Seminars
Choose one 12-hour seminar from the list below.
Instructors: Rigo and Abigail Herrera
Join us for an engaging seminar based on the powerful insights of authors Don Everts and Doug Schaupp from their book I Once Was Lost. This immersive experience will guide you through the key stages of spiritual discovery, from curiosity to commitment, equipping you with practical tools for sharing faith with others. Through interactive discussions and interactive exercises, you'll explore how to walk alongside people in their spiritual journey, helping them move from a place of confusion to clarity. Whether you're a seasoned believer or young in your journey, this seminar will deepen your understanding and empower you to make a lasting impact in your community.
Rigo and abigail Herrera have served for more than 10 years in university ministry in the united states and in Spain. Currently, they are part of a team working in Granada, Spain, through a Christian Cultural Center called “Raíces” (Roots) and a church plant aimed at reaching secular spanish people. They have three children and a dog. They love making new friends, coffee, and discovering the beautiful landscapes of Spain.
From Lost to Found:
Navigating the Spiritual Journey of the Secular Person
Instructors: Jan and Eric Muzart
Are you called to be a pioneer? Are you already pioneering? The answers may surprise you. Are you planting Students for Christ in a new place or in an innovative way? If not, would you consider it? In this seminar, we will explore what we can learn about pioneering from the apostle Paul, from university student ministry planters of the past and present, and from each other. We will also address many of the questions that arise during the pioneering process, such as: What is our purpose for pioneering? How do we prepare? What are some phases of pioneering? What procedures will help us progress? Should we partner with the national church? If so, how, and under what conditions? Is it possible for European workers to raise full-time financial support? Bring your pioneering problems, perplexing questions, and propelling personal experiences to share in this highly interactive seminar. Leave encouraged and equipped to pioneer with pizzazz!
Eric and Jan Muzart, currently based in Budapest, are ordained ministers and career missionaries with AGWM. They have been planting university student ministries and mentoring student ministry leaders since 1993, mostly in the Slavic world. Eric was born into a French Pentecostal pastor’s family and grew up in Nice, France where he studied interior design. He worked as a downhill ski instructor before attending Centre de Formation Biblique in Léognan. Jan is from a small town in Ohio (USA). She earned degrees in French and music at DePauw University and served as a student leader in a campus ministry. Together Eric and Jan studied linguistics with SIL/Wycliffe Bible Translators and theology with Berean Bible College, Global University, and Evangel Theological Seminary (Kyiv). Eric and Jan and their four children enjoy having double nationality and speaking Franglais.
Pioneering with Pizzazz:
Practical Planning and Problem-solving for Planting Powerful, Perpetuating Pentecostal Student Ministries
From Then to Now:
The Formation of the Canon and How the Scripture Touches Us Now
Instructor: Amy Anderson, Ph.D.
This course will cover the formation of the canon and other details of how the Bible came to be, as well as questions of inspiration and authority. We will also look at examples of healthy use of the scripture for both informing and forming us to be followers of Jesus.
Amy Anderson grew up on a farm in Wisconsin, USA. While studying Dairy Science at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, she became active in Chi Alpha, something that God would use to change her life. Chi Alpha is the student ministry that gave birth to Students For Christ in Europe, and her involvement eventually led to Amy coming to Germany as an assistant to the Koeshalls and then starting a new SFC group in Koeln. After nine years pastoring university students in Germany, Amy earned an MA in New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary and then completed her PhD at the University of Birmingham, UK, in NT Textual Criticism and Palaeography. Dr Amy taught New Testament and Ancient Greek at North Central University for 22 years and continues to teach occasional courses. She has published four books and many articles, but the most relevant to SFC is When You Come Together: Challenging the Church to an Interactive Relationship with God, self-published, 2010, and translated into German several years later. She is currently co-authoring a commentary on Timothy/Titus with Gordon Fee. It will be part of a series intended for charismatic and Pentecostal pastors and leaders.
Are you Spiritually Healthy?:
Cultivating a Life of Intimacy with Jesus
Instructor: Steve and Deanne Turley, Dina Bonin
Psalm 1 describes someone who is “living the good life in the favor of God” in terms of a healthy tree: it yields fruit, its leaves grow strong and don’t fall off, and its water source is nearby. Do people look at our own lives and recognize healthy spiritual fruit and leaves? If the answer to that question is not an emphatic yes, then perhaps it’s because we’ve grown too distant from “streams of water.” Using principles found in Emotionally Healthy Spirituality and other sources, we will learn and practice ways to cultivate intimacy with Jesus, our source of Living Water, with the goal of growing in spiritual health for ourselves, for those around us, and ultimately for the Kingdom of God. Please bring your own copy of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality (Peter Scazzero, author) in paper (preferred) or electronic format.