On-line Continuing Education Course: “RCA Polity & Standards”

September 3, 2024

The Reformed Church Center is offering an on-line continuing education course in RCA Polity & Standards, especially designed for those who are studying for the role of Commissioned Pastor in the RCA.

This course is open to anyone who has a basic familiarity with the RCA and its order. Participants will be expected to purchase a few books and do weekly reading. The course will meet two hours a week for ten weeks, with one hour of face-to-face on-line lectures via Zoom on Monday evenings, 7:00-8:00 Eastern Time, and one hour in an asynchronous guided discussion forum.

The instructor is Matthew van Maastricht, pastor of the Altamont and Helderberg (NY) Reformed Church and Ph.D. candidate at the Protestant School of Theology in Utrecht, the Netherlands. He is a Fellow of the Reformed Church Center and teaches RCA Polity and Standards for New Brunswick Theological Seminary.

Classes will begin on Monday, September 16, 2024, and continue until Monday, November 18.

The cost of the course will be $250.00. A certificate of completion will be sent to anyone who finishes all the class requirements satisfactorily.

To register, email jbrumm@nbts.edu with your name, address, telephone number, and preferred email address (for accessing the NBTS online learning management software). You will be contacted about how to pay your $250.00 tuition.

Questions? Contact James Hart Brumm, director of the Reformed Church Center, at jbrumm@nbts.edu.