Certificate in
Lay Leadership (CLL)

Certificate in Lay Leadership (CLL)

The CLL program seeks to equip those serving on Church Boards as Elders, Deacons and Council members to serve alongside their pastors in the local church. CLL is an audit-only, 2-3 years program. The Certificate in Lay Leadership (CLL) will be awarded to those who complete the 4 core and 4 elective modules in the CLL program.

  • Hermeneutics 1 (Core)
  • Hermeneutics 2 (Core)
  • Homiletics 1?
  • Homiletics 2
  • Biblical Leadership (Core)?
  • Role of Pastor/Church Board/Church Governance (Core)
  • Theology of Church and Missions
  • How to be a Disciple-Making Church
  • Handling Conflicts/Church Discipline (Core)
  • Book study of 1 Corinthians
  • Technology and Ministry

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Certificate of Church Ministry

2026年1月至6月教会事工证书课程

我们各科目的讲师由在教会或机构事奉多年、成熟老练的牧师/神学家组成,讲师阵容还包含新神学院的教师。课程科目非学分制、无学历要求、无作业和测验,只需积极参与听课;学员可选择报读获取证书课程,也可单独报读有兴趣的科目。科目涵盖圣经书卷、释经、历史和实践等。

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Certificate of Church Ministry

CCM Jan-Jun 2026 Modules

Our modules are led by seasoned practitioner-theologians actively involved in churches or para-church organizations or our very own faculty members of SBC. All modules are audit-only, with no academic prerequisites nor exams. Participants can choose to enrol in the full program for a certificate or choose to take individual modules according to their interests.

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Module Expectations

Each module lasts 12-16 hours, spreading over 4 to 8 weeks on weekends or weekdays. It can be performed in various forms. For example:

  1. Hybrid class (can choose online or onsite participation)
  2. Online through Zoom with the learning platform
  3. Certain modules are held onsite only, such as preaching modules
  4. Online learning platform to watch lecture videos and discussion with the online tutor

Certification Requirements

To be awarded with the Certificate in Lay Leadership (CLL), students need to

  1. Complete 8 modules, including 4 cores and 4 electives in the CLL program.
  2. Achieve 75% attendance in each of the 8 modules.

Entry Requirements

Applicants should

  1. Must be actively serving in the church in a leadership role, such as cell group, deacon, elder, head of the ministry, etc.
  2. Can also be in a para-church or mission organization
  3. Need not be in Church Board or Council

Enquiries

Please email admin.csl.e@sbc.edu.sg or send your enquiries below.