Rocky Hill Community Church
Foundations for Ministry
A practical theological foundation for an established Christian exploring ministry.
This integrated curriculum joins selected Foundations and Follow Me material into twelve connected modules, each with a full self-paced lesson, biblical explanation, everyday examples, and reflection pauses. It begins with God and Scripture, moves through the gospel and Christian growth, and ends with supervised service and pastoral discernment.
For His Kingdom; For His Glory.
We exist to advance God’s kingdom and magnify His glory in all we say, do, and become.
This course helps us believe in Christ, belong to Christ and His people, and become like Christ. RHCC’s Statement of Faith guides its doctrinal teaching; each module connects conviction with daily life and faithful service.
Open these in order
- Participant guide: the complete teaching sequence, Scripture assignments, videos, questions, and practices.
- Worksheets: printable response prompts and final review. A notebook works equally well.
Unzip the entire package before opening it so source links work. Keep the folder together. Core reading works offline; external videos and resource pages need internet access. Browser Print can print any guide. Start Here and the guides do not store progress or send information.
A purposeful sequence
| Module | Learning and life | Work to bring |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Know God before you lead | A starting reflection and a specific example of unrecognized service. |
| 2 | Read Scripture with care | A passage worksheet and a three-minute explanation corrected after feedback. |
| 3 | Know the God you represent | A concise explanation that avoids three gods, divided deity, and changing roles. |
| 4 | See people truthfully and love them well | A brief anonymized reflection showing listening, a revised assumption, and a proportionate response. |
| 5 | Explain why Jesus is good news | A gospel explanation that includes Christ’s deity, humanity, death for sins, bodily resurrection, and lordship. |
| 6 | Receive grace and learn to respond | Two distinct pastoral responses that hold grace, assurance, repentance, and growth together. |
| 7 | Live from your identity in Christ | A revision after feedback and a realistic four-week rhythm. |
| 8 | Depend on the Spirit and use your gifts | A bounded service plan informed by both personal reflection and another person’s observations. |
| 9 | Serve as part of Christ’s church | A supervisor’s specific feedback and a reflection that owns both contribution and learning. |
| 10 | Offer hope that can face suffering | A response that combines truthful hope, lament, restraint, and practical care. |
| 11 | Become trustworthy with responsibility | A revised teaching outline, observed response to correction, and a private readiness conversation. |
| 12 | Discern your next faithful step | An agreed next step, or a clearly named unresolved question, with a date to review it. |
What completion means
The aim is a growing ability to handle Scripture, explain essential doctrine, receive correction, care for people, and carry an appropriate responsibility. Completion ends with a pastoral conversation and a concrete next step. It does not automatically authorize a ministry launch or qualify someone for church office.
Plan several study sessions per module to complete all required reading, viewing, written reflection, and practice. Work through one module a week with a mentor conversation every two modules, or two weeks per module when that better fits life. The module count stays the same; the pace can change.
What has been reviewed
The sequence has been checked for doctrinal clarity, passage context, source fit, manageable workload, observable learning, and practical usefulness. New teaching addresses gaps in the original collections. The mentor guide distinguishes RHCC’s supplied doctrinal commitments from remaining pastoral clarifications and records substantive revisions. This edition has not yet been field-tested with a participant; use the first run’s feedback to refine pacing and examples.