MFM INSTITUTE OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE

PRELIMINARY REMARKS

The Institute of Spiritual Warfare (INSWAR) was inaugurated on 7^th November 2002. It is the new umbrella covering all the 15 schools in the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Worldwide. Before its inception, each school was independent having its own Registrar and lecturers alike. Each school graduated its own students as well. The General Overseer was the Rector and adviser to the individual schools and each Registrar was responsible to him on individual basis. In May, 2004 as a result of the Deliverance in terms of student strength, these departments now have two different sections, full-time and part-time. It is for proper management that these larger departments have been re-organised.

The institute of Spiritual Warfare was established to act as the central point for all the schools. From this time onward, all former schools became departments and all former Registrars of such schools became Heads of Department.

The 15 schools that have now become departments are:

• Department of Biblical Studies (Formerly called Spiritual War College) - Full-Time/Part-Time.

• Department of Deliverance - Full-Time/Part-Time

• Department of Ministry - Full-Time/Part-Time

• Department of Prayer - Full-Time/Part-Time

• Department of the Prophets - Full-Time/Part-Time

• Department of Evangelism and Church Planting

• Department of Discipleship and Missions

• Department of Languages and Culture

• Department of Power and Healing

• Department of Counselling - Full-Time/Part-Time

• Department of Spiritual Red Cross

• Department of Church Music

• Department of Praise Worship

• Department of Children Education

• Department of Yoruba Studies

Presently the INSWAR has established four Departments in the United Kingdom.
They are:

• Department of Prayer

• Department of Deliverance

• Department of Power and Healing

• Department of Spiritual Red Cross

The established of other departments are to follow later.

The Institute of Spiritual Warfare is the training arm of MFM where people are trained as spiritual soldiers/ambassadors for the end time. Anything that has to do with training in MFM must of necessity pass through the Institute.

Every student of INSWAR is taught how to combat the forces of darkness at all times through spiritual warfare. Prayer forms an integral part of the Institute. In addition every student of INSWAR must be ready at all times to display loyalty, honesty, dedication, discipline, integrity, holiness within and without, humility, readiness to serve, purity in words and deeds.

The Institute has at the helm of affairs, a Monitoring Officer and a Registrar/Secretary who are responsible to the President of the Institute, Dr. D. K. Olukoya the General Overseer of MFM Ministries (Worldwide). The Institute also has a Bursar working in collaboration with the Monitoring Officer and the Registrar/Secretary.

There are two principal committees of the Institute namely: the Education Committee, which formulates the policy governing the Institute. The other committee is the Examinations Committee that takes charge of all forms of examinations in the Institute ranging from the Entrance Examination to Semester Examination. There are other committees to see to other matters affecting the institute such as ceremonies committee to take care of matriculation, graduation and other ceremonies that might come up - Prayer committee, Welfare committee, Library committee, Publications committee and Affiliation committee.

The Institute discourages mediocrity in all its entirely and welcomes thoroughness in every way.

The Motto of the Institute is "Depopulating Hell through Spiritual Warfare". The motto of the Institute is its guiding principle.

The duration of most courses in the Institute is Seven(7) months per course work, except for some full-time programmes that ranges between 7 weeks to 10 weeks respectively. One-two months are then used for the Industrial training and writing of project where required. The total duration therefore is 9 months.

For all part-time curses, there are two semesters. A semester is made up of fifteen (15) weeks or 3^1/2 months. We have thirty (30) weeks of teaching courses. Students are required to take a minimum of ten (10) courses per semester, which implies that at least twenty (20) courses must be completed at the end of two semesters. Each course carries two units. If a student offers up to fifteen (15) courses per semester and thirty (30) courses in two semesters such as student will however be graded based on his best twenty (20) courses. His grade point average (GPA) will carry his best twenty (20) courses of forty (40) units.

NOTE: All Full-time courses are very intensive and the course content is commensurate with the part-time ones.

Lectures are held in the departments at different times depending on the departmental time schedule. However, all the students assemble every second Saturday of each month to receive the General Overseer’s lecture as well as the Use of English, the Call of God and a review of one General Overseer’s books. All these courses are compulsory and required. They fall under General studies.

The two major lecture venues for the time being are the different auditoria at the International Headquarters of MFM and the Training School at 1 Matthew Street, Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria.

The Institute has Satellite Schools located in different regions both at the outskirts of Lagos and outside Lagos, and outside Nigeria. Satellite Schools outside Lagos are Abuja, Port-Harcourt, Kaduna, Kano, Warri, Benin, Ota, Ibadan, Oshogbo, and Abeokuta. Those at the outskirts of Lagos are Morogbo, and Prayer City.

At the moment, there are Satellite Schools in Contonou-Republic of Benin, Accra-Ghana, and Abdjan-Ivory Coast. Lectures are sent from the Institute to these regions to teach the students. The least number of our students in the Satellite Schools is 100.

English Language is the language of Instruction in all the departments. However, some departments, have Yoruba speaking units. They are Biblical Studies, Deliverance, Prayer, Evangelism and Church Planting and the Prophets. In addition, in the Department of Languages and Culture other languages taught apart from English make use of the languages in question during lecture.

At the moment, tuition fee for a whole session is N5,000 only, while registration and administrative fee is N1,000 for all other departments except the Department of Ministry that pays N10,000 for tuition and N1,000 for registration and administrative costs.

Scholarships are awarded to some categories of students as approved by the Education Committee of the Institute. Those on Scholarship are given a special slip to indicate that they are on scholarship. Also, lecturers of INSWAR are give a 40% discount of the fees.

First, to gain admission into the Institute, candidates need to write an entrance examination, which comprises two papers namely:

• Paper I: Scriptural Affairs

• Paper II: Use of English

(A) Candidates are expected to pass the entrance examination before they are admitted into the Institute.

(B) (i) Students are tested on the courses they have taken per semester since the Institute operates the unit course system. At the end of the second semester, the grade point average (G.P.A) of all the course taken during the session are recorded. Students are also tested on the Use of English and G.O.’ courses.

(ii) There is no re-sit examination for any one who misses an examination or fails it. Such a person is advised to have an extra semester.

(iii) Continuous assessment tests are also administered. They carry 40% of the whole grading

while the examination itself carries, 60%. A score of not less than 40% is regarded as pass mark. Students who score less than this are advised to repeat the course. Assessment is tabulated below:

• Continuous Assessment: 40%

• Semester Examination: 60%

• Total: 100%

• Letter Grade Grade Point

• 70% and above =A 5.0

• 60 - 69 =B 4.0

• 50 - 59 =C 3.0

• 45 - 49 =D 2.0

• 40 - 44 =E 1.0

• Below 40 Fail 0.0

Students are expected to submit a written project, which is also orally defended before two or more examiner. Students are to write on any topic approved by his/her department. Project writing is a compulsory examination requirement.

At the end of their course work and examination, successful candidates are sent to approved places depending on their discipline, to undergo Industrial Training. Reports on these students are sent directly to the Institute after they have completed their training.

The President of the Institute is Dr. D. K. Olukoya, General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (Worldwide). He holds a first class Honours Degree in Microbiology from University of Lagos, Nigeria and a Ph.D in Molecular Genetics from the University of Reading, United Kingdom. As a researcher, he has over seventy scientific publications to his credit.

• At least 70% attendance at the class lectures.

• Evidence of having paid the school fees in full.

• Two semester exam done and passed.

• Project completed and defended.

• Satisfactory behaviour throughout the session.

• Graduation expenses paid.

• Registration is not more than one department at a time.

• MFM is the umbrella covering the Institute therefore, students of the Institute must be ready to live a life that epitomizes MFM.

• True brokenness and absolute Christ-like humility must be practically demonstrated by both staff and students of the Institute.

• Ceaseless prayer life must be part of the life of every student/staff of the Institute.

• No student shall be allowed to register in more than one department at any particular time.

• Students who do their courses half-way shall not be allowed to graduate.

• Lateness and absenteeism shall not be entertained in the Institute.

• Students and staff are expected to maintain a high sense of integrity and discipline.

• Examination malpractices in any form shall not be tolerated.

• Heads of Departments and Lectures should not collect money from students in whatever form without clearance from the appropriate authorities.

• All students must possess an ID Card of the Institute. It is compulsory and not optional. A student found not wearing his/her Id during school hours may not allowed to receive lectures.

• All Heads of Departments must always route their letters through the Registrar of the Institute to the General Overseer who is the President of the Institute.

• Every student must have a minimum qualification of SSCE/GEC ‘O’ Level or any equivalent qualification as approved by the Institute.

• Handouts are produced at the Institute’s Secretariat. Therefore, Heads of Department/Lecturers should disburse handout through the Institute.

• Student must always possess materials for learning. They are encourage to buy relevant materials for their learning.

• Every student must write and pass all semester examinations.

• There must be complete loyalty by both students and staff of the Institute towards MFM as well as the Institute.

• All staff and students of the schools must live a simple, humble and godly life at all times.

• All staff must constantly be pleasant and cheerful and always be ready to put in all their best in the job.

• Lecturers and other staff must always display mutual respect among themselves.

• The Holy Spirit is taken as our all in all in the school.

• Visitors are not allowed to visit lecturers when lectures are going on except during an emergency.

• If a lecturer misses a class he/she must endeavour to give a make-up lecture for it.

• All students and staff of the Institute must be born-again and spirit-filled.

The Institute also runs a Sandwich Programmes for foreign students i.e. people outside Nigeria who want to receive training from the Institute. The programme is very intensive as lectures are held everyday of the week. Such students are given a statement of result/transcript by the institute after a successful completion of the course.