Lilias Trotter Global
Two course offerings for Spring 2025
January 13 - May 2
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MS705
Islamic History: A Christian Interpretation
Monday/Thursday 8-9:30 AM EST
Islamic history is the pride and joy of Muslims worldwide, even if they do not agree on how to interpret it.
After Muhammad’s death, the Islamic empire rapidly conquered surrounding nations, and the new Islamic caliphs had to violently wrestle with theological and political issues. It quickly led to inter-Islamic civil wars, which continue in various forms until today. Islam is a house divided, yet Muslims are very proud of their past.
In this course we will examine these historical developments in the areas of theology, philosophy, jurisprudence, governance, literature and culture. Following a brief overview of Muhammad’s life, we cover the period from Muhammad’s death in 632 AD to the October 2023 war in Gaza.
Relying on primary sources— the Qur’an, Hadith, Shari’a law, treaties, diplomatic correspondence, love poems, tales and accounts of Christian and Jewish interactions with Muslims— those taking this course will enter a fascinating world of facts, legends, infighting and conquest to understand how various Muslim interpretations of the past still impact the identity of Islamic communities today. We will discover, as we travel through the centuries, how Muslim intellectuals came into sharp conflict with classical Islamic fundamentalists as well as Christian theologians and historians. History matters supremely to devout Muslims, and anyone working among them needs a deeper and more nuanced historical understanding of Islamic history.
MS705 is taught by Rev. Dr. Benjamin Hegeman. "Papa Ben" is a life-long, kingdom-focused missiological researcher, curriculum-writer, teacher, and consultant with long-term experience in language learning, in cross-cultural missional ministry (Canada, Benin, Niger), and in pastoral care (Canada, Benin, Niger and the US). Together with his wife Christine, they are career missionaries with over 30 years of overseas experience working with Christians, traditional worshippers, and Muslims. His primary gifts are in writing, teaching, curriculum development, disciple-making, and vision-casting. He is fluent in Dutch, English, French and Baatonu, with an intermediate reading ability in High German and medieval Dutch.
DS715
Deliverance in BMB Discipleship
This course will utilize pre-recorded lectures and
meet live weekly via Zoom
in pre-arranged small group tutorials
Despite a clear Biblical mandate, one of the most neglected areas in Protestant missions and pastoral care has been deliverance from evil spirits. This course explores the theological task of integrating Bible, experience, the tradition of the church and reason to construct a Biblically sound and experientially wise practice of deliverance ministry as an integral part of the discipleship process. In addition to the theological task, this course will teach a pastorally wise methodology for casting out demons. It is designed to equip those involved in making disciples among former Muslims –and in other contexts – with the tools they need to integrate deliverance and the pursuit of spiritual
freedom in discipleship.
DS715 is taught by Rev. Dr. Mark Durie. Mark is a pastor, researcher, speaker, and author. He is married to Debby, with three sons now in their thirties.
After a career in academic linguistics, he served for two decades as an Anglican pastor in Melbourne, Australia. During this time, he and Debby’s ministry included helping new disciples of Christ find freedom from demonic bondages. From 2013 to the present Mark led, and now coaches, a church plant for people who have left Islam to follow Jesus.
Mark is a Senior Research Fellow at the Arthur Jeffery Centre of the Melbourne School of Theology. He has written several books on Linguistics as well as Islam, including Liberty to the Captives, and most recently, The Qur’an and its Biblical Reflexes. Resources he has produced can be accessed at markdurie.com and luke4-18.com.
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
All LTC courses are offered in partnership with Wesley Biblical Seminary
for a significant discount of $1000 for three graduate credits.
You can audit a course for just $300.
Students from the Majority World can audit each course for just $100.
(Requirements for auditors are determined by the course instructor.)
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***IMPORTANT NOTE***
To audit a course, start by choosing the “audit” button in the registration process. Choose which course you'd like to take from the drop-down menu and follow the rest of the prompts to fill in your personal details. You will be contacted by WBS and given further instructions after that.
To take a course for seminary credit, click on the "Graduate Certificate" option, then choose "Ministry to Muslims" as the intended degree and fill out the rest of the prompts.
If you do not have a US-based phone number and are unable to proceed with registration without one, please email us at the address above.
You will be contacted by an admissions counselor with WBS shortly after you submit your details. Be sure to let them know you are applying as an LTC student and indicate which course(s) you're interested in.
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We offer our courses in partnership with
Wesley Biblical Seminary
for a Graduate Certificate in Ministry to Muslims
This 24-credit certificate program will give you a solid foundation in understanding the history and development of both Christianity and Islam. You will investigate deeply the core of Christian and Muslim worldviews. You will gain practical skills in evangelism, discipleship and church planting in Muslim contexts. Click here to find out more!
Courses in this certificate program include:
1. Islamic Foundations: A Christian Investigation of Muhammad and the Qur'an
Provides in-depth study of the Qur’an and the biography of Muhammad.
2. History of Islam
Surveys the development of Islam from 632 AD to present.
3. Christian Engagement with Muslims
Investigates historical and contemporary Christian approaches to Muslims.
4. Discipling and Planting Churches among Muslims
Studies principles for fruitful discipling and church planting among Muslims.
5. The Gospels
Develops an effective and comprehensive method of studying Scripture for life and ministry.
6. Philosophy of Christian Religion
Explores the philosophical presuppositions undergirding Christian theology.
7. History of Christian Thought
Traces the history of Christianity and the development of Christian doctrine.
8. Discipleship and Spiritual Formation
Examines the means of grace necessary for a dynamic Christian life and methods for discipleship in the local church.
NOTE: All credits earned in the Certificate can be applied towards a
Master of Arts or Master of Divinity degree at WBS.
“The world in which we live today is confronted with catastrophic changes unparalleled in human history and the Church is going to be tasked with discovering how to live side by side, step by step in harmony and yet with distinction, beside or alongside, a very aggressive and uniquely monotheistic faith. For these reasons and more I envision The Lilias Trotter Center helping the Church … as we seek to share Him with those who do not yet know and love Him.”
- David E. Dick,
VP at Large (and former International Director), One Mission Society