Experience AIIAS,
Change Your World
A study designed to develop understanding of and experience in the spiritual life. The classic disciplines are examined, biblically and historically, with special reference to the responsibilities of ministry. Emphasis is on the development and maintenance of vital faith, habits of spiritual discipline, self-renewal, and personal devotion in the face of the pressures and problems of contemporary Christian service. The course explores spiritual vitality programs, both for the minister and the local congregation.
Students have to invest 3 hrs per day.
Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:
Week 1: God’s Call to a Devout and Holy Life
Week 2: Spiritual Life and Journey of Faith
Week 3: Spiritual Growth through Bible Study
Week 4: Meditation and Prayer
Week 5: Fasting, Solitude, and Simplicity
Week 6: Trust, Service, and Community
Week 7: Confession, Worship, and Spiritual Retreat
Week 8: Planning the Spiritual Growth for Individuals and the Local Church
WATLAND FRANCOIS, PhD
Dr. Watland Francois is a field-experienced minister. He started his pastoral ministry in 2006 in the North Haiti Mission, where he served seven years as church pastor and teacher. Before his current position as a faculty member at the AIIAS seminary in 2024, he served as the vice president for academics at the Adventist University of Haiti.
Dr. Francois holds a bachelor degree in theology from the Adventist University of Haiti (UNAH), a master's degree in Pastoral Theology from the Inter-American Adventist Theological Seminary (SETAI), and a PhD in Religion with an emphasis in Church Ministry and Leadership from the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS). He shows particular interest in research, counseling, teaching, preaching, leading projects, and special needs ministries.
CAROL TASKER, PhD
Dr. Carol Tasker is now a retired worker of the Seventh-day Adventist church. She is an experienced (more than 20 years) cross-cultural educator having worked in six countries, with sensitivity and appreciation for diversity and cultural differences. She has served as a faculty, dean, board examiner, administrator in different Adventist institutions in Asia, USA, and Australia for many years.
She has written articles and presented research studies in various international conferences around the world.