EM064-506 - Ministry Foundations

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  • 6
    Credit Points
  • 0.0625 EFT 
  • 5
    AQF level
  • Category foundational unit
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  • evangelism missiolUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code RYM32.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Foundational knowledge and understanding of the church, ministry and mission

B. Be able to

1. Outline a biblical theology of ministry

2. Present Organised evidence-based perspectives on the church, ministry and mission

C. Be in a position to

1. Relating perspectives and skills from ‘Ministry Foundations’ to contemporary Christian life and ministry contexts

Content

  1. The Contemporary Context
  2. Theology of Mission and Ministry
  3. The Three Dimensions of Ministry
  4. Women & Ministry
  5. Ministry Calling and Preparation
  6. Your Ministry S.H.A.P.E.

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.

 

Recommended Texts:

Guder, Darrell, ed., Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.

Stevens R. Paul, The Abolition of the Laity: Vocation, Work and Ministry in a Biblical Perspective. Carlisle: Paternoster 1999.

Wright, Christopher, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church's Mission. Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2010.

 

Selected Texts:

Bosch, David J. Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. Maryknoll, Orbis, 1991.

Clapp, Rodney, A Peculiar People: The Church as Culture in a Post-Christian Society. Downers Grove: IVP, 1996.

Engle Paul E. and Gary L. McIntosh eds. Evaluating the Church Growth Movement. Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2004.

Kenneson, Philip D. Beyond Sectarianism: Re-imaging Church and World. Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 1999.

Kenneson, Philip D. and J. L. Street, Selling out the Church—the Dangers of Church Marketing. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997.

Piper, John, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry. Broadman & Holman, Nashville 2002.

Piper John and W. Grudem, Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1991.

Payne, Philip B. Man and Woman, One in Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Paul’s Letters. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009.

Roxburgh Alan J. and M. Scott Boren, Introducing the Missional Church: What it is, Why it Matters, How to Become One. Grand Rapids, Baker, 2009.

Sine, Tom, Mustard Seed Versus McWorld: Reinventing Christian Life and Mission for the New Millennium. London: Monarch Books, 1999.

Wright, N. T. Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church. New York: HarperOne, 2008.

 

Classics:

Gibbs, Eddie, I Believe in Church Growth. Leicester: Hodder & Stoughton, 1981.

 

Articles:

Dumbrell W. J. “Creation, Covenant and Work”. Crux 24, no. 3 (1988): 14–24.

 

Chapters:

Carson. D. A. “The Trial of Biblical Studies” in. The Trials of Theology. Cameron Andrew, Brian S. Rosner, eds., Ross-shire: Christian Focus, 2010.

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