Women in Scripture and Church History

 

Bowers Bible Institute  @ 2014 

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

Women in Scripture and Church History   (15 Lectures)  A study about women in history and today.

 

COURSE RATIONALE

 

This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the contributions and roles of women in Scripture and church history. The course will trace the development  of the church as it progressed through its history and discusses the important contributions that women made to that history. 

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

 

Upon completion of this course:

 

1. The student will understand the history of women in the Church.

 

2. The student will understand the roles of women the Church

 

3. The student will understand the contributions of women in the functioning of the early church.

 

4. The student will understand the contributions of women though out scripture

 

 

 

METHOD OF INSTRUCTION

 

Instruction methods will include online lectures and assigned bible readings.

 

Student achievement will be evaluated by a multiple choice exam at the end of the course. 

 

COURSE OUTLINE

 

Lecture 1 Overview Lecture 9 Church Government Lecture 2 The Activities of Women in the Early Church Lecture 10 Church Structure Lecture 3 The Mind and Pen of Women in the Early Church Lecture 11 The Church Fathers Lecture 4 Early Church Practices Concerning Women Lecture 12 The Abbesses of the Middle Ages Lecture 5 The Perspectives of Prophetic vs Apostolic Authority Lecture 13 The Statement of the Church Fathers Lecture 6  The Roles of Men and Women in the Early Church Lecture 14 Perspectives on Feminine Historiology Lecture 7 The Service of Women in the Early Church Lecture 15 The Church and its Environment Lecture 8 The Work of the Deaconess in the Early Church