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Timetable for Post-Graduate Certificate in Theology

Christchurch campus

Semester 1, 2027

College Orientation: 22 - 26 February

College Semester begins: 22 February

Theology Intensives week: 22 - 25 March

Mid semester break: 12 - 26 April

Theology Intensives week: 24 - 28 May

College Semester ends: 24 June

Course details

R408.830 Inner Life of a Leader - Karen Kemp 22-24 Mar 2027, 9 am - 5 pm, 24-26 May 2027, 9 am - 5 pm (LR2)

This course explores the critical role of the inner life (oranga-ā-roto) of the leader in sustaining Christian leadership in Aotearoa, amid personal and organisational complexity. It addresses four key areas – spiritual integrity (ngākau pono), intimacy with God (whakapiri ki te Atua), emotional and moral resilience (manawaroa), and the formation of authentic discipleship (ākonga pono). Through critical engagement with Scripture, classical, cultural, and contemporary texts, personal reflection, embodied practice, and interdisciplinary perspectives students will generate a robust theology of the inner life that integrates both Pākehā and Māori understandings of spirituality, and cultivate a life deeply rooted in Christ, to sustain and enable Christlike stewardship (tuaritanga) of power in leadership that is both faithful and fruitful.