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The Shepherd’s Institute is a pastoral training program undertaken by a collective of like-minded churches in the New Orleans area. Students join other trainees from partnering churches in cohorts for instruction and discussion with a variety of qualified instructors.

This  program will offer class credit at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary up to 21 hours. Each class requires approx. 1,000 pages of reading and 10-15 pages of writing. If there are men that do not want to receive class credit the workload can be modified.

The program will be 7 semesters spread out over the Fall, Spring and Summer.

Fall 2025: Ecclesiology (Doctrine of the Church)
Spring 2026: Spiritual Formation of the Pastor
Summer 2026: Evangelism & Disciple-making
Fall 2026: Pastoral Ministry
Spring 2027: Church Leadership and Administration
Summer 2027: Missiology
Fall 2027: Preaching Practicum

For the Fall semester we will meet at Bridgedale Community Church on Mondays from 6 - 7:30AM.