Pastoral Practicum
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This
course is designed specifically for those who plan on becoming pastors
of local New Testament Churches. In this course you will gain
practical experience in some of the more common duties of the pastor.
All students are encouraged to take this course; however,
it is not a generally required course. Those not planning on
pastoring do not have to take this course but they may if they want to
do so. All students are encouraged to take it because there may
come a time when their pastor may ask them to help with one of the
ministries of the Church that will require knowledge addressed in this
course. It will be a big help to him to know that you are already
familiar, and practiced, in the various areas addressed in this course.
It also allows members of churches to become familiar with the normal
duties of their pastor which will enable them to more fully appreciate
the many and varied jobs that he carries out in the Church.
Some students may be required to take the course for their
particular course of study even though they may not plan on pastoring a
church. (4.5 credits)
In this course you will study the following subjects:
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Weddings
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Funerals
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Baptism
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Ordinations
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Dedications
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Parliamentary rules
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Other matters the pastor needs to know.
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For this course, student must have access to a baptistery or a body of water deep enough to completely immerse the person on whom they will practice the ordinance of baptism. They will also need access to helpers who are willing to be immersed for baptism practice, as well as helpers for mock weddings and funerals. If you are disabled and cannot perform the practice baptisms then you will be excused from doing that physical part of the course. However, you must still do the textbook work on baptism and the reciting out loud of the baptizing phrases so that you will know how to properly train the helper who will do the actual baptizing for the church when you become a pastor or you are asked to help or train others to help in performing baptisms.
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Prerequisite for the course:
Student must have successfully completed "The Church," "Public Speaking," "Baptism," and the "Church Polity and Order" courses.
The course on Baptism has just recently been added to our curriculum. If you finished taking the First Year courses before that course was added, then please take that course now. Click the name of the course and you will be routed to the Baptism course main page.
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Minimum Required Attendance for the entire course is 35 weeks.
Mark this on your Begin and Finish forms as well as on your Course Record form.
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Minimum Required Attendance per Lesson is 1 week.
Mark this on your Begin and Finish forms as well as on your Course Record form.
Some lessons will take longer than 1 week; therefore, the minimum course attendance overall has an extra 2 weeks included to allow for the longer lessons.
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Submit a Begin Sign In form before beginning this course.
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Download and print a Course Record Form on which you will keep pertinent information for this course.
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Student will be awarded 4.5 credits upon successful completion of the entire course.
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Study notes and instructions have been inserted into the textbook.
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TESTING: ALL TESTS ARE ACTIVE IN THIS COURSE AND ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL STUDENTS.
When you click a TEST link it will download
to your computer. When download is completed, click
"Open" or "Open when done". A window may pop up
stating that "Windows protected your PC". Click
"More info" and then click "Run anyway" in
the white rectangular box at the
bottom of that window.- RESULTS PAGE -
Be sure to submit a copy of the Results page
in order to have your score registered
to your file.Make sure you read the testing instructions if you have not already done so. All section tests are open book, which means you can use your textbook while taking the test. The Final Test is a closed book test, which means you can not use your textbook or any other material. The terms of a closed book test are explained on the Final Test Contract Form which must be submitted prior to taking the Final Test.
If you fail any test, you MAY NOT attempt that test again on the same day. You must restudy the either the textbook or workbook or the Bible, whichever is appropriate, and find all of the correct answers to the questions missed and then retake the test no sooner than the next day.
There is a button at the end of each lesson in the textbook entitled "Click Button" which will return you to this page to take your lesson tests.
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TEXTBOOK: The textbook for the course is The Star Book for Ministers by Hiscox.
- The following chart provides access to the textbook for the Pastoral Practicum course. It has been divided into sections and optimized for fast download and includes course notes.
- The entire text of the book is included but it is divided into lessons each with study notes.
- ATTENTION: Return to this page after each Lesson to take the Lesson Test.
- Download individual lessons using the following links:
Textbook: The Star Book for MinistersLESSONS:
The following copy of the original book is not for use in the course because it does not have the course notes included. The link to it is only included to give the student the option of downloading and printing a copy of the original classic book for their library.
Star Book for Ministers The original book by Edward T. Hiscox
Large pdf file (4.3 meg) suitable for printing.
This copy is made available so students can have the original work for their library.
However, it is not suitable for use as the textbook for this course because it does not contain course notes.
Please use the individual sections listed above under "Textbook: The Star Book for Ministers" in the
multi-sectioned box titled "LESSONS" for course study.
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List of Lesson Tests: (The numbers of the tests are the links to the tests corresponding to each like-numbered lesson.)
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Outline Requirements forms: Required Wedding/Funeral/Baptism Outline Form and Ceremony Outline Form can be accessed by clicking HERE.
Submit a separate form for each of those outlines. Indicate the name of the outline on each form submitted.
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FINAL TEST:
- Once you have completed all sections of the textbook, while meeting the attendance requirements for each lesson and for the course overall, and passed all of the corresponding section tests, and found the correct answers to any questions missed on any test, and finished all of your assignments, then you will submit your Finish Sign In form to indicate the end of your attendance for the course. After submitting your Finish Sign In form, then submit a Closed Book Test Contract form. After you have done that you will receive the Password and, upon receiving the Password, you can then take the Final Test for the course.
- Once you pass the final test do not take it again.
- If you fail the final test then you need to restudy the textbook and workbook or the Bible, whichever is appropriate, and all of the section tests and then retake the final test on or after the next day. Repeat this process until you pass the Final Test.
- If you miss any questions on the Final Test, whether you pass it or not, then you need to review the study materials and all of the section tests and find the correct answers to the questions you missed.ATTENTION: Please submit a Finish Sign In form before proceeding to retrieve the password and take the Final Test. You will not receive the password when you submit this form. It is only for purposes of attendance. To receive the password you will also have to submit the Closed Book Test Contract form listed below.
Closed
Book Test Contract
Before proceeding to
the Final Test, you must
read and submit a Closed Book Test Contract Form
in order to receive the password for the test.
You must have the password to gain access to the
Final Test.
Final test is
"closed book" i.e., you may NOT use
your
textbook, your workbook, or any other Study
Materials while taking the Final Test.