SOC Curriculum
Correspondence Course

School of Christ Curriculum

Syllabus: Rebuilding the Gate

When Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem, he found that the walls were torn down and that the gates were burned out. The walls represent the Kingdom and the gates represent ministry. Here the student will learn what is required to build a new church or to strengthen an existing one.

Oil (God's life) comes down the head (Moses) onto the beard (mouthpiece, Aaron) and then onto the skirts (the body of believers). No oil got on the flesh. God never anoints the flesh. When we talk about the gate, we are talking about rebuilding the gate of ministry, and the walls refer to the Kingdom. We must first recognize the problem, and we repent over its cause, then we care resurrected to its cure. If we put the ministry in place, put the gates in place, then the wall will come up by itself by the power of God. Ministries cannot be torn down; they have to be burned out.

There are three essentials for rebuilding the gate and reclaiming the city; preparation, cooperation, and determination. God sees this world under the control of Satan and He is taking it back using a man of God. God calls a man and plants hem where He wants him. God does not want just another church; He wants us to become a gate to the presence of God.

Lessons 1-7:

1. The Gate of Heaven
2. Determination
3. Cooperation
4. Rebuilding the Gates of Ministry
5. Renewing the Vessel
6. Commitment
7. What the Church Must Know