Email: info@collegeofathens.edu Phone: +1-706-769-1472
Email: info@collegeofathens.edu Phone: +1-706-769-1472
Email: info@collegeofathens.edu Phone: +1-706-769-1472
Course Formats. CoA offers in-person, blended, virtual, and online classes. Check the schedule below to select the type of class meeting that bet suits your schedule and geographic location.
This course provides an introduction to the Hellenistic, New Testament Greek language. Through sound principles of linguistic interpretation and grammar, the student will achieve beginning confidence in reading and doing exegetical, biblical studies while learning New Testament Greek.
Instructor: Dr. Jesse Coyne
Meeting Times: Tuesday/Thursday 1:00-2:30 PM, In-person & Virtual
This course investigates the narrative content of the first five books of the Old Testament known as the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). It provides an overview of the main critical approaches used to interpret these books, but the approach to the five books is both canonical and historical. Attention will be given to cultural backgrounds, critical problems, and literary genres as they aid interpretation of specific texts with special emphasis on how these texts illuminate the person and work of Christ.
Instructor: Dr. Jesse Coyne
Meeting Times: Wednesday 1:00-4:00 PM, In-person & Virtual
The goal of inductive Bible study is to equip students with the tools to be life-long students of the Scriptures. The course presents a method for exegesis and Scripture study by considering the context and setting of the passage, the author’s audience and purpose, and the other passages that surround the passage of study. The purpose of the study is to understand what the text would have communicated in the context of the time and culture that produced and used it, while also understanding that contemporary questions are conditioned by our own language, culture, and history.
Instructor: Dr. Tim Harrison
Meeting Times: Monday 4:00-7:00 PM, In-person & Virtual
This course presents an overview of the history of the Bible, its writing and centuries of preservation, and provides an introduction to the history and theology of selected books and passages of the Old Testament. Through the study of the Old Testament, students will build their inductive Bible study skills.
Instructor: Dr. Jesse Coyne & Mrs. Cynthia Wilbur
Meeting Times: Online
This course will equip students to identify and develop their identity in Christ as stewards entrusted with unique, individual talents. The course provides a biblical perspective on spiritual gifts and explores theological issues surrounding spiritual gifts in ministry. This course will give students the tools to discover, explore, and practice their God-given gifts and talents and will prepare them to represent the Lord in their circles of influence within a domain of leadership through the application of strengths and gifts within the context of ministry teams and as team leaders. Students will examine biblical, historical, and philosophical precedents for working groups and teams as related to ministry applications and realities.
Instructor: Dr. Marcia Wilbur
Meeting Times: 4 Fridays (Mini-mester 1), August 21, September 4 & 11, October 2
This course introduces students to the importance of a Christian’s call to bind up the broken hearted, with the goal of learning how to apply biblical principles and prayer techniques to specific issues such as anger management, marital breakdown, addiction development, crisis management, anxiety, depression, and grieving. In addition to understanding the importance of self-care, students will learn how to listen emphatically, how to facilitate spiritual life assessment and change, and how to pray and counsel strategically within the recipient’s process of spiritual, emotional, and relational growth and healing.
Instructor: Dr. Vince Callahan
Meeting Times: Tuesday/Thursday 4:00-5:30 PM, Virtual
Elijah House Prayer Ministry Training Course 202 gives an advanced learning opportunity in specialized issues. Topics include: earliest childhood traumas, emotional abuse, generational inheritance, the effects of occult involvement, addictions, denial, sexual issues, burnout, etc. Ministry tools include how to create a safe atmosphere for ministry and how the Prayer Minister can properly care for their own spiritual life.
Instructor: Mrs. Dee Pesaresi
Meeting Times: Monday 6:00-9:00 PM, Virtual
Throughout this 12-month Coaching 4 Christlikeness course, you will progress through a Christian discipleship coaching program consisting of four phases: Identity, Inheritance, Intimacy and Impact. You will be paired with a peer coach, operating in both roles as coachee and coach while you progress through the phases Your personal, experiential growth throughout the discipleship model will serve as key components for your own Christian growth. Upon completion of the program, you will be well equipped to restore and build up other people to live from a place of wholeness in Christ, and to help empower them for their personal journey through all aspects of their God-given purpose You will qualify for certification as a Christian Life Coach.
Instructor: Dr. Marcia Wilbur & Mrs. Dee Pesaresi
Meeting Times: Tues 6:30-8:30 PM every other week for 1 year, Virtual
The course examines the realities of spiritual warfare and a biblical basis for victory given to believers through the power of Jesus.
Instructor: Dr. Kurt Genteman
Meeting Times: Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 PM, In-person & Virtual
In this course you will explore both the philosophy and the practical application of Transformational Leadership as an effective means to meeting societal needs for leaders who are well able to provide adaptive and creative solutions for the challenges that confront the modern world. (You will finish this course with a real-life vision plan to fulfill as desired.)
Instructor: Dr. Pat Ford
Meeting Times: Online
This course helps equip incoming students with the skills necessary for a successful college experience.
Instructor: Dr. Tiffany Coley
Meeting Times: Online
The English Composition course prepares students for the rigors of college writing with an emphasis on correct writing mechanics, writing for effective communication, writing styles appropriate to the intended audience, and proper citations. Students are required to complete a research paper on a Christian topic of personal interest at the culmination of this course.
Instructor: Dr. Tiffany Coley
Meeting Times: Tuesday/Thursday 10:00-11:30 AM, In-person and Virtual
This course covers basic managerial accounting systems, concepts, and principles, and the analysis, interpretation, and reporting of cost data for management’s decision-making needs. Cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting, and performance reporting are discussed as they relate to other business disciplines.
Instructor: Dr. Kurt Genteman
Meeting Times: Monday/Wednesday 10:00-11:30 AM, In-person & Virtual
Instructor: Dr. Tiffany Coley
Meeting Times: Online