Vineyard school of ministry
Vineyard School of Ministry Africa (VSMA) offers Certificate (Swahili) and Diploma (English) courses in African-sourced Theology and Wholistic Ministry. The purpose of the Vineyard School of Ministry is to educate and equip leaders, pastors and laity to robustly live out their faith and calling in a local and crosscultural context.
The goal of VSMA is to help all followers of Christ to firstly recognise their full-time calling, and to then equip them in doing what God has called them to do in whatever sector of society they have been assigned.
Africa has rich theological resources that help bring biblical perspectives often missed when viewed through a Western lens. The Bible’s cultural worldview is actually closer to the African worldview than that of the West, so our task is to make the most of Africa’s rich theological resources as an essential contribution to theology as a whole.
Our teaching model is interactive/exploratory as opposed to lecture.
Each subject is normally covered in one week, providing the option of joining the school at any stage of the curriculum, with the exception of subjects requiring pre-requisites.
It is possible to take any of the courses for credit or audit.
Certificate (Swahili) 15 subjects - 11 theology/ministry + 4 wholistic subjects (Conservation agriculture, legal advocacy for women and children, Trauma Training, First Responders, Business as Mission)
Diploma (English) 20 subjects – 15 theology/ministry + 5 wholistic subjects (see above)
