Laidlaw Bible School
LifeChurch Manurewa

1. 1. The Story of the Bible: March 12, 14, 19, 21, 26  |  7-9pm

Discover the Bible’s overarching narrative as a coherent and compelling story. Uncover the connections between various books and themes, deepening your appreciation for the Bible’s unity. Learn to connect the OT with the NT, to see how Christ is central to the story of Scripture, and find your place within this dramatic story.

1. 1. Interpreting the Bible: April 16, 18, 23, 25, 30  |  7-9pm

Strengthen your leadership and preaching skills by learning how to interpret the Bible effectively. Explore key resources that guide you in understanding the Scriptures, empowering you to lead with wisdom and discernment by rightly dividing God’s Word. The focus of this course is on inductive Bible study—learning to read the Bible closely with an eye on moving from the context then to the community now. Key skills will be taught and there will be opportunities to put these into practice throughout the course.

1. 1. Church Planting Essentials: May 8, 9, 10 |  9:30am-3pm

This is a 3 Day Conference 9am – 3pm . This training will help you and your church to Plan, Build a team, and Launch a successful church planting strategy. In conjunction with Dynamic Church Planting International (DCPI). DCPI has trained over 448,000 Church leaders and church planters since 1994 and has planted 1.1 million churches globally. 

1. 1. The Great Commission & Global Mission: May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18  |  7-9pm

This is an introduction to Global Missions, Faith and Religions. Understand the heart of God for the nations and how to activate and mobilize your church to bring the life changing message of Christ to a lost world. 

1. 1. Biblical Preaching:  July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30  |  7-9pm

This introductory course covers the challenges of Christian communication; the development of expository preaching; the journey from Biblical passage to sermon outline; introductions, illustrations and conclusions; sermon forms; sermon delivery; and planning a preaching programme. It also covers ethical and culturally acceptable practice in preaching and thinking about the context that a preacher is working in.

1. 1. Short Term Missions:  Aug 3, 31 |  9-1 pm

(Seminars) The practical aspects of how to put together a short term church based mission team, working with potential partners overseas. This course will cover prayer, sharing the gospel, fundraising, travel, cross cultural missions, gospel preaching, and preparing the team spiritually. 

1. 1. Christian Belief:    Sep 3, 10, 17, 24  |  7-9pm

This course is an introduction to what Christians believe (Doctrines) and why they believe it. It explores what we believe and helps students to critically discuss the relationship of theology to the Bible and to life. What are the essential beliefs held by Christians and how do they make sense of our life in the world.

1. Graduation Celebration – 12 Nov 7pm