DEPARTMENT OF BIBLICAL STUDIES
The Department of Biblical Studies offers research-based instruction in two disciplines: Old Testament studies and New Testament studies for effective understanding of the scriptures, construct a coherent biblical worldview involving Christocratic principles equipping students to serve as responsible citizens of the body of Christ.
Biblical studies examine the Holy Bible and the cultures where these scriptures have originated, and provides instruction based on this research. In the discipline of Biblical Studies, Biblical texts and cultures are studied from a broad perspective. In addition to the Bible’s scriptures, Christocracy research also looks at other material that increases awareness on the socio-economic Biblical world.
DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY
The Department of Theology is a diverse community of scholars who advance the teaching and study of religion with particular attention to fostering the understanding of Christocracy that helps students live in obedience to the Teachings of Jesus Christ for advancing His Kingdom here on earth.
In support of the educational mission of the UCCG and the furtherance of Christocratic disciplines, the Department of Theology pursues excellence in scholarship. The faculty is multidisciplinary in both training and outlook, and brings a spirit of creativity and dialogue to bear on the exploration of religious meaning through diverse entrepreneurial commitment for advancing the Kingdom of God. By providing an intellectually rigorous program, this department create opportunities for students to explore religion as a constitutive element of human experience and values, and to acquire skills for engaging diverse dimensions of religion with openness and respect.
DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ – 2 Peter 3:18
The Department of Religious Education (DRE) is committed to inspiring a lifetime of Orthodox Christian culture and spiritual development.
The mission of the Department of Religious Education is to educate students in Christian faith and its varied aspects of beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites, and personal roles. The UCCG pedagogy of DRE promotes the Laws of God and the Governance of Jesus Christ above all established governments in the world. Therefore, the tenets of Religious Education are boundless by time, geographic locations and modern secularism. The DRE also implies a type of education, which is largely separate from academia (An institution of secondary education, higher learning, research, or honorary membership) and regards Christian belief as a fundamental tenet and operating modality, as well as a prerequisite for attendance.
DEPARTMENT OF CHRISTOCRATIC EDUCATION
“All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for correction, for reproof, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.” (II Timothy 3:16-17). “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding” (Proverbs 9:10)
The Christian school education department is equipped to prepare students academically and inspire them to become devoted followers of Jesus Christ by directing the process of human development toward God’s objective for humanity.
The CSE department cultivates a Christ-like view in which God has His rightful place, and students look to the Bible for guidance in spiritual development in an intentional, nurturing manner. This process involves Christocratic thinking – reasoning from the internal source or cause to the external application and effect and Christian character development (sanctification process). Christocratic thinking determines who or what is in control in a given situation; must carefully discern what material is to be selected to study. Clearly define the purpose for studying a particular subject and decide how it is consistent or inconsistencies with a biblical view. It prepares teachers and administrators of Christian Schools to instruct students for the kingdom of God first and service to humanity, covering the position of the word of God as the first text book, developing students’ character in line with the word of God.
DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH AND COMMUNICATION
The Department of Speech and Communication strive to improve public and interpersonal communication knowledge and proficiency by enhancing student appreciation and skills in the application of the general principles or specific art of public preaching.
The department comprises the study of the composition and delivery of a sermon and other christocratic discourse by helping students extenuate their gifts and talents to make a lasting impact for Christ in communicating His message appropriately. It includes all forms of preaching: sermons, homilies and catechetical instruction. The department challenge students to develop a Christocratic worldview and use their strengths for building character and serving others through effective persuasion.
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE
The Department of Biblical Languages at UCCG is designed for students who desire to read and interpret the Christian Scriptures within their social, historical and linguistic contexts. The study of Biblical Languages is appropriate for individuals preparing for vocational ministry and any serious student of the biblical traditions. The major courses include advanced reading and syntax in both Hebrew and Greek, while the minor program includes basic grammar for both Hebrew and Greek, and reading and syntax II in Hebrew or Greek.
The UCCG faculty strives to help students to learn the languages while understanding the world in which they originated. The goal is to assist student’s development as a whole person while preparing them for their chosen vocation.
DEPARTMENT OF MISSION, HISTORY AND GLOBALIZATION OF CHRISTOCRACY
The UCCG Department of Mission and History prepares students for missions across geographical boundaries, to carry on evangelism or other activities to spread Christocracy to new converts and the church.
The Christian mission, the church, and Christianity—each distinguishable, yet inseparably related—have experienced four major transitions in their history. This department prepares students to enlist and coordinate the labor force of the local congregations for an effective performance of essential Christocratic activities. Students learn to cultivate the Christocratic life through study, worship, fellowship and service, and enlist the un-churched into vital A relationship with Christ through personal commitment to Him in the local congregation, the community and the world.
DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
The Department of Family and Church (The Superstructure for Kingdom Governance) Ministry is designed to support and strengthen families through Intergenerational development in order to worship, provide fellowship and serve others, through understanding Christocracy. The study of Family and Church Ministry includes Biblical priorities according to 1 Timothy 3:4-5 and Ministry Capacity that involves empathetic counseling from the heart. The major courses include advanced reading and sufficiency of the Church as a Superstructure in the Holistic approach to family castellation, maturation and Ministry in the governance of the Kingdom of God.
The UCCG faculty strives to prepare all students to learn a major aspect of Christocratic principles through individual, group and family counseling, while understanding the importance of the student’s development through participation in overall community development and responding to the needs of the people of their communities, thereby fulfilling the law of Christ. Emphasis is placed on working with “the least among us” according to our King – Matthew 25:45.
DEPARTMENT OF CHRISTOCRACY
The Department of Christocracy is designed to assist students in understanding the revelation of Christocracy and its operational manifestation as the rule or governance of Christ in the earth. The governing of the earth by Christocrats requires understanding the governing structure that God placed in the earth. This department takes an in-depth view of Christocracy development from Human Government, Theocracy, Theocratic Monarchy, and Theocratic Imperialism to present-day Christocracy. Since Christocracy can only be administered by the Church (God’s Superstructure for Kingdom Governance), students learn and are empowered in developing economics and controls in every aspect of Human Resources and social welfare that can sustain the needy of the earth.
The UCCG faculty assist students in learning the components and framing structure of Christocracy, and proper implementation strategies, thereby increasing the true understanding of why they, as Christocrats must take control of the King’s dominion and governance.
DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
The UCCG Department of Research and Development imparts knowledge to design, develop, and enhance its students in areas of products, services, technologies, or processes that ensure quality research and developmental programs relating to Christocracy. Studying research entails learning a different research vocabulary. It involves being open to different philosophical and theoretical foundations in the quest to better understand some phenomenon of interest. Extensive research of biblical solutions to understand these phenomena of interest have produced changed lives, restored families, increased church growth and strengthened communities.
In Christocracy, R&D serves as a basic premise to impart Christocratic modality to students in research such that if they are to understand certain phenomena, they must understand them in context. Therefore, Christocratic researchers will apply biblical principles to conduct their investigations in the natural settings in which the phenomena occur.
The UCCG Department of R&D instructs students to compare the quantitative and qualitative approaches and understand the differences between them. The aim of the R&D Department of UCCG is to expose students to examining the nature of qualitative and quantitative research design. The Department of R&D asserts the role of R&D in Christocracy; Research methods– action research, qualitative and quantitative; Research design including developing research items; and Thesis development. Students gain insight into the overall survey planning, design, and execution processes. They also examine some of the key statistical methods and tools used to analyze data and obtain valid, accurate results to further Christocracy and its goals throughout the world. Ultimately, students learn that all research methods have their own strengths and limitations, and will come to understand that no research method is inherently any “better” than any other.
SPECIAL SEMINAR COURSES
In the Special Seminar Courses, the UCCG offers many shorter classes on different topics that deepen student’s understanding of governance. They provide students with training in the biblical rationale in sociological strategy, and practical implementation of ministry through group-based interactions or individualized study on the subject of dominion and its mandate through the Superstructure.
Faculty members from each academic department of the University teach in the Seminar program. This assures that a breadth of topics are available in the Seminar program – faculty members frequently propose seminar topics based on their areas of disciplinary expertise, or sometimes they may draw on areas of personal interest which are not associated with their academic specialty. Many of the topics are of interest to all the people in the church such as small groups in the practice of Christocracy. UCCG encourage church leaders to attend a seminar and work through them as groups. The seminars add a spiritual dimension as students reflect together on its teaching and governance of the earth by Christocrats.
“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.” – Marcus Aurelius (Roman Emperor, Philosopher).
