Theology of Mission is a course that investigates God’s missionary activity and human participation in it throughout history. Students will read all assigned materials, summarize them, and present designated portions to the class.
Through the coursework, students will explore how God has accomplished his missional purposes and how people have taken part in fulfilling them. In doing so, students will gain insight into what God is doing in the present and how they themselves can participate in his ongoing mission.
- Profesor: Joshua Hong
This course explores the fundamental role of the church within God’s cosmic plan. Far from being just a human gathering, the church is understood as God’s chosen people, the body of Christ, and the dwelling of the Holy Spirit. As a messianic community, it acts as a powerful demonstration and testimony to the coming kingdom of God. Our main goal in this course is to examine the biblical-theological basis of the church and help develop healthy church communities. To do this, we will explore biblical foundations alongside discussions on historical and contemporary perspectives. We will identify and analyze key traits of a healthy church and their practical applications. This course aims to equip participants to foster a healthy church community by developing a strong understanding of the church, particularly the UBF church ministry, as community builders.
- Profesor: Augustine Suh
- Profesor: David Baik
- Profesor: Augustine Suh
This course traces early church history to show how the past helps defend orthodoxy and address today's challenges.
- Profesor: John Rhee
This course reflects UBF shepherding traditions and practices rooted in biblical foundations, helping students assess their lives as shepherds and develop their understanding of shepherdology. Through this course, we aim to grasp a comprehensive view of our church’s shepherding legacy—its history, vision-casting, practices, and personal stories of shepherding. We will study the biblical basis and model of shepherding that God established in Scripture, allowing us to evaluate our practices, experiences, and traditions. We then intend to integrate these elements into our own narrative to shape our convictions and practices of shepherdology within our context. Through this process, we strive to grow as shepherds for young people and nurture them to become shepherds for the next generation of students.
- Profesor: Joshua Hong
Christian leaders are responsible for understanding Christian faith in relation to biblical foundations and for expressing their understanding in today’s context. The Bible Doctrine course is designed to provide gospel workers with a sound understanding of Christian faith based on biblical and evangelical theology. The Biblical Doctrine 3 course covers the two major themes of Christian faith: the doctrine of the Holy Spirit and the doctrine of salvation. Each of these themes will be studied from biblical and evangelical-theological standpoints with practical applications. Our prayer is that we can be better equipped as ministers of Christ and to use the study of Bible doctrine to advance the kingdom of God in our lives and ministries.
- Profesor: Augustine Suh
- Profesor: Ezra Cho
Course Objectives
- To understand why we need to study the Bible inductively rather than deductively
- To learn how to observe a Bible passage
- To learn the boundaries of interpretation
- To learn how to apply the word of God in practice
- Profesor: Pastor Ron Ward
