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    The purpose of this class is to give the student an understanding of exactly what "the Church" is biblically.

 

  • AREAS COVERED:
    I.    THE IDEA, THE MEMBERS, AND THE DEFINITION OF “THE CHURCH"
    II.   HOW & WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED
    III.  BIBLICAL AUTHORITY
          The Church’s Authority
          Authority in the Church
    IV.  CHURCH HISTORY TO THE PRESENT DAY

  • INSTRUCTIONS:
      - Student is required to read the text, "The Church," by Dr. T.E. VanBuskirk, reading all scripture references in their Bible (KJV only).
          - Do not study more than one lesson per week.
          - The student is required to complete the test for each of the four sections.
           Tests are to be taken on or after the last day of each week of study.
           The week of study for the next lesson begins the day after student passes 
              the previous lesson's test.
          - Minimum attendance for the entire course is 5 weeks.
          - Minimum attendance for each lesson of the course is 1 week per lesson.

    SAMPLE SCHEDULE for a Begin Sign In date of 1/03/11
        This schedule is only a sample to show progress and test dates if the student stays with a schedule of exactly 1 week per lesson.  However, 1 week per lesson is only the minimum attendance requirement.  There is no maximum attendance requirement.

    Sunday

    Monday

    Tuesday

    Wednesday

    Thursday

    Friday

    Saturday

     January 2011

      

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    Submit Begin Sign In form and begin 1st lesson.

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    Submit 1st test.

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    Begin 2nd lesson.

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    Submit 2nd test.

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    Begin 3rd lesson.

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    Submit 3rd test.

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    Begin 4th lesson.

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    Submit 4th test.

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    One extra week for study because some lessons will take more than 1 week.

      

      

      

      

      


    Sunday

    Monday

    Tuesday

    Wednesday

    Thursday

    Friday

    Saturday

     February 2011

      

      

      

      

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    6  End of your 5 weeks minimum attendance for this course.

     

      Submit the Finish form and the Password Retrieval Form.

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    1st day of the 6th week.
     

      You may now take the FINAL TEST.

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          - The course is worth 1.5 credits.
          - There will be a final test at the end of the course.  All tests will be open book.
          NOTE: Because the tests are "open book" then the answers must be the exact wording of the text.

  • GRADING:
    All tests receive equal weight.

  • PROCEDURE:
    1. Read the required text, The Church.
    2.     After reading a section of the text, then click on the test below that corresponds with that section.
    3.     Fill in your user name, your user ID, and your e-mail address according to the Testing Instructions Agreement form, then click on start and proceed with the test.  If you do not fill out the test information page with all of the required information, then the test will be discarded because there will be no way to know who submitted the test.
     4.     SIGN-IN first for this course and mark the form "Begin" unless you have done so previously.  You do not sign in when you finish each lesson.  You only do so and mark the form "Finish" when you have completed the entire course and you are ready for the Final Test.
    5. Download and print the COURSE RECORD FORM.  On it you will keep a record of your sign in "Begin" date because you will be required to enter it on the Sign In "Finish" form that you will submit at the end of the entire course.  You will also keep other pertinent information on that form such as date and score for each test so that you will be able to keep track of your progress through the course.

  • TESTING:  Make sure you read the testing instructions if you have not already done so.
         ATTENTION: You MAY NOT take, or retake, more than one test on any one day in any one subject.  If you fail a test, you cannot retake it on the same day.  You must restudy the section involved, finding all of the correct answers in the textbook and then wait until at least the next day to repeat the test.

  • SECTION TESTS:
    Take each of these tests after completing the corresponding section in your textbook.
         - NOTE:     If the test does not open automatically, then refresh the page by pushing F5 or clicking the refresh button on your browser.
     - ATTENTION: The section tests may not be taken at less than one week (7 day) intervals and must be taken on or after the 7th day of that week.  Then the next section may be started on or after the day following the passing of the test.
       First Section test   Second Section test
       Third Section test  Fourth Section test
    -     NOTE:  If you had any wrong answers on any test, whether or not you received a passing grade, then you must restudy that section of the text and find all of the correct answers to the questions you missed on the test before proceeding to study the next section of the textbook.  You may use the copy of the test that was automatically mailed to you to make sure you have found the correct answers in the textbook.

  • FINAL TEST:
         - Once you have completed all sections of the textbook and passed all of the corresponding tests, and found the correct answers to any questions missed on any test, then you may Retrieve the Password and, upon receiving the Password, take the Final Test for the course.
    - You are not eligible to take the Final Test if you have not met the minimum attendance requirement of 5 weeks.
    - Once you pass the final test do not take it again.
    - If you fail the final test then you need to restudy both the textbook 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. However, you may not take or retake the Final Test, or any other test in this course, more than once on any one day.
    - If you miss any questions on the Final Test, even though you pass it, then you need to review the textbook and all of the section tests and find the correct answers to the questions you missed.

  • BEGIN CLASS:
    -     You may now go to the first lesson.
    -     After you complete each section, return to this page to take the corresponding Section Test.
    -     To go to the textbook click this link, The Church, (large file, 3.8 meg for printing) .
       or  The Church, (small optimized file: 753k)
    - To download in chapters for faster download, use these links.
         Lesson One   Lesson Two   Lesson Three   Lesson Four
    - Note:     All texts are in pdf format.  You will need Adobe Reader to access the books.  If you do not have Adobe Reader on your computer, then go to http://adobe.com and download their free reader.  After you have downloaded and installed Adobe Reader, then close that window to return to this page to access the textbook.

 

After you have completed all lessons and lesson tests,
then click on words or picture to retrieve the password
for the Final Test.

RETRIEVE PASSWORD

 You must have this password to gain access to the Final Test.


FINAL TEST
Final test is "open book;" i.e., you may use your
textbook and workbook and other study
materials while taking the final test.