Where the First Year sets your foundation in the Word and your identity in Christ, the Second Year builds upon it with courses aimed at teaching you to share what you have learned with the world! The emphasis is on learning by doing.
- 11 Instructors with decades of ministry experience and a revelation of God’s grace
- 24 life-transforming video courses
- Coursework translated into Chinese
- In person, facilitator-led classes with translation
- Lively discussion of the courses
- eCharis groups or Discipleship Evangelism groups that YOU lead
- Activation exercises to apply what you are learning
- Inter-Active Group (IAG) live teachings where YOU are the teacher
- Mission trip to a foreign country
- Operating in the gifts of the Spirit
- Being Christ to a lost and dying world!
Hybrid Program
The Second Year program in Hong Kong is a part-time, hybrid program that includes watching video lessons at home and attending highly-participatory “on-campus” classes once every two weeks in the evening. The Second Year program is taken over 2 academic years.
The Second Year program in Singapore and Malaysia is also a part-time, hybrid program that includes watching video lessons at home and attending highly-participatory Zoom meetings every three weeks and “on campus” meetings every 2 months. The Second Year program is taken over 2 academic years.
Second Year Courses
Second-year courses such as Laws of the Kingdom, Ministry of Excellence, Acts: The Power of Supernatural Living, and Making of a Minister teach you how to live out a victorious life as a leader in the Kingdom. In addition to regular classes, students also engage in Inter-Active Groups (IAGs) – workshops designed to help you fine tune and practice skills such as public speaking, preparing teachings, and ministering to others.
Leading eCharis Groups or Discipleship Evangelism Groups
Each Second Year student will reinforce the Truth learned in First Year by leading either a First Year eCharis group or a Discipleship Evangelism group. Second Year students learn how to generate lively discussions, answer questions, and sow into the lives of others over the course of two years.
Missions
All Second Year students are required to go on a Charis-planned mission trip as part of their requirements for graduation. We believe that mission trips are a valuable part of ministry training. Students learn how to function as a team in a foreign culture and unfamiliar surroundings, as well as, how to share the Gospel and communicate through an interpreter. These are life-changing trips. Even if you don’t plan to minister on foreign fields, these trips will expand your world vision and grant you insight to help those who are called to missions.
Charis mission trips are typically between 7-10 days in length. Trips are scheduled throughout the school year and require students to minister through teaching, evangelism, prayer, and drama to both adults and children of different nations. Locations change from year to year based upon hosts and scheduling restrictions. Students are taught how to raise their own support, as it is their responsibility to make sure they have enough funds for the mission trip.
Upon Completion
Upon successfully completing the Second Year program, students will receive a Diploma of Biblical Studies, but more importantly, students are well-equipped to live a Holy Spirit-led life that has the potential to change the world!