The Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics at Colorado Christian University seeks to equip Christians, ministry leaders, and churches to effectively share the grace of God and confidently defend the truth of the gospel, in order to reach our world for Christ.
You are going to find these courses to be stimulating, exciting, thought-provoking, and eye-opening — and I think you’re going to have a lot of fun taking them!
— Lee Strobel, Founding Director of the Strobel Center
The Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics at Colorado Christian University offers continuing education courses for churches and para-church organizations; pastors and ministry leaders; and small groups and individuals who want professional and spiritual development to help them effectively share and defend the gospel.
The continuing education courses are 100% online, self-paced, and self-guided — without faculty involvement — and packed with great information, though they do not include academic credit. That said, CCU offers both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in Applied Apologetics for students interested in receiving academic credit.
Students may take individual courses or complete a certificate of six courses in these four subject areas: Cultural Engagement, Global Apologetics, Innovative Evangelism, and Practical Apologetics.
The self-paced courses cost just $79 each and are designed to take five weeks to complete. An entire certificate of six courses (when purchased as a package) costs $402, a savings of 15% off the single-course price, and is designed to be completed in about six to eight months. Courses are available at a discount for groups of six or more.
Students may earn a non-academic certificate in a specific area of focus by completing all six continuing education courses in that subject area. After finishing the six courses, students will receive a certificate of completion.
This certificate provides you with tools to faithfully articulate the gospel with grace and truth while addressing key cultural issues. In a world where you are communicating with individuals from a vast array of backgrounds, it is important to know how to address current issues and tensions from a biblical frame of reference. Cultural Engagement is a critical skill for evangelism and apologetics, whether you are a pastor, missionary, teacher, or just a friend to those who don't yet know God's grace.
Cultural Engagement courses include:
This certificate helps you communicate the truth of the gospel to those caught up in non-Christian and pseudo-Christian belief systems. While engaging with these worldviews you'll need to understand the rationale for their divergent beliefs and how to appropriately answer their challenges. Global Apologetics courses prepare you to defend your faith to a wide range of individuals in a practical way that expresses both the grace and truth of Jesus Christ.
Global Apologetics courses include:
This certificate will nourish your passion for outreach and help you develop strategic and creative approaches for sharing the gospel. The church needs to be intentional and equipped to witness to a world of growing apathy, skepticism, and alternative worldviews. Innovative Evangelism courses will help you advance and grow as a leader with a strategy to pursue the mission of the church to reach more and more people for Christ.
Innovative Evangelism courses include:
This certificate will help you learn how to defend the truth of Christianity using evidence drawn from science, history, philosophy, archaeology, the Bible, and religious experience. To effectively reach people today, apologists need to communicate the truth of our beliefs using everyday ideas and examples. Practical Apologetics will deepen your confidence in the truth of the gospel, and help you declare and defend it effectively in the increasingly diverse marketplace of ideas.
Practical Apologetics courses include:
