 Alright, welcome back everyone. So in this session, I will just take us through some key information that you would need as students about APC Bible College. So initially, we will go over this information after which we will have the time open to ask more questions. We already have some questions in chat and I encourage our online students to continue posting your questions on the chat please. Our in-person students as well, you know, if you have any questions, feel free. You can clarify our faculties here and we'll be more than happy to answer them for you. So this week as I've stated earlier is the orientation week. Please look through the schedule to note which sessions happen every hour of the orientation week. We will have the 9 a.m. to 12 noon sessions available for our online students. The recordings will be available for our eLearn students and in the afternoon, we have an extended orientation for our on-campus students. We have stated that this semester, we will have two days when there will be no classes. So the announcement has already been made. This would be August the 15th and October the 2nd which are Indian national holidays. Now let me take us through the guidelines. The guidelines have been given to each one of us so you can look at it. But I'm going to go over it, you know, sort of summarizing the important information so I may skip some sections. So just want to thank all of you. First of all, for choosing All People's Church for your place of study, we are committed to provide spirit-filled, anointed, hands-on training and equipping for ministry in the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. And we also are committed to being doctrinally sound and having content that is intellectually stimulating. And through these courses, we trust that not only will each of us be equipped for better ministry but our relationship with the Lord will be strengthened. So really glad that you are here to learn and we believe that this will also help each one of us to really discover God's purpose for our lives and fulfil it. Sure. We have three programs that we offer. We have the Certificate in Theology and Christian Ministry which is a one-year program. We have a Diploma in Theology and Christian Ministry which would be a two-year program and Bachelor of Theology and Christian Ministry which is a three-year program. So we follow the semester system and thus for each of these one year that you complete, you would need to finish two semesters and in each semester, there are eight courses that you would need to complete. So if you are going to aim for a certificate in Theology and Christian Ministry, you would have to do two semesters. You will have to do a fall semester and a spring semester. In each semester, there will be eight courses. So only if you complete all the eight courses would you have finished or completed that semester. And then similarly, you will have to complete the next semester as well. So that way you complete one year certificate. And if you want to continue into the diploma course, then you have to do another year of two more semesters. And in this manner, if you want to do bachelors, you will have to complete three years. So a total of six semesters. So that's how it works. So we follow the semester system here. Generally, the fall semester is from August to November. December will be a break. So particularly the on-campus students, you get that opportunity to go back home, visit your family and also serve in your own local churches. And the spring semester is from January to April. After April is the longer break. So from May to July, you will have a three month break. Again, you can go back home, serve in your own local churches and be a blessing there. Now attendance for the on-campus students, we started at 9 AM. We will talk about the schedule for the on-campus students a little later on. So I'll try to talk more about the on-campus online guidelines here. So for the on-line students, you would need to join the same classes that is from 9 AM to 12 noon. There will be three sessions and each one will be for 50 minutes. There will be a 10 minute break after each session. So that's how it works. You can also look at the timetable and that will give you an idea. 85% attendance is a requirement for every student to complete the course successfully. So whether you are connecting online or on a campus, you have to ensure that there's at least 85% attendance. So regarding the fee, the fee information is already given on the website. But I just share it once again for our benefit here. So those who are taking the eLearn option is free. However, if we are joining online, then the course fee is 6,000. If you're taking up the entire semester and all the eight courses, the fee would be 6,000. And even for the on-campus students, the fee is 6,000 rupees which is a tuition fee. But since on-campus students are joining us here, the hostel fee will also be applicable for the on-campus students. So for each semester, it is 10,000, the hostel fee. So then a total of 16,000 if you are joining us here. So the tuition fee, we request that it be paid in full before the last date. And the payment details have also been included in the guidelines. You can follow the same. Once you've made the payment, please notify us. There are a couple of email addresses given there. So accounts at apcbiblecollege.org, admin at apcbiblecollege.org, where you would need to inform us, give us the information required there. So enrollment, I know that all of you have applied. And you've also, like especially for the on-campus students, you've received a letter of acceptance. So that is how you enroll for the courses here. The online students, you have enrolled. And you would also need to use the class codes to join the Google Classroom. So we will answer your questions. I'm sure you'll have questions regarding that. But we will answer those questions during our time of discussion today. Okay. So in all of our courses, we will have a need to put in additional time to study, to research, and there will be assignments, assessments given by our faculty. And for each of these assignments, you will need to spend time to do your homework. So that is also a part of the courses. And we request you to put in that time and effort while you're learning with us. Examinations are there. We will be marking you. And there is also a great system, which we have detailed here in the guidelines. And we would want you to score at least like a 35% for a past percentage. So which means that you, along with your attendance, will have to pay attention in class, be able to do the assignments and score marks. Okay, so you would need to put in that kind of work to clear these subjects. So remember that there will be assignments, assessments, and we need to be working towards clearing them, or passing in these subjects. So there are some commonly asked questions by students. So one question is, can I do some courses on campus and some online and via e-learning? So the answer is, yes, we can choose some courses on campus, some online and some through e-learn. But we request that whichever mode you choose for a particular course that you completed in that mode, instead of switching. Say for example, I joined prayer and intercession online. And then I'm suddenly wanting to switch to e-learn in between. We would say that wouldn't be the best way of doing it. So kindly continue in the mode that you have picked for that particular course. So that's how it would work. The second question is, can I take courses in any order or should I follow the order specified by the college? So we strongly recommend that you follow the order given by the college. The one that students here on campus are following. Because there'll be a better flow. However, if you have joined midway and you've joined in a certain semester and then you're only able to do a few courses in that semester, then we just leave it to your discretion. But the way that we recommend is that you follow the order. That in a given semester, for example, now we have the fall semester, you do all the courses and then you continue to the spring semester. And the next set of courses for your program, you continue with them. So that would be the right way. And yeah, we can always take up questions later on. If you have follow up questions to what I just said. Another question here is, are the requirements to pass a course the same in all three learning options? So the requirement would be that you score at least 35% to pass that course. And attendance also remains the same. Now the manner in which the assessments are set up, that will be different for our e-learn courses and our online courses. And it could be different even for our on campus students here. So that again is up to the lecturer or the instructor, the way they want to test your knowledge. They are free to do that. So the assessments will look very different. But the requirement to clear the course, that remains the same. Your 85% attendance and your 35% minimum to pass the course. So the next question is, can I take an e-learning course multiple times or again in the future as a refresher? So yes, you are most welcome to do that. You can do the same subject again and again and again if you would like to just refresh yourself in that theme. And every course that we teach here, like year to years, the content differs. So when the instructor is delivering the content, it is obviously updated, right? So each year. So there'll be new revelation and God would lead a certain way. So we encourage our students to keep coming back to the same course again and again and refreshing themselves. So yes, of course, you can do courses as a refresher. Do you offer transfer credit for completing a certificate program? So as we've shared, we are offering three degrees here. And for us to transfer credits and a student from our institution to be able to join a different institution, it's totally up to the decision of the other institution. So if they are willing to recognize our degree or our certificate here and then they accept you, that's up to them. But there's nothing like, what can we say, that we cannot assure that a different institution will accept the marks that you score here or the courses that you've completed if they are going to recognize that's totally up to them. Then the next question here is, will Christian organizations offer employment based on course or certificate program from APC Bible College? So we would again say that it depends on various organizations and their decision. So we definitely are equipping our students to be effective and fruitful. So when students approach various agencies and organizations, they would need to make that decision. So we will not be able to say that yes, of course, they will accept you or anything like that. So that is the answer for that question. And we have a few more sections here, one about personal prayer and devotion, where we are saying that while APC Bible College courses are helpful for us to learn more about God, each one of us will be encouraged to have our own personal prayer and devotion. So that personally, we are in step with what God wants us to do. So we do place an emphasis on that. And we hear, especially on campus later on when we have a session where I take the students through the guidelines, you will see that we encourage you to develop that personal time with the Lord and a personal devotion so that you can be a strong child of God. So coming to the section 11 here, which is about the Bible College curriculum, all the courses for each of the years have been enlisted. So you have 16 subjects of the first year that have been listed out, 16 of the second year and 16 of the third year. So when especially the online students are enrolling, joining the Google classroom and the eLearning students are enrolling, please make sure if you're working towards a degree or certificate that you have enrolled into all these courses. If there are questions you would like to inquire about something, then please reach out to us. Our emails, email IDs are given here. You may write to admin at apcbiblecollege.org and we will respond. Anything related to fee payment, finances, you may please write to accounts at apcbiblecollege.org. So lifestyle and living, we expect our students to live in a manner that will glorify God and that is what we are working towards, even through our teaching and our training here at Bible College. And we would really want to serve our students and make sure that they are built up in every way in terms not just their knowledge but their character, their commitment and their attitudes and everything such that it glorifies God. So I think I have gone through all the key points here. For those of us who are here with us on campus, you will be joining us at our APC Sunday services and those who are online and you're studying from your own country, your own region, we encourage you to be involved in your local church and to continue to serve there even during the time of your study. So that is something that we encourage all our students to do. So right now I will open up for questions. There are already some questions here in the chat. OK, Rosalind is asking, I could connect to this class in first attempt. So should I join again with this new codes? And as such as answered, the class codes have been reset. So you would need to please use the new class codes. So apologies for the change. So I hope your question is answered, Rosalind. Earlier in the previous session, there were two questions regarding the class codes and students not being able to join certain classes. One was John for third year. And the second one was Old Testament survey. We have reset the class codes and it will be sent across to you. You may please use the new class codes to connect to Google Classroom. OK, all right. So, Lyndon, you've shared here, I've noticed that three of my papers from my second year course are still not great. Daniel Oliver? Yes, Buster? The last one, you have? Sorry, I missed that question. So after Rosalind, Daniel had a question. He says, for the first year course, August to November, when and how will the exams be conducted? So Daniel, as I shared on each of the platforms, the instructors will post assessments, assignments, pertaining to that particular course. So you will find it, if you're an online student, you'll find it on Google Classroom. They'll post the assignment with the deadline and you have to do your assignments there. And similarly, eLearn, the assignments will be posted there and you'll have to complete it on eLearn. I hope that has answered your question. If not, please feel free to ask a follow-up question. And how will the exams be conducted? It's all online. Even for our on-campus students, the way you have to submit your assignments is online. So you'll have to join Google Classroom. The assignments will be posted there. You complete your assignments and submit. So that's how it's going to work. All right, moving on to Lyndon's question. So Lyndon is saying, three of my papers for my second year courses are still not graded, although the subjects are submitted much before respective due dates. So Lyndon, we'll have to look into this if there has been any particular issue. So give us some time. We'll just look into this and respond to you. So sorry about that. You haven't received the grades for those assignments. And coming back to Daniel here, he says, you've mentioned enroll. How can we make sure that we have enrolled in all eight subjects? OK. So Daniel, depending on which platform you're choosing, if you're choosing eLearn, then you will have to check with the course listing. If you're planning to do all eight subjects in a semester, you would need to go look at the class codes. And there is a button called enroll. So you enroll into it. Once it is successful, it'll take you to the space where all the content for that course is made available. So that's how you know that your enrolling into that particular course has been successful on eLearn. Similarly, for Google Classroom, we have given out class codes. So when you enter the class code, you will come to that course on Google Classroom. And all the content for that particular course will be made available in that section. So that's how you know that, OK, it's been successful. I have already joined the course. So please check. If you are unable to enter in and access the material, please let us know. We'll see if there's any issue. And we'll try to rectify it for you. OK. So Nina John is asking, just wanted to clarify about payment in connection with the fresh semester. So yes, Nina, depending on the courses that you would be taking, you can make the payment online. The online details are provided. Now, if you're taking fewer courses, for each course, separate course, we charge 1,000 rupees on online. So then for the select courses, you can make the corresponding payment. Is there anything else that you wanted to know? I hope I'm giving you the answer to the question correctly. OK, if there's anything else, please let us know, Nina. Sireen, can I please have? Yes. So Sireen, the letter has already been sent to you. If you could please check the email with which you registered, the letter has been sent. OK, regarding the question about enrolling, Pastor Shair, for Google Classroom, please go to classes menu. And you will see all courses. Oh, sorry. You will see the list of courses. You have enrolled. OK, so that's right. So once you're enrolled, you'll see the list of the courses that you're enrolled into. That can also help you as a check. OK, Andrew is asking, till the orientation week completes, we need to join to the same link, because I was confused with the course one. Yeah, you're right, Andrew. All the orientation sessions will happen on the main audience. So this is the place, and the same link is what you need to connect with. OK, Jennifer is asking, I have got the email scheduled, but didn't get the acceptance email as mentioned while submitting the application. All right, Jennifer, we'll look into this. Yeah, we'll look into this and we'll get back to you, Jennifer. OK, Sireen is saying we tried using the email letter, but the embassy requires a formal letter. Sure. So yeah, we'll work that out for you, Sireen. So we can do that. We can send you a letter on a letter head with an authorized signature. So I'll contact you to really understand your need better and hand you that letter, give you that letter. OK, sure. OK, Shani Chapman has a question. Shani, please go ahead. You can unmute and ask, please. Can you hear me? Yes, we can hear you. So last fall, I took the identity crisis and faith class for all 2022. However, I never used certificates for those classes. So I want to know how can I get the certificates and also how do I obtain the grades for those classes? OK, Shani, I couldn't hear you too well. If you don't mind if you could please repeat your question, that would be helpful. OK, last fall, fall 2022, can you hear me? Yes, I can hear you. OK, I took the identity and Christ and faith class. However, I never received certificates for those classes. I was kind of confused on how to get that. And I didn't obtain. So I want to know how can I obtain certificates for those classes and how do I obtain the grades for those classes? OK, so you want a certificate and the grades for the classes that you've already completed. Am I right? Yes. All right. Online? Yes. OK, so Shani, we'll need to email you the mark sheets and we'll do that. Oh, OK. OK, yes. Thank you. Yeah, thank you. Please confirm if you use the same email ID and that will be helpful for us to. So should I just eat? So should I just email the Bible college? No, the email address that you use to enroll in fall of 2022. Yeah, so if you use the same. OK, yes. Yes, Shani. So could you please email us your request to admin at apcbiblecollege.org. And then we can look into this. OK, thank you. Yeah, sure. Thank you. Thank you so much. OK, lots of hands raised here. So we'll take up the question one by one. Yes, Warren, please go ahead. Hi, good morning. Can you hear me? Yes, we can hear you. OK, so I'm based in France and I've registered enrolled for online classes. But I mean, would it be possible to just discuss with someone offline how I can manage this? Because I mean, due to work commitments, I travel regularly and also the time difference. So if I could speak with someone to arrange some sort of system, I would be really grateful. OK, so Warren, you're saying that you've enrolled into the online classes, but because of your work and travel? That's right. I might not be able to do, I mean, because I was just looking through the timetable and I might not be able to do all the lessons every week online. So I might have to switch to e-learning from time. I mean, I'll try as much as possible to maintain the attendance. But there may be some times when it'd be difficult for me and I might not get the 85% required. So if I could speak with someone to arrange that or discuss, that'll be great. If not, I'll just manage somehow to just do it e-learning. OK, yes, yes, Warren, thank you. So I think a good option will be the e-learn because you can go through the content in your own convenient time. So you can look at your schedule and if you would like to pick some subjects online and some on e-learn right away, that would be ideal. Instead of wanting to switch from online to e-learn midway. So we would suggest that. But yes, please email us and then we'll see how we can talk to you. Love the idea. Thank you very much. Yeah, sure. Thank you, Warren. Your success, I think you raised your hand first and I'm asking you last, sorry about that. But please go ahead, success. Can you hear me? Yes, we can hear you. Yeah, last week, precisely, I tried to use the code so that I can get into the class. But because I'm in year three, but I wasn't able to do that. So what I now did, I tried year two. When I tried year two, I was able to come in. But I'm supposed to be in year three. So now I was trying to go back through over it again. I discovered I have a set, except a course. I was able to log into one of the courses. So what do I do? And I want to remove myself from year two because I'm third year. OK, so success. I would request you to email us at admin.dpcbiblecollege.org and just list out those specific courses. So then we'll be able to guide you better. All right, thank you so much. And the last one, hello, are you with me? Yeah, success. Please give us a moment. I'll just be with you, just one moment. Join the room. Fine. So success, what you could do is in Google Classroom, if you've joined some courses that you don't want to take, you just unendroll. So there is an option. You can come out of that class. And then you can pick the class which you want. So you can do it with a click. All right, thank you. The last one, year three costs BC301. Decode. Decode said you cannot error in this class. Can it be ratified? OK, we'll look into that. BC301. Yes. OK, so success, these codes have been reset and they will be sent to you. And you can try again later and you'll be able to do the classes. Thank you so much. I'm grateful from Nigeria. OK, thank you. Thank you, success. OK, I'm going back to the chat, but I would like to encourage even our on-campus students, if you have any questions, just feel free. You can put up your hand and ask. So again, there's a query about the class codes for one of the courses. And Pastor's answer here, the updated class codes for BC301 and BC102, they've been posted here. So you can use it from the chat itself. The new codes are available here for you. And it'll also be emailed across to the students. So I hope that'll help you get into your classes. Get through, you have a new question. Yes, Pastor, I have a question. I'll be doing my theology course three years e-learning. So do I have to enroll one subject at a time or for the semester that I'm taking, all the eight subjects I have to enroll? Yes, so the best way to study would be to enroll for all the eight courses at a time. And you can follow the recommended flow, like the fall semester and then the spring semester. And that way, we're kind of building on what we are teaching here as instructors. So you can follow the same flow. However, if you cannot do eight subjects at a time, then it's up to you. It's up to your discretion. You can take a couple of subjects this semester. But then you'll need to come back again the next fall semester to complete the remaining subjects when they are available. So that's how it would work. Yeah, OK, no problem. Yeah, thank you. OK, thank you. Thank you. Thank you for that. OK, so Esther has enrolled. Oh, it's able to enroll. She was able to enroll into one of the courses. Yes, get through to your another question. No, no, I was just mistake. Thank you. OK, thank you. So 10 more minutes. Yes, Sean. Time table has already been emailed to all the students. You haven't received it. OK, spam. You can check in the spam folder, Sean, because it's been emailed to all our students. Is any other questions, please? Is this mic? Almost all right. Feel comfortable. You have any question? OK. So if there are no more questions, yes, please. Or is it like it concludes at around 12 o'clock for a day's call now? Yeah, so for a day's call again, if you're doing all the subjects, the classes will be done at 12 o'clock. So the course lectures. But after that, we have a schedule wherein we have a supernatural hour, a time of intercession and worship. And then we have some afternoon sessions, practical ministry sessions, which we have here. If the day's caller has time, you are most welcome to join. So that's basically optional. It's optional. After 12 is optional. Any other questions? So while we wait for the questions, just want to reiterate, we have a weekly mentoring hour that is especially for the online and the eLearn students. So every Thursday, 8 AM to 8 50 AM, we will have this session where our faculty will join. And if you have any questions, you can ask the faculty there. So this will happen every Thursday starting next Thursday. I think it's August 10. And so we encourage all our online and eLearn students, if you could please join. It'll again happen here on the main Audi of Google Classroom. And you have to connect the way you've connected to today's session. So please join in for the mentoring hour. It'll be really interesting to discuss, interact, and learn from each other. Lucy has a question here. She says, sister, do we have the option to join the afternoon sessions too for online students? No, sorry, Susie. Lucy, we don't have that option. So it's only for the on-campus students, the afternoon sessions. OK, sure. OK, so Daniel has another question. Do we have any WhatsApp group? Yes, we will create the WhatsApp group for communication. And you'll be notified, Daniel. So we will create them through email. OK, all right. Fine, so Daniel, for communication, I think in the past we've done that. But all official communication will happen via email. So we will not be creating the WhatsApp group. So just please note that change. So we will not be creating the WhatsApp group. All communication will happen through email. So thank you. OK, noted. Andrew is asking, even the online students, even the online students will be called for convocation, graduation, yes, yes, Andrew. Even the online students who have completed their, or who have earned their degrees and certificates, they will be invited for our graduation service here. So I think with that we will close the second session and thank you everyone for a good time of interaction. But if you still have a question that you have not asked, then please reach out to us. Those who are online, you can email us. Those who are here in person, just meet with us and we can clarify your doubts. So we will go for a break now, a 10-minute break. I will come back to begin our session on laying the axe to the root. For the in-person students, a hard copy has been given and we request the online students to please download the PDF that has been posted in the Classwork section. So please open that up and then you can follow along with what is being taught here. So thank you. Bye for now. We'll meet in 10 minutes. Thank you.