2025 COURSE STRUCTURE
CHOHRT #2
Terms: Thirteen-week terms; Four terms per year
Start Dates 2025: January 14, First Term; April 12, Second Term; July 12, Third Term; October 11, Fourth Term
Classes:
3 hours of class per course on Tuesday and Thursday evenings of the second and third week each month
6:30 PM to 7:55 PM – First Lesson
7:55 PM to 8:05 PM –Break Time
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM – Second Lesson
(All times based on CST)
CHOHRT #3
Terms: Thirteen-week terms; Four terms per year
Start Dates 2025: June 14, First Term; September 13, Second Term; December 13, Third Term; February 14, 2026, Fourth Term
Classes:
6 hours of class per course, one Saturday each month
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM – First Lesson
10:00 AM to 10:15 AM – Break
10:15 AM to 12:15 PM – Second Lesson
12:15 PM to 1:00 PM – Lunch
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM – Third Lesson
(All times based on CST)
Additional Reading/Research Needed Per Class: 405 pages undergraduate level / 1230 pages graduate and post-graduate levels
Practicum: A minimum of 3 hours per week, per term, in direct Christian ministry, a weekly report, and a written assignment is required for undergraduate students. A minimum of 6 hours per week during two terms in direct Christian ministry, a weekly report, 250 pages of reading, and a written assignment are required for graduate and post-graduate students. (Ministry hours may be split over two terms with permission from the instructor.)
The number of courses each term available: 2 live online courses plus the practicum
Average Students per cohort: 6-12 per class
FOUNDATION SERIES COURSES
How would you like to learn to minister the biblical reality of the radical countercultural insurgent kingdom lifestyle the New Covenant demands all followers of Jesus to live? That’s a mouthful. “Radical Countercultural Insurgent Kingdom Lifestyle.” Maybe you don’t understand what a “radical countercultural insurgent kingdom lifestyle” means. Most twenty-first-century Americanized Christians have no idea what those terms mean or how to live in such a way, let alone how to disciple others into this way of life.
The Foundation Series, a prerequisite for all degree students at the Advanced Kingdom School of Ministry, is a transformative journey into the reality of those words. Developed by our Co-President and Dean, Dr. Jim Warren, it is designed to help you understand and embody the principles of the “radical countercultural insurgent kingdom lifestyle.” This comprehensive series spans four thirteen-week terms, including eight courses and four practicums, allowing you to grow and evolve in your faith and inherent ministry as a disciple of Jesus.
Envision the privilege of studying under the guidance of Dr. Jim, a man who has not only ministered through numerous distinctive associations for over fifty years but has also experienced God’s transforming grace firsthand. This unique opportunity to learn and grow through the wisdom of such a seasoned follower of Jesus is what sets our program apart. Here are just a few of the comprehensive subjects you will encounter in this transformative series:
FIRST TERM COURSES:
THE161 Christian Foundations “Introduction to AKSM, Christian Life, and Ministry”–Instructor: Rev. Jim Warren, Ph.D.–Course Overview: This course is an orientation to AKSM and an introduction to courses covering Christian life and Christian ministry principles.
ECM101 Evangelism “The Radical Kingdom Gospel: Its Biblical Roots, Presentation, & Radical Response” Instructor: Rev. Jim Warren, Ph.D.–
Course Overview: Looking at the scriptures from a narrative point of view and the original intent of those to whom and through whom the scriptures came (Biblical Theology), this course will show how the entire thread of the Old and New Covenants is the kingdom of God, bringing humankind back into God’s original design. It will also focus on how this “Kingdom Gospel” was presented by the first-century church and the biblical response expectation from the New Covenant. As you study this course, you will scratch your head as you see scripture from a completely different angle, and then . . . well, that’s when the light bulb goes on. “Maybe my response to the gospel differed from the expected biblical response?”
RES496(1) First Semester Practicum–Coordinator: Rev. Jim Warren, Ph.D.–
SECOND TERM COURSES:
NTS110(A) Gospels: Life of Christ “The Life and Ministry of Jesus, the Christ, Part I”–Instructor: Rev. Jim Warren, Ph.D.
Course Overview: This chronological study will be informative, inspirational, and practical. It will relate the parallel accounts in the four Gospels and divide Christ’s life and ministry into generally accepted periods. Through proper study and research, the student will thoroughly understand Jesus’ life and ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit. What did Jesus’s life look like when seen through the eyes of those who walked with Him? Learning to “read out” of the scriptures rather than “into the scriptures” will open up the gospels’ account of Jesus’ life in a new, unique, and life-transforming way. This course also provides practical teaching experience. But hey, we can’t give everything away on the website. You’re going to love this intense but fulfilling experience.
PTH202 Discipleship “Invested Ministry: Moving from a Message/Event-Driven Ministry Model into the Attitude of Jesus”–Instructor: Rev. Jim Warren, Ph.D.
Course Overview: A view of ministry, lost to most of the twenty-first-century church, will be uncovered from Scripture along with its impact on how the church’s mission should be carried out in every century. Many personal examples of how this approach affected people as the instructor moved into this first-century method of Christian life and ministry will be used as illustrations. Is ministry what we do to and for people and what we say to them, or, at its core, something more? Learning the invested method of disciple-making may turn your world inside out and upside down.
RES496(2) Second Semester Practicum–Coordinator: Rev. Jim Warren, Ph.D.
THIRD TERM COURSES:
NTS110(B) Gospels: Life of Christ “The Life and Ministry of Jesus, the Christ, Part II”–Instructor: Rev. Jim Warren, Ph.D.–Course Overview: A continuation of the second-term course’s process, purpose and objectives
SYS322 Theology of Prayer “Communing with the Trinity: A Doctrine Experienced in Reality”–Instructor: Rev. Jim Warren, Ph.D.
Course Overview: What does it mean to be one with the Father and the Son as they are one with one another? Is the Trinity a doctrine to learn or Persons to live in relationship with? How does one live in such a relationship realistically, and how does this relate to Christian life and ministry? These and other questions will be delved into as the instructor takes you into a conscious recognition of the spiritual/mystical reality of biblical Christianity. Is prayer just talking to God, or is it something more? Dr. Jim will walk you through the process that enabled him to learn to commune with the persons of the Trinity in your times of solitude and everyday life.
RES496(3) Third Semester Practicum–Coordinator: Rev. Jim Warren, Ph.D.
FOURTH TERM COURSES:
THE242 New Testament Ministries “Cultivating Communities of Communion: Bringing the First Century Church to Twenty-First Century America”–Instructor: Rev. Jim Warren, Ph.D.
Course Overview: Is the church we see in America and the rest of the Western world the church Jesus had in mind when he said he would build his church? Can we expect the teachings, commands, and examples of the New Covenant to be lived out in a modern society? What would it take for this to happen if this is what God intended? These questions will be answered as the course leads you to understand the importance of the ekklesia as small, intimate communities of communion. What would happen if we dared allow the Holy Spirit to cultivate our lives together into the communities of communion the first-century church realized? What would ministry really look like if we became what they were and lived as they lived?
NTS340 Johnnine Epistles–Instructor: Rev. Jim Warren, Ph.D.
Course Overview: John’s epistles are studied, carefully referring to the unique theological nuances of the Apostle John. Instructions aimed at the individual believer and the general church are given specific attention to enhancing spiritual growth and a clear understanding of the biblical concept of Christian living. Are you tired of the excuses that hold you back from living the life commanded by the New Covenant? (Commanded by the New Covenant? Is that a new concept for you?) When you journey through the Epistles of John with Dr. Jim, you’ll have the opportunity to experience radical repentance intertwined with active faith-producing obedience. The choice is yours, but the potential for personal growth is immense.
RES496(4) Fourth Semester Practicum–Coordinator: Rev. Jim Warren, Ph.D.