Department of Christian Education

The Auburn District Missionary Baptist Congress of Christian Education, which was organized in 1856, will be certified and accredited by our parent body The National Baptist Convention ISA, Inc. (NBC) through its Sunday School Publishing Board (SSPB) and Division of Christian Education Certification and Accreditation (DCECA) in March 2015, by hosting the District's first certified and accredited Christian Leadership School (CLS).

133rd Annual Congress Course Registration, July 17-18, 2018

Click here to download the Congress Program.

Click here to download and print the registration form.

History of COPP

Objectives

How Do I Begin

Want To Teach

Certificate of Progress Program

The Certificate of Progress Program, organized at the Sunday School Publishing Board in 1937, was designed to produce qualified teachers that would lead church members into the twenty-first century.

Dr. Marshall A. Talley has been credited as the person that instituted the COP Program. In 1978, Dr. Amos Jones, Jr., undertook the leadership of the COP Program to take it to new heights.

COPP Objectives

To increase biblical knowledge
To create an understanding of the Baptist Church
To provide an educational structure that will develop candidates qualified for teaching and leadership position
To provide incentives for the candidates to complete the program
T produce trained church leaders

Enrollment

You need to officially enroll in COPP

Complete and submit the official Form 12 Admissions Application
Submit a $15.00 Application Fee with application
Subscribe to the Christian Education Informer Magazine @ a $30.00 annual fee
Submit completed form and required fees payable to the Sunday School Publishing Board (SSPB)

Rev. Jasper J. Huffman III

Dean of Records

Auburn District Association

P. O. Box 640070

Pike Road, Alabama 36064

JasperHuffman@yahoo.com

Phone: 334-221-0600

Certification

In order to be certified to teach in a certified school, an individual must have:

First Certificate of Progress
#2023 Creative Ways of Teaching
#9008 Public Speaking
Form 5 Application for Certification or Instructor
Current Subscription to the Christian Education Informer
Appropriate Fees

The SSPB will also take seminary and/or college equivalent for all courses. A transcript will be needed.