EM708-4 - Developing Resilience and Spiritual Maturity in Cross-Cultural Ministry

  • 0 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 4
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • evangelism missiolUnit Discipline

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

  • Factors in the development of resilience and spiritual maturity in cross-cultural ministry
  • Biblical and missiological perspectives on the development of resilience and spiritual maturity

B. Be able to

  • Analyse the roles of diverse challenges in cross-cultural ministry in Developing resilience and spiritual maturity
  • Evaluate personal responses to challenges in cross-cultural ministry
  • Articulate a personal philosophy of spiritual formation

C. Be in a position to

  • Implement  plans for personal spiritual growth and development of resilience
  • Communicate principles of Developing spiritual maturity and resilience to others

Content

1. Factors in spiritual formation and the development of resilience in intercultural ministry
2. Biblical perspectives on resilience and its development, and spiritual formation
3. The role of suffering and developing a biblical response to it in spiritual growth 
4. The forms and role of spiritual warfare in intercultural ministry and their impact on spiritual formation and resilience in the light of Scripture and missiological literature
5. Developing healthy approaches to relationships and to conflict in the light of Scripture and missiological perspectives
6. Developing a plan for spiritual formation and developing resilience, including engagement with spiritual disciplines.
7. Helping others – family members, friends, and co-workers – grow spiritually and in resilience

Set Readings

Prescribed

Sedmak, C., The Capacity to be Displaced: Resilience, Mission, and Inner Strength (Leiden: Brill, 2017).

Smith, G., Called to be Saints: An Invitation to Christian Maturity. (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014).

 

Recommended

Averbeck, R., “Spirit, Community, and Mission: A Biblical Theology for Spiritual Formation,” Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care 1(2008): 27-53. Avaiable from https://journals.biola.edu/sfj/assets/20/sfj-1-1-27.pdf

Berding, K., “At the Intersection of Mission and Spiritual Formation in the Letters of Paul,” Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care 6 (2013): 18-37.

Bosch, D., A Spirituality of the Road (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2001).

Brogden, D., Abiding Mission: Missionary Spirituality and Disciple-Making among the Muslim Peoples of Egypt and Northern Sudan (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2016).

Chan, S., Spiritual Theology: A Systematic Study of the Christian Life (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1998).

Eeningenburg, S., and Bliss, R., Expectations and Burnout: Women Surviving the Great Commission (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2010).

Elmer, D., Cross-Cultural Servanthood: Serving Others in Christlike Humility (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2006).

Fernando, A., The Call to Joy and Pain: Embracing Suffering in your Ministry. (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2007).

Foyle, M., Honourably wounded: Stress among Christian workers (London, UK: Monarch, 2010).

Hibbert, E, and Hibbert, R., Leading Multicultural Teams (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2014).

Hale, T., Authentic Lives: Overcoming the Problem of Hidden Identity in Outreach to Restrictive Nations (Pasadena, CA: Willam Carey Library, 2016).

Hoke, S., and Taylor, W., Global Mission Handbook: A Guide to Cross-Cultural Service (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2009).

Miller, R., Spiritual Survival Handbook for Cross-Cultural Workers (Orlando, FL: BottomLine Media, 2011).

Moreau, A.S., Essentials of Spiritual Warfare: Equipped to Win the Battle (Shaw Publishers, 2008).

O’Donnell, K. (ed.), Doing Member Care Well: Perspectives and Practices from around the World (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2002).

Schaefer, F & Schaefer, C. (eds.), Trauma & Resilience, A Handbook: Effectively Supporting Those Who Serve God (Condeo Press, 2016).

Shaw, R., Spiritual Equipping for Mission: Thriving as God’s Message Bearers (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2014).

Teague, D,. Godly Servants: Discipleship and Spiritual Formation for Missionaries (Mission Imprints, 2012).