Courses: OTHER CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS

From the list below choose at least three of the denominations, sects, cults, or world religions that are most common in your church's target area. The student should :

  1. Conduct an ethnographic interview with at least one member of that group, and write up a complete account of the interview.
  2. Be able to explain accurately the basic theology of that group.
  3. Be able to give a biblical critique of that theology.
  4. Learn at least one valid approach to witnessing to a person from that group.

Besides the ethnographic interviews, information on the groups can be gathered from the internet and from printed books. Some suggested books can be seen by clicking on the links below.

Christian Denominations  Sects, Cults, Etc. World Religions
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    • Catholicism
    • Reformed
    • Armenians
    • Pentecostals
    • Dispensationalism
    • Eastern Orthodox
    • Liberal Lutherans
    • Others
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    • Jehovah's Witnesses
    • Mormons
    • Lodges
    • Christian Science
    • Satanism/Occult
    • Scientology
    • Unification Church
    • New Age Religion
    • Other Cults and Sects
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    • Judaism
    • Islam
    • Black Muslims
    • Hinduism
    • Buddhism
    • Transcendental Meditation
    • Taoism
    • Bahai
    • Shintoism
    • Native American Religion