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PC 510 The Servant as Pastoral Care Giver

Anthony J. Headley

1. Dinkins, Burrell & Losoney. “Grief” – An article on reserve 2. Frederic, Harold. The Damnation of Theron Ware. (I suggest that you read this novel before the start of the semester.) 3. Headley, Anthony J. Achieving Balance in Ministry. 4. Kollar, Charles Allen: Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling (This is our basic text for the theory and practice of pastoral counseling) 5. Kuenning, Delores. Helping People Through Grief. (Many students find this to be a very emotional book. You may want to read a few chapters at a time.) 6. Nichols, Michael P. The Lost Art of Listening: (This is the best book available for learning how to really listen and to discover why this is so difficult to do.) 7. Steinborn, Melvin. The Lay Driven Church: How to Empower the People In Your Church to Share In the Task of Ministry. 8. Steinke, Peter. How Your Church Family Works. (Read this as soon as possible. We will use it early in the semester.)
WO 510 X Worship Leadership in the Church

Charles R. Hohenstein

This course lays the foundation for the ministry of the whole congregation in corporate worship. Biblical, theological, historical, and practical focus is brought to bear on the elements of prayer, Scripture, music, and proclamation in terms of the design of services, the keeping of time, and worship space. Attention is given to interpreting, planning, and presiding at the Church's principal worship services, sacraments, weddings, and funerals.
CO 515 Forgiveness in the Counseling Process

Virginia Todd Holeman

1. Augsburger, D. (1995). Helping People Forgive. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press. 2. Jones, G. (1995). Embodying Forgiveness. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans. 3. McCullough, M.E., Sandage, S.J., & Worthington, E.L., Jr. (1997). To Forgive Is Human: How to Put Your Past in the Past. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. 4. Nowuen, H. J.M. (1992). The Return of the Prodigal Son. New York: Image Books. 5. Worthington, E.L. (2001). Five Steps to Forgiveness. New York: Crown Publishers. 6. Course Readings Packet and class handout packet– purchase at Cokesbury Bookstore before class starts.
CO 650 Theories of Personality: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Virginia Todd Holeman

1) Brown, W., Murphy, N., and Maloney, N. (Eds). (1998). Whatever happened to the soul? Scientific and theological portraits of human nature. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. (ca. 225 pages) 2) Conference papers, available from the instructor. (ca. 150 pages) 3) Hall, C.S., Gardner L. and Campbell, J. B. (1998). Theories of Personality, 4th Ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons. (ca. 650 pages) 4) Jeeves, M. A. (1997). Human nature at the millennium: Reflections on the integration of psychology and Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books. (ca. 250 pages)
CO 670 Marriage and Family Therapy

Virginia Todd Holeman

(1) Friedman, E. H. (1985). Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue. New York: Guilford (2) Guerin, P.J., Jr., Forgarty, T. F., Fay, L.F., Kautto, J. G. (1996). Working with Relationship Triangles. New York: Guilford Press. (3) McGoldrick, M. & Gerson, R., & Shellenberger, S. (1999). Genograms in Family Assessment (2nd Ed.). New York: Norton. (4) Stanley, S., et al. (1998). The Lasting Promise. Jossey-Bass. (5) Visher, E.B. & Visher, J. S. (1996). Therapy with Stepfamilies. New York: Brunner/Mazel. (6) Course Packet of Readings and Handouts.
CO 725 Research Seminar: Theory and Design

Virginia Todd Holeman

(1) Kumar, R. (1996). Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (2) Course Article packet and course handout packet. Available through ATS bookstore. (3) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.).
CL 510 Formation for United Methodist Ordained Ministry

Coleman Howlett

• Hunt, Richard, Christian As Minister: Ministry Inquiry Process: The United Methodist Church (Nashville: General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, 1997). • Hunt, Richard A., Candidacy Guidebook: For Deacons, Elders, and Local Pastors: The United Methodist Church, 2001 edition (Nashville: General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, 2001).
ME 745 Leading the Church for the Unchurched

George G. Hunter

Required Textbooks for masters and doctoral students: 1. Hunter, George G. Leading and Managing a Growing Church. Abingdon, 2000. 2. Schaller, Lyle. Strategies for Change. Abingdon, 1993. 3. Sider, Ronald J. et. al. Churches That Make a Difference: Reaching Your Community with Good News and Good Works. Baker Books, 2002. 4. Warren, Rick. The Purpose Driven Church. Zondervan, 1995. Required Textbooks for doctoral students who declare a Church and Mission Leadership Major: 5. Bennis, Warren and Burt Nanus. Leaders: The Strategies of Taking Charge 6. Hunter, George G. Church for the Unchurched. Abingdon, 1996. 3 7. Kouzes, James M. and Barry Z. Posner. The Leadership Challenge. rev. ed. Jossey- Bass, 1995. 8. Drucker, Peter. Managing the Nonprofit Organization. HarperCollins, 1990.
MS 615 Foundations of Church Growth; ME 700 Principles of Church Growth

George G. Hunter

I. Course Description: "The foundational principles and strategies of the Church Growth movement pioneered by Donald McGavran, seen as one informed approach to strategy development in mission and evangelism and as a means to inform congregational and denominational outreach and expansion. Focus upon North American and Third World cases."

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MI 715 Contextual Theology

Eunice L. Irwin

(1) Bevans, Stephen B. 1992 Models of Contextual Theology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. (2) Grenz, Stanley J. and Roger E. Olson 1996 Who Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity. (3) Schreiter, Robert J. 1985 Constructing Local Theologies. London: SCM Press.
MI 880 Seminar in Mission

Eunice L. Irwin

Texts: (1) Transforming Mission David J. Bosch (2) Mission as Transformation Vinay Samuel, Chris Sugden (3) Classical Texts in Mission & World Christianity Norman Thomas (4) Mission on the Way Charles Van Engen (5) Mission for the 21st Century Stephen Bevans, Roger Schroeder
MW 725 Primal and Folk Religions

Eunice L. Irwin

Course Description: A study of the interaction of Christianity with primal and folk religions' institutions and worldviews. Emphasis is given to how people from these types of religious traditions receive the witness of the gospel and come to understand and practice the Christian faith.
CD 511 The Pastor and Christian discipleship

Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

REQUIRED TEXTS 1. The Pastor as Religious Educator by Robert Browning 2. John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A model for making disciples by Michael Henderson 3. Creative Ministry by Henri Nouwen 4. Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life by Henri Nouwen 5. Soul Stories: African American Christian Education by Anne Streatly Wimberly 6. Making Disciples: Faith Formation in the Weslyan Tradition by Sandra Higgins Matthaei 7. Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices by Craig Dykstra 8. *On Reserve - Leading the Congregation: Caring for Yourself While Serving the People by Norman Shawchuck and Roger Heuser 9. Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Vision by Thomas Groome
CD 651 Professional Foundations of Christian Education

Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

1. Models of Religious Education: Theory and Practice in Historical and Contemporary Perspective by Harold Burgess
SF 501 Introduction to Spiritual Formation

Reginald Johnson

• Richard Foster, A Celebration of Discipline • Reginald Johnson, Your Personality and the Spiritual Life &“Learning to Pray Again” Compact Disc • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together • Joyce Huggett, Listening to God
SF 501 Introduction to Spiritual Formation

Reginald Johnson

• Richard Foster, A Celebration of Discipline • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together • Reginald Johnson, Your Personality and the Spiritual Life • Joyce Huggett, Listening to God • Course Packet for SF 501 (available in the campus bookstore)
SF 503 The Life of Prayer

Reginald Johnson

Prayer, The Heart's True Home, Richard Foster (ISBN 0-06-062846-4) Rules For Prayer, William Paulsell (ISBN 0-809-13410-1) Dimensions of Prayer, Douglas Steere (ISBN 0-835-80800-9) Churches that Pray, Peter Wagner (ISBN ) Windows of the Soul, Ken Gire (ISBN )
SF 550 Tutorial: Formational Reading- E.Stanley Jones”

Reginald Johnson

• A Song of Ascents, E. Stanley Jones • Selections from E. Stanley Jones, edited by James K. and Eunice Jones Matthews • Three of Jones’ books (see attached bibliography for suggestions)
SF 550 The Praying Church

Reginald Johnson and Steven A. Seamands

ı Dutch Sheets, Intercession ı Beth Alvis and Tommi Femrite, Intercessors ı Mell Winger, The House of Prayer (48 page booklet)
PR 610 Servant as Proclaimer

J. Ellsworth Kalas

Demaray, Introduction to Homiletics Kalas, Old Testament Stories from the Back Side Craddock, Preaching
PR 610 Servant as Proclaimer

J. Ellsworth Kalas

Demaray, Introduction to Homiletics Kalas, Old Testament Stories from the Back Side Craddock, Preaching
PR 702 Expository Preaching

J. Ellsworth Kalas

Robert Alter, Genesis J. Ellsworth Kalas, New Testament Stories from the Back Side Eugene Lowry, The Homiletical Plot Vines and Shaddix, Power in the Pulpit
PR 750 Preaching for Special Occasions

J. Ellsworth Kalas

1. James F. Kay, Seasons of Grace 2. Long and McCarter, Preaching In and Out of Season 3. Fleming Rutledge, The Bible and the New York Times
CD 551 Seminar: Ministry with Children

Chris Kiesling

1. OFFERING THE GOSPEL TO CHILDREN by Gretchen Wolff Pritchard (Cowley, 1992), 2. CHILDREN IN THE WORSHIPING COMMUNITY by David Ng and Virginia Thomas (WJK, 1981) 3. THE RELIGIOUS POTENTIAL OF THE CHILD by Sofia Cavalletti (Liturgy Training Publications, 1992)
CD 560 The Ministry of Teaching

Chris Kiesling

1. Hermann Hesse, Beneath the Wheel. New York: Bantam, 1968. ISBN 0-553-20858-6 2. Donald M. Joy, Meaningful Learning in the Church. Indianapolis: Light and Life Press, 1969, revised 1989. ISBN 0-89367-019-7 3. Marlene D. LeFever, Learning Styles: Reaching Everyone God Gave You to Teach. Colorado Springs: David C. Cook, 1995. ISBN 0-7814-5117-5 4. Joseph Lowman, Mastering the Techniques of Teaching (second edition). San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1995. ISBN 0-7879-0127-X 5. Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. 6. Learning Style Inventory - Available from the bookstore as loose leaf pages