Beyond the COVID Church

Apologetics for Evangelism is the course that will teach your heart and mind to think and speak convincingly about Jesus Christ. Our age is broken. And this course explores how to answer some of the questions that a broken person (like myself) might have about the gospel. In this course, Dr. Rick Richardson, Dr. NT Wright, and others will introduce Biblical Apologetics, cover the Cumulative Case for Christ, and contrast Christian teaching to the New Atheism. You will be both encouraged and challenged to communicate your faith.

About This Course

This course is adapted from EVAN534, a graduate-level course in the Evangelism and Leadership Department at the Wheaton College Graduate School.Our mission in the Evangelism and Leadership Department is to develop people for effective leadership in evangelism that is informed by critical engagement with the nature of the gospel, Christian life and thought, and the cultures of the contemporary world.

Successful completion of this course is on a non-Certificate and Certificate basis. Those who choose the Certificate option will receive staff-graded papers and will gain a certificate leading toward the Basic Evangelism and Leadership WheatonX Certificate that encompasses several upcoming courses.

Apologetics is the study and practice of establishing the plausibility of the Christian faith within particular cultures and contexts. Students will explore the frameworks for apologetics and then apply them to modernist, postmodern, and global contexts and questions.gs.

Course Staff

Dave Pederson, Ph.D.

I am very happy to join with you as your instructor for Apologetics. I greatly value student input and contact, so I hope that you will feel free to connect with me at the email above. I have been a senior pastor for fifteen years. And I served overseas in Greece, South Korea, and The Philippines for twelve years. I am married to Debbie and we have five grown children. My scholarly interest in apologetics settles in the field of rhetorical criticism, both in ancient times and now. I look forward to getting to know all of you. – Dr. Dave Pedeonsm.

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Beyond the COVID Church