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Center for Religious Studies
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CRS Courses

The vision of the Medgar Evers College Center for Religious Studies (CRS) is to equip leaders, lay and ordained, with the necessary tools to make a difference in the local and global community. The mission of the CRS is to prepare clergy, lay leaders and persons of related fields to create new paradigms for solving urban challenges by affecting community transformation. We will do this proactively by addressing the continuing education needs of local faith communities; by forging dynamic partnerships between our institution and local communities of faith; and by supporting and stimulating interfaith dialogue.

Goals

• To develop and offer continuing education courses for the academic, professional and spiritual growth of clergy and laity

• To establish a certificate program in urban ministry

• To sponsor and host the Metropolitan Black Pulpit Lecture Series

• To serve as a think tank for the development and implementation of a new urban ministries advisory

• To identify and select prominent religious leaders to lead empowerment workshops

Courses

The Center for Religious Studies offers a variety of educational courses. A typical course is a 16-hour class divided in four topical sections. “Building Communities through Leadership and Voluntarism,” is designed to increase the capacity of small, medium and large churches to minister to their communities. This course is offered in conjunction with the Center for Philanthropy, The Graduate Center, CUNY. Proceeding from the premise that effective social and spiritual ministering are profoundly intertwined, the course objective is to increase the church’s capacity by increasing the effective use of its financial and human resources.
Another very popular class is a computer literacy course designed especially for clergy. The course covers the fundamentals of computers with special emphasis placed on various office programs. It demonstrates what the Internet does and how it can serve your ministries. Information on how to buy a computer is also included in the curriculum.

For more information, write or call the Center for Religious Studies at:

Medgar Evers College/CUNY
School of Continuing Education
1150 Carroll Street, Suite 419
Brooklyn, New York 11225
Phone: (718) 270-6400
Fax: (718) 270-6187