0300 040 6200
With our goal to partner with the Church to equip and send the whole people of God, we designed the Foundations in Kingdom Theology – Church Edition to bring together our mutual strengths. WTC provides its expertise through recorded teaching, so you can facilitate the content to shape your local community according to your needs.
The content consists of 24 video sessions by WTC Faculty, with accompanying notes. Each session consists of 2 x 15-20 minute lectures, designed to be followed by group discussions facilitated by a local group leader.
Our goal is to help those wanting to go deeper in the faith to have a solid foundation of theological knowledge, equipping people to know where they stand if faced with theological and cultural speculation. For this purpose, the course provides an introduction to the foundations of the Christian faith and is pitched at Level 3 (A-levels/Scottish Highers).
Modules include the Bible, Christian beliefs and practices, early Church history, and leadership. There is no need for any prior study of theology.
Since the study of theology is best situated in the church, students will benefit from time for weekly discussions. We recommend planning for an hour to an hour and a half per teaching and discussion session. WTC provides Facilitator Guidance to help the participants to get the most out of this course.
So participants can revisit previous material, all enrolled participants will have access to the lectures on the web platform and course notes for the year of their study. An additional online meeting with a Faculty member at the end of each module is available as an extra option.
This is a non-validated course.
What does the Church Edition offer?
The Foundations Course Church Edition
– delivered through online filmed lectures.
- 24 filmed teaching sessions by WTC Faculty (30-40 mins per session).
- For groups within a church setting to study together.
- Guidance provided for a local facilitator to support discussions.
- Flexibility to start and run the 24-week course at a time to suit the group.
- Complete Course Booklet and Facilitator's Guide are included to support learning.
- Flexibility on group numbers.
- The course cost is £250 per participant, plus £150 for the course facilitator (free for groups of 10 or more).
- An optional additional fee of £600 gives groups access to in-person Faculty meetings at the end of each module.
Church Edition Modules:
with Dr Freddy Hedley & Prof Ben Blackwell
8 sessions
This module traces the story of God’s work in the world throughout the Bible so believers can understand their place within it. To help people not to get lost in the various characters and episodes, we orientate students to the central movement from creation to new creation by attending to God’s redemptive work with the people of Israel and the church. We particularly focus on the themes of covenant and kingdom to explore this story, helping people to understand Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection in the power of the Holy Spirit and what this means for us today.
with Dr Jasper Knecht
4 sessions
This module helps students understand the transition from the biblical narrative to its embodiment in the life of the church. We focus on the foundations of the Church by exploring the theology and practice of the earliest Christians in the first and second centuries after the New Testament. We explore how they navigated this new faith in the complexities of diverse and pluralistic cultures, how they faced the challenge of remaining faithful despite external pressures and how they expressed the Christian faith in coherent and vibrant ways amidst internal disputes.
with Dr Lucy Peppiatt
8 sessions
This module helps students understand the coherence of and beauty of God’s identity and work in the world and our place in it. The content focuses on the central aspects of our faith by exploring questions concerning the Trinity, Jesus the God-man, the nature of revelation, and the person of the Holy Spirit. Importantly, the teaching shows how these key doctrines affect our discipleship, worship, and mission today.
with Bev Murrill, MA
4 sessions
This module addresses the development of the basic characteristics enabling Christians to lead with integrity, wisdom, humility and insight. The focus is on dealing with the leader’s inner life, with the understanding that most of the failures in Christian leadership are more to do with undealt-with flaws of the heart than lack of leadership skills. No leader is immune to the subtleties of ministry pressures and this module looks at the ways in which leaders can be aware of their own insecurities and maintain transparency before God and colleagues in order to safeguard not only themselves but those they lead.
Levels of engagement and pricing options
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Option 1 £250 p.p.
Access to the 24-week series of Church Edition FC recordings, along with accompanying course notes, which can be dowloaded and printed.
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Option 2 £250 p.p. + £600 (group fee)
Everything in Option 1 plus the opportunity for an online meeting with the lecturer at the end of each module.
Prices include access to the videos throughout the course for all registered group members, so they can relisten to lectures. A fee of £150 for a local course facilitator (free for goups of 10 or more) is required.
WTC will register the name and email address of each participant on the platform before the start of the course.
For groups choosing Option 2, the Faculty member will offer a few dates/times when participants from all the current groups can join a zoom discussion for a 1 hour Q&A. Questions need to be sent in advance of the meetings so that lecturers can group similar questions and cover all the points raised.
Please contact us if you are interested or have any queries: 0300 040 6200 / churchedfc@wtctheology.org.uk.