Theology with Religious Education for Secondary School Teachers – Th. Ed

The Bachelor of theology with Education for secondary school teaching is a 180 Credit hours programme. It is designed to provide courses for learners who anticipate entering service as; Religious Education and English teachers.

Students graduating with a Degree in Theology with Education should be able to:

• Demonstrate the necessary intellectual, verbal and relation skills required for the various aspects of pastoral ministry in a church or para-church context.
• Assess the needs and opportunities in a Christian community
• Develop and implement a strategy for ministry and mission
• Mobilise, equip and train Christians for ministry
• Expose learners to the various subjects that are included in the Evangelical University Religious Education for Secondary Schools curriculum.
• Enhancing learners’ ability to handle secondary school children from diverse social and economic upbringing.
• Sufficiently equip student teachers in areas of child Psychology and development.
• Encourage student-teachers to use different teaching and learning strategies in their teaching and learning spaces.

Theology with Religious Education for Secondary School Teachers – Dip. Th Ed

The Diploma of theology with Education for secondary school teaching is a 135 Credit hours programme. It is designed to provide courses for learners who anticipate entering service as; Religious Education and English teachers.

Students graduating with a Degree in Theology with Education should be able to:

• Demonstrate the necessary intellectual, verbal and relation skills required for the various aspects of pastoral ministry in a church or para-church context.
• Assess the needs and opportunities in a Christian community
• Develop and implement a strategy for ministry and mission
• Mobilise, equip and train Christians for ministry
• Expose learners to the various subjects that are included in the Evangelical University Religious Education for Secondary Schools curriculum.
• Enhancing learners’ ability to handle secondary school children from diverse social and economic upbringing.
• Sufficiently equip student teachers in areas of child Psychology and development.
• Encourage student-teachers to use different teaching and learning strategies in their teaching and learning spaces.

Primary Teacher Education Programmes - PED

The four (4) year Bachelor and (3) year Diploma of Primary School Teacher Education is to provide primary school teacher education courses for learners who upon completion will teach in public and private primary level learning institutions. This programme employs a variety of methods to make the delivery of the programme effective.

The programme seeks to provide education that is relevant, credible, in line with the Zambian ministry of Education (MoF) curriculum, adds value, and transformative in nature. As Evangelical University we are deliberately responding to the Zambian Ministry of Education (MoF) requirements for all primary teachers to improve their qualifications from diploma to degrees.

Bachelor of Theology and Education

The Theology and Education programme combines theology and education courses. The programme takes a 50% /50% approach. Translating into 50% theological courses and 50% education courses.

The Open Distance Learning programmes take place during term breaks; April, August and December according to the Zambian school calendar. The academic calendar for the ODL begins in April and runs through April of the following year.

Ministry Studies for Women - WIM

The Evangelical University opened the School for Women In Ministry to train and equip Christian women, who are working in their local churches and community.

We at the School for Women In Ministry desire to use a holistic Christian framework to start and continue the process of learning in the women. We anticipate they will develop essential skills, knowledge and understanding of their abilities.

Our desired outcome will be that they will be equipped, enabled and empowered to confidently work within the family, church and community structures. This will help them to be a positive influence on those with whom they interact, encouraging them to embark on their own journeys of personal development.

Diploma In Ministry Studies – WIM

The three (3) year Diploma in Ministry studies programme is designed to provide courses for learners who upon completion will:

• Find women involved in church or community ministry, including pastors’ wives, sensing the need for support in their roles.
• Help the women find and develop their own gifts and talents.
• Enable the women to use their gifts in their church or society involvements.
• Prepare the women to be servant leaders in their homes along with their ministries.
• Equip women in their roles with skills needed for their individual ministries.
• Build a support network for the women as they serve in their particular ministry calling.

The Objectives of the programme are:

• To encourage the women accepted into the programme to understand their faith in God.
• To help them to know what it means to have a relationship with Jesus Christ and how to live it out in their daily lives.
• To teach them the Word of God in a chronological order so they will be able to see the whole picture or story of the Bible.
• To help them learn how to interpret the scriptures.
• To instruct them how to study theology systematically.
• To build skills in the women so that they will be able to teach and also mentor other women or children.
• To prepare pastors’ wives for the challenges they will face in their role to serve alongside their husbands.
• To equip with skills to counsel those with different issues, especially women.
• To involve them in preparing and planning programmes for different types of meetings.
• To teach home management skills to be able to manage their homes as well as entertain visitors.
• To train the women for effective leadership to meet the needs in their ministry and society that does not stop changing.
• To help the women think through cultural issues from a Biblical point of view.
• To teach and practice English and writing skills.
• To help them learn what it means to be an entrepreneur and develop themselves.
• To instruct them about community development with practical experience.
• To educate them about HIV/AIDS and GBV and how to reach out to those who have been affected.
• To prepare them to work with the vulnerable people in their society.
• To teach the women practical ways of providing for their physical needs as individuals or as a family.
• To use all the skills and methods learned through this programme in the ministry they have been called to do.

The academic calendar for the WIM begins in May and runs through May of the following year.