Clergy Development of the Church of the Nazarene offers a complete curriculum plan designed to meet the requirements to prepare ministers for ordination as stated in the Manual, Church of the Nazarene and the International Sourcebook for Ministerial Development. The curriculum has been approved by the USA Course of Study Advisory Committee (COSAC-USA), validated by the International Course of Study Advisory Committee (ICOSAC), and accepted by the General Board, Church of the Nazarene.

 

The curriculum plan is embodied in faculty and student guides available for download. The 24 modules of the elder track are complete. Additional modules in deacon tracks are being developed. Guides are being translated into Spanish and will be added to the menu as they become available.

 

Faculty guides contain complete lesson plans for each teaching-learning session, including lectures, discussion guides, small-group activities, and homework assignments. Student guides contain a complete syllabus with extensive bibliography, lesson assignments, public domain resources, classroom handouts, and learning resources.

 

Some modules include supplemental teaching resources like downloadable reading materials and audio sermons. To access teaching resources click here.

 

The guides are in Adobe Acrobat format and require Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher. Click below to download a free copy of Acrobat Reader.

All module guides are currently available in English. Some guides are also available in Spanish and French. Each guide averages 1 MB and will take time to download. Click below to select and download module faculty and student guides.

Click below to obtain a Response Form to submit comments about modules and module guides.

Click below to obtain module syllabi that can be edited by the instructor. Syllabi are available in either MSWord (doc) or rich-text (rtf) format.