A Teaching Program Determined By the Local Church.
The Smith Christian University assist in establishing "Extension College's" and "Bible College's" in local churches around the world - that is, instead of requiring students to pack up and move to some central campus and be lost from the church, we send the college to the church.
Our Educational Fellowship will help you to mentor, encourage, and assist your students within the context of your community and your mission, and for some to other parts of the world.
Smith Christian University Educational Fellowship is a ministry designed to assist in the task of "equipping the saints for the work of the ministry, for building up the Body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12)"
In essence, we are here to equip the equipper to equip the saints of God. We have established an International Educational Fellowship of Training centres in local churches and ministries, and we work with pastors, national and international leaders to develop quality ministry education for their congregations.
George Barna reports that only 1 in 5 (that's 20%) of all church members actively
participate in the work of the ministry.
We believe that we can help you change this statistic for your church. By partnering with Smith Christian University, you can offer a variety of education programs from our network of colleges and universities to meet the specific needs of your church and community.
No longer must your men and women be sent away to be trained for ministry.
Download this booklet to discover how you can establish an Extension College in your local community as an educational outreach program, you can have your own "School of Ministry" utilising SCU's programs and curriculum as your primary resource. When you become an Extension College, students in your program become official distance education students of one of the colleges or universities in the SCU network, depending upon their individual needs.
Students study under your local supervision, studying the dynamic curriculum developed by SCU.
The Extension College has proven to be an invaluable tool for men and women who desire to be trained and thus develop the skills to serve the vision and mission of the local ministry.
The Smith Christian University is accredited by TACI, an affiliate of ABHE, and approved by The Florida Department of Education, Commission for Independent Education to issues awards to the level of Advanced Diploma of Chrisitan Ministry and Theology by distance education as well us degrees from Assocaites to the Doctorate level.
The Smith Christian University Educational Fellowship, Colleges and Universities have degree granting authority in the United States, recognition in various nations including the Bahamas, Nigeria and West Africa.. SCU's programs are increasing in recognition worldwide.
- Smith Christian University was founded for the purpose of developing and making available a dynamic educational and training system of high academic excellence, international in scope, and able to be contextualised to meet the specific needs of individual churches and ministries.
- Smith Christian University offers local churches and ministries a "turn-key" operation for the establishment of a high-quality in-house School of Ministry operated under local leadership, with the assistance of SCU's educational experts. We provide you with a comprehensive four year curriculum consisting of over one hundred courses to train men and women for effective service under your authority and professional mentorship.
- The Smith Christian University Educational Fellowship make it possible for Christian leaders and workers to fulfil their aspirations of completing their education and/or receiving academic credit, all without leaving their community, family, job, or local church! This can be accomplished right from your Extension College under the tutelage and mentorship of your leadership; leaders who best know and have a keen pastoral interest in their spiritual development.
- No longer does the local church need to send its young people and developing leaders off to a faraway academic institution with curricula far removed from practical ministry and the "Vision of the House".
- SCU's role is to assist the local church in preparing leaders for service in their church and community. We believe that the church needs flexible delivery systems such as SCU Extension College to accomplish the Great Commission: to teach all nations (Matthew 18).
Students of SCU Extension College are able to continue their studies through any of the SCU options through to the Doctorate level.
For more information on this option send us an email send an email asking for more specific information on the "Extension College Program".
