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CD 511 XL The pastor and Christian discipleship
Mark A. Maddix
1. Articulate biblical and theological principles for the church’s educational/discipling ministry (purpose, process, and leadership roles). 2. Evaluate educational perspectives from the social sciences and the field of religious education. 3. Design teaching plans using the learning style model for instruction. 4. Recruit and equip God’s people for ministries with all ages and assist your congregation in understanding how lay and clergy work together as the Body of Christ. 5. Lead the laity to implement and evaluate new ways of doing CE ministry using insights from change theory to design plans. 6. Develop your theology or philosophy of Christian education and discipleship, which integrates findings from the social sciences, with biblical and theological perspectives, and considers Christian education's connection to evangelism and the Great Commission. 7. Articulate your excitement for Christian education’s role in helping the people of God grow in Christ and fulfill the Great Commission
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CS 653 The Poor in John Wesley's Social Ethics
Hugo Magallanes
PURPOSE: To develop ministers who are responsive to the needs of the poor and other marginalized groups in society and church. To provide Wesleyan foundations, ethical and theological, to equip ministers and their congregations for understanding their moral responsibility toward the poor and the oppressed. To assist in developing practical applications and tentative responses to poverty related issues.
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MS 652 Christian Ministry in a Multicultural Society
Hugo Magallanes
Purpose: To equip and prepare students for Christian ministry in a multicultural society. To provide historical, sociological, theological, and ethical foundations for ministry in a diverse society. To provide relevant models for developing a multicultural approach to ministry. To assist in developing practical applications and new ministry models that are relevant and meaningful for a multicultural, pluralistic, and diverse society.
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ST 501 Method and Praxis in Theology
Paul N. Markham
Brown, Warren S., “Resonance: A Model for Relating Science, Psychology, and Faith”, in Journal of Psychology and Christianity 23 no. 2 (2004), pp.110- 120. Kant, I. (1784). An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment? University of Pennsylvania [On-line]. Available: http://www.english.upenn.edu/~mgamer/Etexts/kant.html Lindbeck, George A., The Nature of Doctrine: Religion and Theology in a Postliberal Age, (Louisville, Westminster John Knox Press, 1984). Murphy, Nancey, Beyond Liberalism & Fundamentalism: How Modern and Postmodern Philosophy Set the Theological Agenda, (Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 1996). Murphy, Nancey. (2006). Anglo-American Postmodernity and the End of the Theology-Science Dialogue?. Unpublished Work. Link to Word document at http://www.faith.ucr.edu/events.html Peacocke, Arthur, Paths From Science Towards God: The End of all our Exploring, (Oxford: OneWorld Publications, 2001). Peterson, Gregory R., “Theology: Reduction or Autonomy?”, in Zygon 36 no. 4 (2001), pp.597-614. Smith, James K. A., Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church, (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006). Thielicke, Helmut, A Little Exercise for Young Theologians, (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdman's Publishing Company, 1980).
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CD 511 IM The pastor and Christian discipleship
Ellen L. Marmon
Course Description (highlights on our journey) "The Pastor and Christian Discipleship" points us in several directions (which is appropriate, since pastors and Christian educators are usually running in about a dozen on any given day). We’ll look at roles and responsibilities of the pastor or Christian education minister in the teaching and learning ministries of the church. You can anticipate navigating through biblical, theological, and social science models of teaching, learning, and faith developing. Lay ministers (volunteers) require nurturing, training, and guiding. Their involvement and your support of their discipleship ministries are crucial in the faith community, so we’ll turn our hearts and minds in that direction as well. Throughout our travels together, you will construct and/or refine your own understanding of teaching or discipleship ministry, one that focuses both on Christian and education.
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CD 660 YM 660 Teaching the Whole Bible to Youth and Adults
Ellen L. Marmon
1. Bartholomew, Craig & Goheen, Michael. (2004). The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story. Baker Academic: Grand Rapids, Michigan. ISBN: 0-8010-2746-2 2. Jones, Tony. (2003). Read, think, pray, live. Colorado Springs: TH1NK (NAVPRESS). ISBN: 1-57683-453-0 3. Yount, William R. (1999). Called to Teach: An Introduction to the Ministry of Teaching. Nashville: Broadman and Holeman Publishers. ISBN: 0-8054-1199-2 4. LSI Learning Style Inventory (only if you haven’t taken this instrument before) 5. Kalas, J. Ellsworth. (2008). A Hop, Skip, and a Jump. Nashville: Abingdon. ISBN: 978-0-687-64446-9 6. Gorman, Julie A. (2002). Community That is Christian: A Handbook on Small Groups. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books. ISBN: 0-8010-9145 7. Bracke, John & Tye, Karen. (2003). Teaching the Bible in the Church. St. Louis, Chalice Press. ISBN: 0-8272-3643-3 8. Lee-Thorp, Karen. (1998). How to Ask Great Questions. NAVPRESS. ISBN: 1-57683-078-0 9. Donahue, Bill. (2002). Leading Life-Changing Small Groups. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN: 0-310-24750-0
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CD / YM 660 Teaching the Bible to Youth and Adults
Ellen L. Marmon
1. Bartholomew, Craig & Goheen, Michael. (2004). The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story. Baker Academic: Grand Rapids, Michigan. ISBN: 0-8010-2746-2 2. Jones, Tony. (2003). Read, think, pray, live. Colorado Springs: TH1NK (NAVPRESS). ISBN: 1-57683-453-0 3. Yount, William R. (1999). Called to Teach: An Introduction to the Ministry of Teaching. Nashville: Broadman and Holeman Publishers. ISBN: 0-8054-1199-2 4. LSI Learning Style Inventory (only if you haven’t taken this instrument before) 5. Kalas, J. Ellsworth. (2008). A Hop, Skip, and a Jump. Nashville: Abingdon. ISBN: 978-0-687-64446-9 6. Gorman, Julie A. (2002). Community That is Christian: A Handbook on Small Groups. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books. ISBN: 0-8010-9145 7. Bracke, John & Tye, Karen. (2003). Teaching the Bible in the Church. St. Louis, Chalice Press. ISBN: 0-8272-3643-3 8. Lee-Thorp, Karen. (1998). How to Ask Great Questions. NAVPRESS. ISBN: 1-57683-078-0 9. Donahue, Bill. (2002). Leading Life-Changing Small Groups. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN: 0-310-24750-0
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CD / YM 66 X Teaching the Whole Bible to Youth and Adults
Ellen L. Marmon
Course Description (highlights on your journey) This course explores the “who, what, where, how, and why?” of teaching the whole Bible to youth and adults (12 – 112 years of age). Wesleyan theology; the biblical understanding of hospitality; pertinent social science theories of education (learning preferences; gender, age, generational, cultural differences); discipleship resources; and the personal practice of lectio divina all help us effectively and faithfully communicate God’s grand narrative, revealed in both Old and New Testaments. The context for this study unfolds within small group communities.
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MM 511 512 Mentored Ministry
Ellen L. Marmon
Mentored Ministry is a supervised, field-based experience, designed to teach an active/reflective pattern of ministry.
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MM 511 512 W and X MM 611 612 W and X
Ellen L. Marmon
Mentored Ministry is a supervised, field-based experience, designed to teach an active/reflective pattern of ministry. We start with some basic assumptions, and we provide students with the opportunity to achieve some specific goals. This class combines students on the Wilmore and ExL campuses, giving us opportunities to interact in person and online with each other. Once you register, I’ll send you an electronic copy of the MM Handbook, which will acquaint you with our case study format, as well as the forms and guidelines you’ll use with your mentor.
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CL 610 Theology of Servant Leadership
Stephen L. Martyn
COURSE DESCRIPTION With the end in view of living as a Christian servant leader, students in CL610 J-Term 08 will enter into a highly unique situation for a seminary class: 1. Students will first go through the process of preparing for an overseas, third world trip (securing passport & Indian Visa permit; receiving necessary vaccinations; and raising the funds necessary for travel and tuition). 2. Before departing for India, students will be formed into various ministry teams. Each team will be expected to coordinate with one another (as much as possible) in order to plan their areas of service at Bethel Agricultural Fellowship. 3. Before departing for India, students will view the DVD provided to them by the professor and they will read The Art of Crossing Culture by Craig Storti as well as all other printed material handed to them by the professor. 4. Each student will be expected to bring one suitcase to India for their own personal needs and then one suitcase filled with group project materials and/or medical equipment. 5. While in India, learning and spiritual growth will take place through team meetings; through times of service to the Bethel community; through one on one relationships with those whom we are going to serve; through interviews with Indian Christian leaders, and through corporate times of worship. 6. After returning from India, students will then compose a final integrative reflection paper in which they articulate their biblical, theological, and experiential understanding of Servant Leadership.
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CL 610 Theology of Servant Leadership
Stephen L. Martyn
Foster, Richard. Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. San Francisco, Harper & Row, 1978. (184 pages) [Note: if you have not previously read this classical text please dive into it. For the purposes of our class I want you to read chapters 8 “submission” and 9 “service”] Greenleaf, Robert. The Power of Servant Leadership. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1998. (313 pages) [Read these pages: Introduction, pp 1-15; Ch. 1, pp. 17-59; Ch. 5, pp. 111-167] Hunter, James C. The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle: How to Become a Servant Leader. New York: Crown Business, 2004. (224 pages) Miller, Calvin. The Empowered Leader: 10 Keys to Servant Leadership. Nashville: Broadman & Holeman Publishers, 1995. (227 pages) [Please read chapters 7, “The Politics of Grace and the Abuse of Power,” and 8, “Leadership: Coping with Difficult People”] Nouwen, Henri J.M. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership. New York: Crossroad, 1989. (81 pages) Seamands, Steve. Ministry In The Image Of God: The Trinitarian Shape Of Christian Service. Downers Grove: IVP Books, 2005. (189 pages) The Arbinger Institute. Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2000. (180 pages)
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SF 502 The Spiritual Life of the Minister
Stephen L. Martyn
COURSE DESCRIPTION This course proposes to help students delve into and apply Christian spirituality to their everyday lives and ministries. Over a span of four months, we will swim in seven major spiritual streams: 1. Holy Leisure (the conditions necessary for a God-centered life); 2. Ministry From The Overflow (service that does not deplete); 3. The Well Ordered Life (balance in all things); 4. The Big Rocks (first things first on a daily basis); 5. Turning From Pride (humility); 6. Speaking The Truth In Love (spiritual direction); 7. Leading From Within A Family (team). All of these areas are essential to a joyful life in Christ and are necessary for vocational faithfulness. Through reading, reflection, interaction, and integration, we will seek to hear and obey the whisperings of the Holy Spirit who is ever wooing us into increasing Christ-likeness.
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NT 510 The Gospel of Matthew
Michael D. Matlock
1. Holy Bible (NASB, NRSV, or RSV) 2. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry by David Bauer 3. Bible Study That Works by David Thompson 4. Methodical Bible Study by Robert Traina
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OT 501 Survey of Biblical Hebrew
Michael D. Matlock
1. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. 2. Holladay, William. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972. 3. BibleWorks Ver. 7. BibleWorks, LLC, Norfolk, VA. 4. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. 5. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. 6. Arnold, Bill T. and John H. Choi. A Guide to Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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OT 610 Pentateuch
Michael D. Matlock
Required Texts You may contact a salesperson at the Asbury Seminary Bookstore for all required resources at exlbooks@asburyseminary.edu or phone 859.858.4242 or 866.855.8252 1. Holy Bible (NASB, NRSV, or RSV) 2. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry by David Bauer 3. Bible Study That Works by David Thompson 4. Methodical Bible Study by Robert Traina 5. A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax by Bill Arnold and John Choi, Cambridge, 2003 6. BibleWorks 7.0 or 6.0 or all three of the following resources: 6a. A Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible. Either Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. 4th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1990 or The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament. John Kohlenberger, editor. Zondervan. 6b. A concordance of the Hebrew Bible Either Even-Shoshan, A New Concordance of the Old Testament, Baker. or G. V. Wigram , The New Englishman’s Hebrew Concordance, Hendrickson. 6c. A lexicon of the Hebrew Bible William Holladay, A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Eerdmans. or M. E. J. Richardson, The Hebrew & Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Brill.
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NT 520 Introduction to the New Testament
Michael McKeever
A modern translation of the Bible, preferably the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), Revised Standard Version (RSV), or New American Standard Bible (NASB). Achtemeier, Paul J., Joel B. Green, and Marianne Meye Thompson, Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Message. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 2001. deSilva, David A. Honor, Patronage, Kinship, and Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity, 2000. Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 1995. Theissen, Gerd. The Shadow of the Galilean. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1987. Jeffers, James. The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament. Downers Grove: IVP, 1999.
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NT 615 Exegesis of the Gospel of Luke
Michael McKeever
Joel B. Green, The Theology of the Gospel of Luke, New Testament Theology, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995). ISBN 0521469325 Tales from the Madhouse from Vision Video, available in both DVD and VHS formats.
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ME 700 Principles of Church Growth
Art McPhee
Course Description In this course, we will study the foundational principles and strategies of the Church Growth Movement as one approach to the issues in mission strategy and evangelization, and as a means to inform congregational outreach and expansion. This we will do in concert with a review of the historical emergence and articulation of the apostolic vision and legacy of Donald McGavran. Along the way, we will examine both Western and Two-Thirds World Case Studies.
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ME 820 Seminar in Evangelization: Applied Historical Perspectives
Art McPhee
Course Description and Objectives The plan of this seminar is to ground participants in readings—both primary and secondary, interpretive sources—related to the history of Christian expansion and evangelization. The aim is threefold: (1) to examine how the Christian Movement spread in specific contexts and times; (2) to learn from “apostolic lore,” from successes and mistakes of the past; and (3) to distill insights applicable to making disciples in our own times, cultures, and settings.
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MS 615 Foundations of Church Growth ME700 Principles of Church Growth
Art McPhee
Course Description The foundational principles and strategies of the Church Growth Movement seen as one approach to the issues in mission strategy and evangelization and as a means to inform congregational outreach and expansion. Draws from the apostolic vision and legacy of Donald McGavran. Focuses on both Western and Two-Thirds World Case Studies. Prerequisite for MS615 students: IS501.
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MS 620 ME 745 Leadership
Art McPhee
Course Descriptions MS620 Studies in organization leadership, especially the leadership of change, applied to the contemporary challenge of helping local churches move from tradition to mission and become effective “apostolic” churches. Draws from the writings and legacy of Lyle Schaller. Fulfills the United Methodist ordination requirement in evangelism. Prerequisite: IS501. Meets with ME745. ME745 Studies in organization leadership, especially the leadership of change, applied to the contemporary challenge of helping local churches move from tradition to mission and become effective “apostolic” churches. Draws from the writings and legacy of Lyle Schaller. Meets with MS620; however assignments and assessment differ, as described below.
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MS 625 Dynamics of Interpersonal Evangelism
Art McPhee
Griffin, Em: A First Look at Communication Theory 6th edition Crandell, Ron: The Contagious Witness
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