Please complete the foundation and pre-requisite subject Bible Overview, before registering for any other subjects.

Welcome Back, Returning Students!

Below are the available modules available this term.

Preliminary Level (PTC) | Intermediate Level (ITC) | Advanced Level (ThC)

Preliminary Theology Certificate (PTC) Level

Ephesians

NT112 Ephesians

This letter teaches us that we can only understand the present by relating it to what God has done in the past, and therefore to his intentions for the future. Ephesians presents a big picture, with cosmic dimensions, of God and his world for us to take in.

Syllabus
1. Why write to the Ephesians
2. The big picture of God’s salvation
3. The Christian and the Church
4. The mystery in focus
5. The new humanity: in church
6. The new humanity: the old self and the new self
7. The new humanity: out of darkness into light
8. The new humanity: living by God’s wisdom
9. The new humanity: living in the overlap of the ages
10. To sum up all things in Christ

HOPE EFC
Teacher – Rowan Ponnampalam
Saturdays 10.30am-12.30pm
Begins: 12 September 2026

Old Testament 1

OT111 Old Testament 1

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy together. What do they teach? What holds them together.

Syllabus
1. Creation and God’s purposes
2. Rebellion and judgement
3. The patriarchs
4. The book of Exodus
5. The redemption of Israel
6. Israel at Sinai
7. The sacrificial system
8. The book of Numbers
9. The book of Deuteronomy
10. Major ideas in Deuteronomy

OLD TESTAMENT 1 ONLINE
Teacher – Marcus Lee
Tuesdays 8pm – 10pm
Begins: 1 September 2026

Intermediate Theology Certificate (ITC) Level

Romans

NT122 Romans

Romans opens up the central truths of the gospel. This book has changed many lives. Some of these lives have changed history. A detailed walk through the book of Romans in this module.

Syllabus
1. The background of the letter
2. Why we need the gospel
3. How God meets our need
4. The fruit of justification
5. The Christian and sin
6. The Christian and God’s law
7. Life in the Spirit
8. The problem of Israel’s unbelief
9. Jews and Gentiles in the plan of God
10. Love in action

ONLINE

Teacher – Oliver Wong
Mondays 8pm – 10pm
Begins: 28 September 2026

Reformation Church History

CH122 Reformation Church History

The Reformation was the time when the gospel was rediscovered. Learn how Christians found the freedom that Christ brings.

Syllabus
1. The medieval Background
2. Martin Luther
3. Lay Reformation in the cities
4. The radical Reformation
5. John Calvin & international Calvinism
6. The papal Reformation
7. The monarchical Reformation in England
8. Liturgical Reformation & Marion Counter Reformation
9. Elizabethan England & international
10. Scotland and Presbyterianism

ONLINE
Teacher – Chris Wylie
Thursdays 8pm-10pm
Begins: 24 september 2026

Early Church History

CH121 Early Church History

Early Church History takes a look at the life of the church (its struggles, persecution, and consolidation) through the first five centuries AD.

Syllabus
1. Introduction to Early Church History
2. Apostles and ‘Apostolic Fathers’
3. Challengers and Champions: Heresies in the first centuries
4. Christian Life: 2nd and 3rd centuries
5. The Hour of Trial: Persecutions of the Early Church
6. A New Era: Accepted and Respected
7. Trinitarian Controversies
8. Men and Women of East and West
9. The Road to Chalcedon: Christological Controversies
10. Popes, Monks and Missionaries

EARLY CHURCH HISTORY ONLINE

Teacher – Tim Cheang
Tuesdays 8pm – 10pm
Begins: 1 September 2026

Advanced Theology Certificate (ThC) Level

Doctrine 3

CT131 Doctrine 3

The Church. What it is and what does it do in the purposes of God? Attention is paid to Christian worship, baptism and the Lord’s supper.

Syllabus
Study 1 – The Context of the Christian Life
Study 2 – The Freedom of the Christian Life
Study 3 – The Pattern of the Christian Life
Study 4 – Power for the Christian Life
Study 5 – Worship and the Christian Life
Study 6 – The Church of God (1)
Study 7 – The Church of God (2)
Study 8 – The Christian Ministry
Study 9 – The Means of Grace
Study 10 – Glory as the End of the Christian Life

ONLINE
Teacher – Oliver Wong
Saturdays 9.30am-11.30am
Begins: 5 September 2026

Old Testament 4

OT141 Old Testament 4

The focus of this unit is in the ‘Writings’ with a particular look at the nature of wisdom literature in the Old Testament.

Syllabus
1. Introduction to the Writings
2. The Psalms: an overview
3. Selected Psalms
4. Wisdom in Israel
5. The book of Proverbs
6. The Song of Songs and Ruth
7. The book of Job
8. Ecclesiastes and Lamentations
9. Apocalyptic in Israel
10. Daniel, Esther and the Apocrypha

ONLINE
Teacher – Tim Nichols
Tuesday 8pm-10pm
Begins: 15 September 2026