Each semester we feature a couple of courses in the undergraduate and postgraduate space that may be of particular interest to our wider community. These courses can be taken on campus, or via distance learning, and you can choose to do them for interest only, or for credit.

Take a look at the offerings we have coming up next semester.

Engaging Theology

2026 | Semester 2 | July 13-Nov 13
Tuesday Nights | 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Engaging Theology is a course that examines all the biggest questions we ask about life. Who is God? How do we know him? How can we tell the truth about God from the lies? Why is the world in such a mess? What is going to happen in the future? The core foundation of Engaging Theology is that answers to these incredibly important questions are not found primarily through us searching for God, but through recognising that God has already searched for us. For God has revealed himself to us through his son, Jesus Christ. Most of the answers to really big questions start with Jesus. Through lots of discussion, thinking, and reflecting, this course explores the fundamentals of what Christians believe, and what difference it makes in our everyday lives.

Your lecturers Rev. Dr Myk Habets & Dr Greg Liston

Myk Habets is Senior Lecturer in Theology at Laidlaw College and Associate Pastor of Albany Baptist Church. Myk lectures in Systematic Theology and Moral Theology. He is Member-At Large and past President of the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship; Associate Editor of Participatio; and Co-editor of Re-envisioning Reformed Dogmatics Series. His work is widely published in international journals, and he has published over twenty-five books, a hundred book chapters and academic articles. He has a special interest in theosis, Spirit Christology, and the theology of C. S. Lewis. 

Greg is a Senior Lecturer in Theology, and the lead academic for the undergraduate programs within the School of Theology. He teaches primarily in systematic theology, with a particular focus on ecclesiology and gospel witness in contemporary culture. Greg’s research focuses primarily on the role of the Spirit in the church, and he has written 5 books on this subject over the last 10 years. His background includes  being the senior pastor of a multi-congregation suburban church, management consulting, and PhDs in  both quantum physics and theology. In 2023 he was appointed as a visiting scholar at Princeton Theological  Seminary. Greg is married to Diane, he has two adult children, and loves multi-day tramping in New Zealand’s beautiful scenery.

Special Offer

This course can be taken for credit or for "interest-only". We are also offering this course to church groups to hold onsite as an interest only course at a discounted price. 

For more information email [email protected]

To apply click here.

POSTGRADUATE COURSE

Mental Health and Human Flourishing

2026 | Semester 2 | Block Course
Henderson Campus or via Distance on Zoom

Lecturers: Dr Sarah Penwarden & Rev. Dr Maja Whittaker
17-21 August 9am-5pm

Mental distress can be a common but challenging aspect of human experience, raising many questions for people of Christian faith. In this course, we seek to look such experiences squarely in the eye, holding them alongside the revelation of Christ as pain-bearer, ourselves as humans made in the image of a relational God, and the hope and challenges of the church.

 This course will invite you to look at mental distress, focusing in particular on anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, as well as the social stigma surrounding these lived experiences. By the end of the course, you will come to understand a theology of mental distress, as well as what human wellbeing and flourishing might look like. Through this course, you will also reflect on what a wise, compassionate, and informed pastoral response might be both within a community, church context, or individually.

 Entry to a postgraduate Theology course requires an undergraduate degree or graduate diploma in Theology or a related area. However, special admission is possible for students with a Bachelor of Counselling where this has included some study in theology. These students could be enrolled into a Certificate of Proficiency (CoP) – a stand-alone theology course.

For further information about the course, please email Postgraduate Administrator, Louise Wernich: [email protected]

To apply click here.