Have you ever desired seminary level training but could not afford it or could not leave your job, family, or geography to attend a formal institution?

Now it can be conveniently and affordably yours!

On the first Tuesday evening of each month, join us at the Bridge Office Building at W. 1047 Garland Ave. in Spokane, WA for three hours of seminary level teaching, impartation, and hands-on practical instruction. All classes are held from 6 to 9 PM. All classes may be taken individually. A Certificate of Ministerial Training will be awarded for every ten classes attended. Tuition for each class is $30.00 if payment is received at least one week prior to class. Tuition at the door is $60.00. Audio CD’s of all classes will be available for an additional $20.00. Payment reserves your place in class. Seating is limited and will be allotted on a first come-first served basis.

You can download the PDF registration form by clicking the following link: Registration Form Download  You may also call
509-290-6930 or email waveoflifeESS@aol.com.

We look forwarding to seeing you in Spokane!

2008-2009 Seminar Schedule
(Subject to change without notice)

Tuesday Evenings, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Bridge
1047 W. Garland Ave, Spokane, WA 99208

September 9 and October 7, 2008 - The Cross and the Crucified Life - Parts 1 and 2

Christ has done a work for us and is doing a work in and through us. The “death to self” message, as it’s often presented in many discipleship environments, is loaded with presumptions, assumptions, confusions, and common mishandlings. The dangers associated with mishandling this topic can have a devastating human toll. Understanding this issue correctly can be the difference between experiencing a miserable and oppressive form of Christianity (disguised as dying to self) and enjoying the realities of life and soul-peace that faith in Christ holds for us. We’ll examine what the “crucified life” is, and what it is not, both theologically and practically.

November 4 - The Kingdom of God

Because of the importance of eternal realities, the implications of a present kingdom of God on earth can easily be overlooked. Some branches of Christendom teach that believers should not have any kingdom expectations, as the kingdom is allegedly reserved for Jews in the millennium. Is the kingdom of God an earthly material kingdom, now or future? Is it a metaphor for spiritual reality? Is it both? How does the tension between a kingdom that is within and present and a kingdom that is without and future affect the way we live? What should our expectations and faith be? What does kingdom living look like? Can we avoid the extremes of passive escapist fatalism and utopian triumphalism? What does the kingdom of a crucified Victor look like on planet earth? We’ll attempt to address these and other issues.

December 2 - Introduction to Post-Modernism

If we’re going to be effective in our interactions with an unbelieving world and our neighbors who don’t know Christ, we must understand the way people think, the life assumptions and world view that individuals live by, and the “language” they use. Our culture is not only post-Christian; it’s post-Modern. At an introductory level, we’ll examine what post-modernism is and the challenges it represents to Gospel presentation. It’s not 1950 any more. Thinking and methods that previous generations have used for Gospel proclamation simply won’t work in a cultural climate whose attitude toward Christianity is: “Tried it, don’t want it,” something even the apostles didn’t have to face, but you and I do every day.

January 6, 2009 – Prophetic Reformation

The prophetic dimension of kingdom and local church life has been defined/limited for 50 years as edification, exhortation, and comfort, personal prophetic “words,” predictive prophecy, Gnostic superstitions, or “last day” concepts of prophetic fulfillment. The course presents a view of prophetic ministry that is “building and configuring” based on Eph. 2:20 rather than these other perspectives. What does it mean to be a prophet or to be prophetic from a New Covenant, post-Pentecost perspective? The implications to a local church, and to local church leadership, of the release of a genuine prophetic ministry, beyond familiar stereotypes, will be covered.

February 3 and March 3, 2009 – Health and Healing Parts 1 & 2

Have you ever wondered if God is present and powerful among us, why do so many suffer sickness and do not seem to find health and healing? Do we just need more faith? Could there be more to the issue of healing than faith confession and anointing oil? Are television “healing-evangelists” and their dubious beliefs and practices the best the Church has to offer? Do you have a passion to see the sick made whole? This series will address the issue of health and healing in the local church from a holistic, kingdom-life-integration perspective, not just a manifestation/anointing/power/gift-based perspective. In the light of current events in Florida, these classes could be very helpful in sorting out different aspects of alleged “sign and wonder” ministries.

April 7
May 5

April and May of 2009 will either be announced later, or kept open to allow for schedule adjustment should some of the topics earlier in the cycle run longer than anticipated.