Winter Term courses.
Class | Hours | Instructor | |
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Themes in Leadership | 1 | Steven Brubaker | |
Anabaptism as Wordview | 1 | Steven Brubaker | |
Creating Life-giving Spaces | 1 | Cynthia Brubaker | |
Early American Mennonite Thought | 2 | Edsel Burdge | |
An Anabaptist View on Violence, Peace, & Politics | 2 | Edsel Burdge | |
Understanding Abuse | 3 | John Coblentz | |
The Growth of the Eastern Church | 1 | Lucas Hilty | |
Galatians | 2 | Paul Lamicela | |
Understanding the Biblical Storyline | 3 | Paul Lamicela | |
Life & Leadership for Men | 3 | Melvin Lehman | |
Romans: Salvation & Sanctification | 2 | Melvin Lehman | |
Issues in Church Leadership | 1 | Melvin Lehman | |
Music Theory I | 3 | Nolan Martin | |
Music Fundamentals | 3 | Nolan Martin | |
Listening to and Enjoying Good Music | 2 | Brandon Mullet | |
Music in the Life of the Church | 1 | Brandon Mullet | |
Beginning Choral Conducting | 1 | Brandon Mullet | |
Class Voice | 1 | Brandon Mullet | |
Marriage & Mothering | 1 | Marie Mullet | |
Church History: Early & Medieval | 3 | Stephen Russell | |
New Testament Survey | 3 | Stephen Russell | |
Engaging Middle Eastern Culture, History, & Religion | 1 | Reagan Schrock | |
Reading the Bible | 2 | Kyle Stoltzfus | |
Writing to Communicate | 1 | Anita Yoder |
Some courses run the entire five weeks while others run for two or three weeks. A typical course load is 6-8 semester hours, or two-three courses.