PC071-812 - Missional Leadership in the 21st Century

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • pastoral churchUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code PC771-4.

PC080-7/8/912

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, the missional church movement with particular reference to leadership

B. Be able to

1. Examine recent scholarship on the missional church movement with particular reference to leadership

2. Demonstrate skill in utilising diverse scholarship in devising and implementing missional church leadership strategies

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on the missional church movement with particular reference to leadership
 

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Missional Leadership’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

  1. Mission to the West and post-Christendom
  2. Formation of missional leaders and the character of God
  3. Imagination and creativity for mission
  4. Congregational health and transformation
  5. Neighbourhood transformation and community development
  6. History and distinctives of the missional church
  7.  ‘APEST’ culture and contemporary expressions of Apostolic, Prophetic, Evangelistic, Shepherding and Teaching ministries
  8. Organic systems
  9. Innovation and change management tools
  10. Case studies of missional leadership
  11. Church planting and apostolic movements

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.


Required Reading:

Hirsch, Alan. The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating Apostolic Movements.  Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2016

 

Recommended Reading:

Bolger, Ryan, ed. The Gospel after Christendom: New Voices, New Cultures, New Expressions. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2012

Branson, Mark Lau, and Nick Warnes (editors). Starting Missional Churches: Life with God in the Neighborhood.  Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2014

Cole, Neil & Helfer, Phil, Church Transfusion: Changing your Church Organically from the Inside Out. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2012

Cronshaw, Darren and Darrell Jackson (eds.), New Wineskins: Congregational Transformation in Australian Baptist Church Life. Sydney: Morling Press, 2015

Crutchfield, Leslie R, and Heather McLeod Grant. Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Non-Profits.  San Francisco: Joessey-Bass, 2012

Frost, Michael, and Alan Hirsch. The Faith of Leap: Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage. Baker: Grand Rapids, 2011

Gordon, Wayne, John M Perkins, and with Randall Frame. Making Neighbourhoods Whole: A Handbook for Christian Community Development.  Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2013

Hammond, Kim, and Darren Cronshaw. Sentness: Six Postures of Missional Christians.  Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2014

Hirsch, Alan, and Dave Ferguson. On the Verge: A Journey into the Apostolic Future of the Church Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011

Ledbetter, Bernice M., Robert J. Banks and David C. Greenlagh., Reviewing Leadership: A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2016

Livermore, David. Leading with Cultural Intelligence: The Real Secret to Success. AMACOM, 2015

Loyd, Deborah Koehn. Your Vocational Call: Practical Steps To Discover Your Unique Purpose. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2015

Male, Dave. Pioneering Leadership: Disturbing the Status Quo? Grove Leadership Booklet S14.  Ridley Hall, Cambridge: Grove Books, 2013

Moynagh, Michael. Church for Every Context: An Introduction to Theology and Practice. London: SCM, 2012

Roxburgh, Alan. Missional Map-Making: Skills for Leading in Times of Transition.  San Francisco: Wiley, 2010

Roxburgh, Alan. Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World: The New Shape of the Church in our Time. New York: Morehouse, 2015

Scharen, Christian B, ed. Explorations in Ecclesiology and Ethnography. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012

Taylor, Steve. Built for Change: A Practical Theology of Innovation and Collaboration in Leadership.  Unley: Mediacom, 2016.

Woodward, J R. Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World.  Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2012.