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START YOUR OWN CHURCH-BIBLE SCHOOL Guidelines
for New extensions and affiliates START
YOUR OWN CHURCH-BIBLE SCHOOL Guidelines for New extensions and affiliates
HAVE
YOU BEEN THINKING OF STARTING YOUR OWN BIBLE COLLEGE OR SIMPLY PROVIDE FORMAL
BIBLICAL TRAINING TO YOUR CHURCH AT A FRACTION OF THE COST INVOLVED? If you
have, Cornerstone Christian University and Seminary has the answer you’ve been
asking for such a long time. CCU offers a turn-key-complete Bible college to you
where you can do just like we do—offer an internal, external, and online
religiously non governmental accredited degree programs to students worldwide. Don't
re-invent the wheel, it's too costly! Anyone
who knows little about stating a church, a school, or a business, knows the
costs, frustrations, and headaches facing with governmental red tapes.
We have done the hard work for you by giving you a complete turn key
school to operate at your discretion with very few limitations. Depending of the
options you choose, you retain most of the funds collected or with other
options, we do a 60/40 sharing. Churches
or individual establish church-centered extension branch Bible Schools as an
extension branch. Cornerstone Christian University and Seminary has drawn
together proven leaders in many fields and have developed courses built around
their training materials. Cornerstone
through its catalog answers the questions pastors ask most often as they are
building their own church-centered Bible Schools. It offers an effective system
of administration and curriculum development that can save the local pastor many
years of effort. It is our gift to you. Parts
of the catalog may be freely reproduced for distribution to teachers,
administrators, and students within your school structure. WHAT
ABOUT THE RISING CELL CHURCH MOVEMENT? We are
in the midst of a worldwide movement which involves the restoration of home cell
groups as an integral part of the worshiper’s life. The Spirit-anointed
training curriculum developed by CCU can readily be used within the cell group
structure. Participants study during the week and come to the cell group ready
to share the revelations which the Lord has given them. Thus cell gatherings
become a time of sharing of revelations wherein everyone prepares, not just the
cell group leader. The cell group leader moderates a stimulating and lively
discussion as participants share how they are applying the revelation of God in
their hearts. Cornerstone
provides the most extensive, integrated, Biblically based, Spirit anointed,
life-transforming curriculum package available for Christian training in the
world today. WHAT
IS THE OBJECTIVES OF THE DISCIPLINE MINISTRY OF THE LOCAL CHURCH? The
church is commissioned to bring believers to the measure of the stature which
belongs to the fullness of Christ, by utilizing qualified Pastors, evangelists,
and teachers who provide biblical, practical, spiritual, life-transforming
mentoring. As a result, Christians become Spirit-anointed leaders who disciple
nations. He
gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors
and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the
building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure
of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. If you
answer yes to at least 2 of following questions, you can Change the Life of your
ministry If you answered "Yes" to
one or more of the questions above, you may be a qualified to have your own
Extension Branch, Degree Granting, Resident Branch of Cornerstone Christian
University and Seminary! WHY SHOULD I CHOOSE CORNERSTONE
CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY AND SEMINARY WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? And here are some great reasons... There
are several benefits of opening a franchised branch of Cornerstone
Christian University and Seminary. Those
benefits are part of the reasons why branches, affiliates, and training centers
of Cornerstone Christian University and Seminary
are opening across the United States and in foreign countries. Cornerstone Christian University
and Seminary has a
contemporary vision expressed in the motto "Illuminating the world with
the word of God ." Cornerstone Christian
University and Seminary offers a very
simple, yet complete, Statement of Faith. It contains only the basic
essence of the Christian experience.
The
list of organizations include Methodist, Catholic, Assembly of God, Lutheran,
Southern Baptist, United Pentecostal, Independent Charismatic, Episcopal,
Seventh Day Adventists, Independent Sabbath Keepers, Pentecostal Holiness,
Freewill Baptist, Missionary Baptist, Church of God-Anderson, Church of
God-Cleveland, Nazarene, David Wilkerson Ministries, The Vineyard,
Pentecostal Church of God, and more. Our Holy Bible is our absolute guide on a
common accord.
It is
very affordable! Just
remember though, any business you plan to start requires some sort of out of
pocket investment. To have a fully operational degree granting school of your
own would cost you literally thousand of dollars to start from scratch. Now the
work has been done and the money has been spent for you and you only have to
drop a drop in the basket for this… Here are the options and fees: Cornerstone Christian
University makes getting a college degree affordable for EVERYONE. Under The Church University
program, the tuition for each course is $975.00, for as many students that can
be managed in a class. Books and materials range from $10 - $20 per student. See
the following exemplas: Example 1. Say you can
enroll... All registration and admission
fees are waived for Cornerstone but can be charged to student at the discretion
of the church. There is no limit to the number
of students that may be enrolled in a course as long as the class is manageable.
Otherwise, another class must be initiated the same fee applies. This provides
your church the opportunity to offer college to those who could never otherwise
afford to earn a degree. This is also an effective tool to reach out to the
community you serve. With this option, no upfront
training cost to the church but someone with a degree will need to teach the
class. Local church can receive free training from CCU. Out of the area churches
can also receive free training but travel expenses will apply. Extension
Branch Package
Two: Required
fees: $135.00
Application $500.00
Staff Training Extensions
are responsible for travel and logging expenses for two trainers. Extensions
staff may elect to come to the main campus for training at their expenses. Training
fee is refundable before the training started if application is not approved. Branch
Extension Fee $500.00 (one time
only) upon the completion of training You charge
from $180.00 per course of three 3 credits. Example: Practical Diploma Part 1 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less)
Practical Diploma Part
2 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less) Advanced
Diploma Part 3 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less) *Advanced
Diploma Part 4 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less)
*After
completing advanced part 1-4, students are eligible to receive an Associate
Degree but must have a High School Diploma. Students, who don’t have HS, can
enroll into our HS Diploma program simultaneously. Graduate
Diploma Part 5 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less)
Graduate
Diploma Part 6 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less) Executive
Diploma Part 7 $900.00 (5 courses-
6 months or less)
Executive Diploma Part 8
$900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or
less) Your
extension keeps 60% of the tuition collected and submits 40% to Cornerstone
*After
completing advanced part 5-8, students are eligible to receive their Bachelor
Degree but must have a High School Diploma. Students, who don’t have HS, can
enroll into our HS Diploma program simultaneously. You teach
the classes or find someone qualified to teach for you You
forward their assignments to CCU for grading We forward
the final grade to you for your record and to distribute to students If you
find students who cannot attend class for a reason or another, they can take
class online under your supervision or ours under the same guidelines. We supply
master copies of books, curriculum, syllabus, exams, and quizzes of all courses We grade
all exams and keep all records, transcripts for all your students Extension
Required
fees: $135.00
Application $500.00
Staff Training Extensions
are responsible for travel and logging expenses for two trainers. Extensions
staff may elect to come to the main campus for training at their expenses. Training
fee is refundable before the training started if application is not approved. Branch
Extension Fee $1000.00 (one time only) upon the completion of training With this
option, you’ll do the followings: Find the
students You charge
from $180.00 per course of three 3 credits. Example:
Practical Diploma Part 1 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less)
Practical Diploma Part
2 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less) Advanced
Diploma Part 3 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less) *Advanced
Diploma Part 4 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less)
*After
completing advanced part 1-4, students are eligible to receive an Associate
Degree but must have a High School Diploma. Students, who don’t have HS, can
enroll into our HS Diploma program simultaneously. Graduate
Diploma Part 5 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less)
Graduate
Diploma Part 6 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less) Executive
Diploma Part 7 $900.00 (5 courses-
6 months or less)
Executive Diploma Part 8
$900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or
less) Your
extension keeps 70% of the tuition collected and submits 30% to Cornerstone
*After
completing advanced part 5-8, students are eligible to receive their Bachelor
Degree but must have a High School Diploma. Students, who don’t have HS, can
enroll into our HS Diploma program simultaneously. You teach
the classes or find someone qualified to teach for you You
forward their assignments to CCU for grading We forward
the final grade to you for your record and to distribute to students If you
find students who cannot attend class for a reason or another, they can take
class online under your supervision or ours under the same guidelines. We supply
master copies of books, curriculum, syllabus, exams, and quizzes of all courses We grade
all exams and keep all records, transcripts for all your students Package Four: Required
fees: $135.00
Application $500.00
Staff Training Extensions
are responsible for travel and logging expenses for two trainers. Extensions
staff may elect to come to the main campus for training at their expenses. Training
fee is refundable before the training started if application is not approved. Branch
Extension Fee $5000.00 (one time
only) upon the completion of training You charge
from $180.00 per course of three 3 credits. Example: Practical Diploma Part 1 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less)
Practical Diploma Part
2 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less) Advanced
Diploma Part 3 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less) *Advanced
Diploma Part 4 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less)
*After
completing advanced part 1-4, students are eligible to receive an Associate
Degree but must have a High School Diploma. Students, who don’t have HS
Diploma, can enroll into CCU’s HS Diploma program simultaneously and complete
with 6 months. Graduate
Diploma Part 5 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less)
Graduate
Diploma Part 6 $900.00 (5 courses- 6 months or less) Executive
Diploma Part 7 $900.00 (5
courses- 6 months or less)
Executive Diploma Part 8 $900.00 (5
courses- 6 months or less)
Your
extension keeps 85% of the tuition collected and submits 15% to Cornerstone
*After
completing advanced part 5-8, students are eligible to receive a Bachelor Degree
but must have a High School Diploma. Students, who don’t have a HS Diploma,
can enroll into CCU’s HS Diploma program simultaneously and complete with 6
months You teach
the classes or find someone qualified to teach for you You
forward their assignments to CCU for grading We forward
the final grade to you for your record and to distribute to students If you
find students who cannot attend class for a reason or another, they can take
class online under your supervision or ours under the same guidelines. We supply
master copies of books, curriculum, syllabus, exams, and quizzes of all courses We grade
all exams and keep all records, transcripts for all your students. Optional
items with any of the above package: If you service distant students, you might
want to have your own e-campus to serve your online students. At that point, we
would design an e-campus site for your school to manage courses. A one time fee
of $5000.00 plus monthly fee of: $125.00.
This fee can be paid in three terms. School
management system could cost over $50,000.00 to initiate. Website
and School Management System (students, Teachers, and administrator) including
training. Extensions are allowed to offer
programs up to Bachelor. Extensions interested in offering graduate studies must
be in operation for two years, and be in good standing with CUU’s extension
program. All extensions that have students willing to pursue graduate studies
and have not met the two-year criteria may enroll students directly with
Cornerstone’s main campus or at distance learning program. Most
Frequent Asked Questions Why can I start my own school
and why do I need to go with Cornerstone? This is in fact your own school
in every sense of the word. We all know it’s very painful to start from
scratch and the opportunity to have the hard work done by someone else, is
always an offer that is hard to pass by. However, as long you have the necessary
funds to start from scratch and the time to design quality and approved
curriculum, you can always start yourself. But why reinvent the wheel when we already do the work for
you? This is your own school, we
simply did the hard work for you and remove the frustration, the red tapes, and
the tone of money you will have to spend to set your, not to mention thousands
of dollars you will spend in preparing curriculum. As a branch extension of
Cornerstone we will do the followings: ·
Provide an umbrella for your school,
which eliminates the red tapes and money spent for running
you around. ·
Provides Master Copies of all course
materials (fund must be received prior to shipping
school materials) ·
Your school covers under
our own accreditation (We pay up to $750.00 for each extension we ad and we
absurd the cost) ·
We grade all exams and assignments for
your students ·
Maintain official record of the students
·
Organize graduation ·
Print
degrees and certificates Where
does CCU get its curriculum? You may
draw from more than 300 fully developed courses to offer basic and advanced
discipleship training for our college level and, through the university level,
accredited Associates, Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral degrees. All
Practical internships and life experience apply toward desired degrees based on
evaluation. With
only as mall start-up fee, and no ongoing student fees, your church keeps most
of tuition collected. You may work toward your own higher degrees while training
others and through application of life experience. Cornerstone
College, Christian University, and Cornerstone Seminary now offers to churches
everywhere the most extensive, integrated, Spirit-anointed curriculum package
available in the world today. In addition, this unique training experience can
lead to degrees for those who desire them, coupling life experience credits with
classroom learning and mentoring. Who
will train the students? You!
Your or someone qualified will train your people from your local church, raising
up your future leaders (e.g. elders, deacons, church workers, and evangelists,
and other pastor. These are people who have your spirit, stay in your city, and
build with you in the areas God is asking you to build. How
long would it take my students to complete their training? It’s all depending where they are and where
they want to go. Time lengths listed assume full-time status.
Most students are part-time.) Certificate programs: topical studies of less
than one year Diploma programs: expanded studies of 9 to 18
months Associate’s degrees: two-year programs Bachelor’s degrees: four-year programs Master’s degrees: one and half year
post-graduate Doctoral degrees: two-three year beyond Masters In
addition, Branch Extension Bible schools may design their own sequences of
courses, which accomplish their unique purposes. How
many students are required to begin my church centered extension branch bible
school? You
could actually start a class with five to six interested students who are
willing to apply themselves to study. In fact, you can apprentice students
one-on-one. Classes seem to have the best flow dynamic if there are a minimum of
eight to twelve in the room, so we do try to aim for this, if possible.
Can
participants audit or take courses for credit or no credit? CCU'S
courses provide the opportunity for Spirit-anointed mentoring, and most courses
can be opened to the entire congregation. In a typical class, you may have
students who are auditing the course sitting next to those who are taking the
course for credits. If you are offering the teaching sequence on a Wednesday
evening, you will even have people who are simply sitting in and not auditing
the course or taking it for credit. This
allows you to meet the needs of each student where he is. However, students should be encouraged to put forth
the extra effort to take the courses for credit. This demands more of them, and
they in turn receive more from the course. Challenging people to stretch
themselves and speeds their growth.
What
do students do when auditing? The
auditing student is free to do as little or as much of the course work as he
desires. Minimally, he will be encouraged to carefully read and personalize the
primary text used in the course, and write a paper summarizing how God has
changed his life as a result of the course. He does not take tests and receives
no course grade. Each church campus may set any auditing fee desired. Don’t
forget: In
general, we do not value what costs us nothing. Probably a minimum of $180.00
should be charged when students audit a course, including most text
books). What
should students do when taking courses for credit? The
for-credit student is to read all required texts (generally one-two books per
course), complete all assignments, take all required tests, and receive a course
grade. The church may set the tuition fee, which it keeps to build its Bible
school and pay its instructors. Churches often charge from $75 to $100 per
course for non credit students, sometimes on a sliding scale depending on family
income and number of dependents. Rather than charge tuition, some
Church-centered Bible schools have simply taken up a weekly offering to go as a
gift to the instructor. This also seems to work well. What
about the part-time student? Most
students will be part-time, enrolling in only one or two courses offered by your
local church at a time. What
about the full-time student? This
student takes at least five courses each quarter one course at a time,
completing 10 for a one-year period. He will take some courses: a) In
the classroom setting at the extension branch church centered Bible school; b)
Through one-on-one instruction with instructors from the church-centered campus.
This occurs when the student wants to take a course that is not being offered in
a classroom setting, and there is an instructor in the extension branch church
centered Bible school who is willing to provide the mentoring on a one-to-one
basis. c)
Directly from CCU with CCU'S faculty who are not a part of the particular
extension branch church-centered Bible school. This occurs when the student
wants to take a course not being offered in a classroom setting, and there is no
instructor in the extension branch church-centered Bible school who is willing
or able to provide the mentoring on a one-to- one basis. Therefore, the student
works directly with CCU for this course. CCU'S
curriculum offers the opportunity for small group interaction, pastoral
oversight and guidance, fellowship, teaching, hands-on experience in the
classroom and practical in the local church. Thus, CCU'S training is active,
rather than passive. The more active the student is in the learning process, the
faster he will grow. CCU'S
courses help the local church disciple and train its members, under the
church’s pastoral oversight, while incorporating the church’s particular
theological and spiritual emphases. No additional buildings need be built or
heated, and there is little additional expense. Truly,
the church-centered extension branch Bible School is an idea whose time has
come. Church-centered
extension branch Bible schools may run key foundational courses regularly, thus
insuring that all current and new church members receive thorough basic training
and discipline. This
helps all new congregational members become fully established in Christ, without
the necessity of the senior pastor teaching the same basic themes over and
over. At the
same time, the student who desires can be working toward one of several
accredited degrees. How
can my church fit CCU's courses into our church’s program? The
church-centered extension branch Bible School can offer courses in many of the
time slots and settings already utilized for church services. In addition, they
can be utilized as magnet topics which can draw outsiders and non-Christians to
your fellowship. Can
CCU's courses be offered in any of the following time slots? ·
Sunday School class ·
Sunday Evening series ·
Wednesday Evening series ·
A Bible School night class ·
Vacation Bible School ·
Home Cell Groups (for topical discussion
and growth) ·
Various Men, Women and Leadership groups
·
Outreach Activities (weekend seminars
and short courses) ·
Morning Bible studies and classes ·
Weekend church seminars ·
Week long church conferences ·
New membership classes ·
Evangelistic outreach topical seminars ·
High School Graduates (a 12-18 month ·
Apprenticeship program) ·
Home Schoolers curriculum for eleventh
and twelfth grades ·
Eldership Training What
about the spirit-anointed discussion groups? Since
CCUS course syllabuses are developed for the extension branch student, all
required cassettes, videos, and reading of required materials wherever applied
may be done by the students on their own during the week. This allows the coming
together of students to be considered a facilitator group rather than a class.
That means the focus of these times can be on discussing the students answers to
the week work, any questions they have, things they feel God has spoken into
their lives, and any difficulties they are experiencing in appropriating life
changes the lesson has called for. The
instructor can serve as a facilitator of a lively Spirit-anointed discussion, as
he discerns what God wants to do among the gathering and cultivates the flow and
anointing of the Holy Spirit in a corporate discussion. Can
Students Experiencing God in the Small Group? The
group meeting need not be a typically instructional time, but can instead be a
sharing of revelation between the facilitator and the group. This is ideal
especially if you are running courses in the home cell group or Sunday School
time slots. The discussions can be lively and kept to 45 minutes or so. Since
the participants have all done study, reading, and prayer on the topic at hand,
the group time becomes a sharing of revelations rather than a sharing of
ignorance (i.e. discussions for which no one is prepared). And, since it is not
a lecture, the group is not limited by the communication skills of the group
leader. Can I offer graduate programs through my
extension? Extensions are allowed to offer
programs up to Bachelor. Extensions interested in offering graduate studies must
be in operation for two years, and be in good standing with CUU’s extension
program. All extensions that have students willing to pursue graduate studies
and have not met the two-year criteria may enroll students directly with
Cornerstone’s main campus or at distance learning program.
If I initiate this process and later on decide to cancel the process, will my fees be refunded to me?
If your application is approved, you will be notified and asked to pay the Branch Fee that applied to you. If your application is denied for one reason or another, your training fee will be returned as long you have not gone through the training. Application fee is non refundable. Your extension fee may be returned within 72 hours by submitting a request in writing. If a Cornerstone Christian University extension branch church centered Bible school sounds like something your church or ministry has been praying for, please hurry to call us at (407) 295-4869 or email at branchextension@educateyouonline.com. Include a check, money order or credit card number for the processing fee of $135.00., plus the training fee of $500.00. If your application is approved, you will be notified and asked to pay the Branch Fee that applied to you. If your application is denied for one reason or another, your training fee will be returned as long you have not gone through the training. Application fee is non refundable. Your extension fee may be returned within 72 hours by submitting a request in writing. This
information contains all the details you'll need. You can print this information
and the application below, or simply request a package be sent to your home by postal mail. Why reinvent the wheel when you have everything at your disposal?
To complete your application online, click here You
have a blessed day and wish you the best Dr.
Ted Ridoré |
There is a Living Water that flows through CCU! Start Your own Extension Branch Bible School
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