EM060-812 - God's Mission and the Local Church

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • evangelism missiolUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code SMM62.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding, and the research underlying, of church involvement in local and global mission and its implications for local church ministry

B. Be able to

1. Examine historical and contemporary issues in the intersection of ecclesiology and mission

2. Review a specific church’s involvement in local and global mission.

3. Critique the impact of local and global realities on local churches.

4. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on church involvement in local and global mission

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying perspectives and skills from ‘Local Church and Global Mission’ to ministry practice and Christian life as a reflective practitioner

Content

Content: 1. Biblical perspectives: the nations in the Old Testament, the alien and the foreigner, centripetal and centrifugal mission, ministry and teaching of Jesus, early church practice, relevant aspects of the theology of the church. 2. Historical perspectives: from mission bands to monasteries, from religious orders to mission agencies. 3. Modern issues: internationalisation of the mission movement, theological challenges, resurgent religions, mega-churches, globalisation, terrorism, displaced peoples, conciliar and Catholic approaches. 4. Local church: worship and mission worship and mission in the local environment, local and global balance, cultural awareness, potential roles, development of educational programs and materials, resources and ideas available, planning for involvement. Structure: Lectures, discussion groups, student presentations..

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.


Classics:

Beals, Paul A., A People for His Name (William Carey Library, 1985).

Blauw, J., The Missionary Nature of the Church (Lutterworth, 1962).

Borthwick, Paul, A Mind for Missions (Navpress, 1987).

Griffiths, Michael, A Task Unfinished (Monarch, 1996).

O'Brien, Peter T., ed., God's Mission and Ours (Church Missionary Society, 1999).

Van Engen, Charles, God's Missionary People (Baker, 1991).

Van Engen, Charles, D. Gilliland, & P. Pierson, The Good News of the Kingdom (Orbis, 1993).

Wiebracht, Dean, The World Beyond your Walls (OMF Literature, 1992).

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