EPISCOPAL ACADEMY JACKSONVILLE, FL
"BISHOP & OVERSEER ACADEMY."
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ADJUTANTS & ARMORBEARERS
"BISHOP & OVERSEER ACADEMY."
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ADJUTANTS & ARMORBEARERS
Join The Episcopal Academy
The Episcopal Academy is a non-resident school of theology and episcopal order
for Bishops', Apostles, Overseers, Adjutants & Armorbearers, Elders, and Deacons, who are aspiring for the episcopal ordained, consecrated, affirmed, and appointed offices of the Church.
The Episcopal Academy offers a Certification Program in Episcopal Studies: The Bishopric, The Overseer Corps, The Adjutant & Armorbearer Corps, The School of the Diaconate and Eldership. We recognize that most students do not fit into a “cookie cutter” academic program so we take great pains to provide our clerics with the courses that will best prepare them for what the Lord has called them to do as leaders in the church. These Academies are custom-made for clerics in urban, suburban, rural and international environments.
Our leadership, faculty, and staff are not disconnected from the pulpit or local church pressures of this modern world. Our faculty is endowed with a vast treasure of ministry experience and strong academic credentials. Ministry professionals with advanced degrees are endorsed in their major of concentration to offer mentorship to our clerics. As an independent, educational ministry that is thoroughly Biblical in its philosophy of education, The Episcopal Academy is a servant to both the local church and the individual clerics, providing curriculum, consultation, and direction for the pursuit of his/her educational goals.
The Episcopal Academy is class room based & digitally online. This means that you can complete your academic training on our campus and in the comfort of your own home. Our (V.Z.C.R.) Virtual Zoom Classrooms are state of the art with real time access to videos, power points and break out rooms. All of our Academies are protected by Apple Security.
The Bishop's and Overseer's Academies is for Bishop Designates, Consecrated Bishop's, Affirmed Apostles and appointed Overseer Designates who need formal and theological training in the Episcopacy. We combine the Overseer's with the Bishop's training because the information and training is essentially the same in that Overseer's "oversee the work and vision of the Primate and must execute the office the same as his appointing visionary. This Academy is a 48 Hour in class intensive online with a catechism for Bishop's and a comprehensive certified exam for Overseer's.
Course Topics
History of the Episcopacy, Apostolic Father, Apostolic Succession, Historical Foundation of the Overseer, Etymology of Bishop, From Apostle's to Bishop's, The Difference between Apostle's & Bishop's, Code of Conduct of the Episcopacy, Pontifical (Levitical Vestments)
TUITION
Black History Month Discount: $380.00 (Episcopal Academy Ring Included)
ONLINE: July 10, 2023 - August 31, 2023
ZOOM CLASSROOM: EVERY MONDAY 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
INTENSIVE, CATECHISIM, CERTIFICATION EXAM & COMMENCMENT & CONGRESS: OCTOBER 27-28, 2022
This course involves a careful examination of the Adjutant and the Armor bearer Corp. giving understanding to the role of the Adjutant with special emphasis on the valuable insights of the ministry of the Armor bearer. It gives spiritual and technical expertise to anointed men and women who are assigned to protect and serve the leadership of the Body of Christ. Adjutant's and Armor bearers are essential in making the office of the bishop administratively sound. This course will introduce clerics to the historical biblical background of Adjutant's and Armor bearer's, their use and standards to which they aid as a servant to their leaders. Clerics are instructed to be inconspicuous as well as have the right motive in serving those of the ecclesiastic order. We orient clerics of the different types of dress and vestments as well as how the consecration of the bishop is to be conducted. This is a 48 Hour Intensive online class with a comprehensive certified exam.
Course Topics
History of Adjutant's and Armor bearer's, Understanding Civic Attire and Pontifical Garments, Ecclesiastical Order, Episcopal Processionals, Episcopal Ethics, Servant Hood, Covering your Charge, How to properly dress the episcopacy, and "Servants Not Slaves" (Understanding the Bishop/Armor bearer relationship)
TUITION
Black History Month Discount: $380.00 (Episcopal Ring Included)
Online: July 13- August 31, 2023
ZOOM CLASSROOM: EVERY TUESDAY & WEDNSDAY 6:30PM-8:30PM.
INTENSIVE, CATACHISIM, CERTIFICATION EXAM & COMMENCMENT & CONGRESS: OCTOBER 27-28, 2022
The restoration of the diaconate as a permanent ministry in the Church at large following the decline and egregious changes in there ministry is seen as “a great and visible sign of the working of the Holy Spirit.” Over the years, much has been written about the essential identity, role and ministry of the permanent deacon in the life of the Church. There is no doubt that the restoration of the permanent diaconate has been a source of tremendous grace and blessings for the Church. Over the years, much has been written about the essential identity, role and ministry of the permanent deacon in the life of the Church. The Episcopal Academy seeks to restore this essential teaching and understanding back to the church so that the Ecclesia will be the grateful beneficiary of the restoration of this ministry.
Course Topics
The biblical historical foundation of the permanent deacon, The essential identity of the permanent deacon in the life of the universal church, The essential role of the permanent deacon in the local church, dioceses and within the National and International Reformation, The qualifications and qualities needed in those men and women recruited for the permanent diaconate, The formation process for the permanent diaconate, Particular issues and concerns that have been encountered in light of the experience of the permanent diaconate.
TUITION
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July 10, 2023 - August 31, 2023, l Catechism and Congress 2023 October 27 - 28, 2023