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MM 601 Parish: Inside the Walls
C. Milton Lowe
Reframing Your Ministry by Anthony J. Headley (Nappanee, Indiana: Evangel), 2007.
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MM 602 Parish: Outside the Walls
C. Milton Lowe
A Many Colored Kingdom by Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, S. Steve Kang, Gary A. Parrett (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004). Mentored Ministry Handbook: MM 601/602: (available as a pdf in the Virtual Classroom) Mentored Ministry Forms: ( MM602 E-Forms under Mentored Ministry Resources located in the Virtual Classroom)
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MI 610 Introduction to Christian Mission
Charles Madinger
Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Reader, Fourth Edition, Edited by Ralph D. Winter and Steven C. Hawthorne, William Carey Library, © 2009 Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Study Guide, 2009 Edition, by Steven C. Hawthorne, William Carey Library, © 2009 These texts are included in the cost of the class.
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IS 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church and World
Hugo Magallanes
Clapp, Rodney. A Peculiar People. InterVarsity Press, 1996. Hauerwas, Stanley and William Willimon. Resident Aliens. Abingdon, 1989. McClaren, Brian D. A New Kind of Christian. Jossey-Bass, 2001. Snyder, Howard. A Kingdom Manifesto. Wipf and Stock, 1997 Wright, Tom. The Challenge of Jesus. InterVarsity, 1999
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CD 660 YM 660 Teaching the Whole Bible to Youth and Adults
Ellen L. Marmon
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 Gorman, Julie. Community That Is Christian: A Handbook On Small Groups. (2002). Grand Rapids: Baker Books. ISBN: 0-8010-9145-4 Jones, Tony. (2006). Divine Intervention: Encountering God through the Ancient Practice of Lectio Divina. Colorado Springs: TH1NK (NAVPRESS). ISBN: 1-60006-059-5 Lingenfelter, J & S. (2003). Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. ISBN:10:0-8010-2620-2 McIntosh, Gary L. (2004). One Church, Four Generations: Understanding and Reaching All Ages in Your Church. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Brothers. ISBN: 0-8010-9137-3 Stonehouse, Catherine. Gender Differences. Article sold in the ATS bookstore Yount, William R. (1999). Called to Teach: An Introduction to the Ministry of Teaching. Nashville: Broadman and Holeman Publishers. ISBN: 0-8054-1199-2 LSI Learning Style Inventory – ATS bookstore (only if you haven’t taken this instrument before)
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CD 660 YM 660 Teaching the Whole Bible to Youth and Adults
Ellen L. Marmon
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 Gorman, Julie. Community That Is Christian: A Handbook On Small Groups. (2002). Grand Rapids: Baker Books. ISBN: 0-8010-9145-4 Jones, Tony. (2006). Divine Intervention: Encountering God through the Ancient Practice of Lectio Divina. Colorado Springs: TH1NK (NAVPRESS). ISBN: 1-60006-059-5 Lingenfelter, J & S. (2003). Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. ISBN:10:0-8010-2620-2 McIntosh, Gary L. (2004). One Church, Four Generations: Understanding and Reaching All Ages in Your Church. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Brothers. ISBN: 0-8010-9137-3 Stonehouse, Catherine. Gender Differences. Article sold in the ATS bookstore Yount, William R. (1999). Called to Teach: An Introduction to the Ministry of Teaching. Nashville: Broadman and Holeman Publishers. ISBN: 0-8054-1199-2
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IS 502 Christian Formation: Vocation of Ministry
Ellen L. Marmon
*Barton, Ruth (2006) Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, (195 pages). *Dawn, Marva. (2006). Sense of the Call. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing. Grenz & Bell, (2001). Betrayal of Trust: Confronting and Preventing Clergy Sexual Misconduct. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. Guinness, O. (1998). The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life, Waco,TX: Word. Pearcey, Nancy. (2004) Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. Samson, Will & Lisa. (2007) Justice in the Burbs: Being the Hands and Feet of Jesus Wherever You Live. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books. Roberts, Benjamin T. (1891; 1992). Ordaining Women: Biblical and Historical Insights. Indianapolis: Light and Life Press. *New texts for Spring 09
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YM 660 Teaching Bible/Youth and Adults
Ellen L. Marmon
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 Donahue, Bill. (2002). Leading Life-Changing Small Groups. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN: 0-310-24750-0 Gorman, Julie. Community That Is Christian: A Handbook On Small Groups. (2002). Grand Rapids: Baker Books. ISBN: 0-8010-9145-4 Jones, Tony. (2006). Divine Intervention: Encountering God through the Ancient Practice of Lectio Divina. Colorado Springs: TH1NK (NAVPRESS). ISBN: 1-60006-059-5 Lingenfelter, J & S. (2003). Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. ISBN:10:0-8010-2620-2 McIntosh, Gary L. (2004). One Church, Four Generations: Understanding and Reaching All Ages in Your Church. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Brothers. ISBN: 0-8010-9137-3 Stonehouse, Catherine. Gender Differences. Article sold in the ATS bookstore Yount, William R. (1999). Called to Teach: An Introduction to the Ministry of Teaching. Nashville: Broadman and Holeman Publishers. ISBN: 0-8054-1199-2 LSI Learning Style Inventory – ATS bookstore (only if you haven’t taken this instrument before)
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CL 613 Recruiting and Equipping the Laity
Stephen L. Martyn
Job, Rueben P. and Norman Shawchuck. A Guide To Prayer. Nashville, TN. The Upper Room, 1983 (417 Pages). Please Note: this is the BLUE book. Harper, Steve. Devotional Life In The Wesleyan Tradition: A Workbook. Nashville, TN: Upper Room Books, 2001 (159). Henderson, D. Michael. John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A Model for Making Disciples. Nappanee, IN: Francis Asbury Press, 1997 (191 pages). Rath, Tom. Strengths Finder 2.0 .New York, NY: Gallup Press, 2007, (174 pages). Please Note: You must purchase this exact text as a NEW text in order to take the on-line Strength’s Finder Inventory found within. Roxburgh, Alan J. and Fred Romanuk. The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church To Reach A Changing World. San Francisco: Josey-Bass, 2006 (218 pages). Muto, Susan and Adrian van Kaam. Epiphany Manual on the Art and Discipline of Formation-in-Common: A Fresh Approach to the Ancient Practice of Spiritual Direction. Pittsburgh, PA. Epiphany Books, 1998 (115 pages). (Call 412 341-7494 to order a copy of this text). Willard, Dallas. The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus’s Essential Teachings On Discipleship. New York: HarperOne, 2006 (237 pages).
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SF 502 Spiritual Life of the Minister
Stephen L. Martyn
Cassian, John. Conferences (The Classics of Western Spirituality). New York: Paulist Press, 1985. (208 pages) De Waal, Esther. Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 2001. (163 pages) Harper, Steve. Devotional Life in the Wesleyan Tradition (A Workbook). Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1995. (159 pages) MacDonald, Gordon. Rebuilding Your Broken World (Expanded Edition With Study Guide). Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990. (235 pages) Van Kaam, Adrian and Susan Muto. Formation Theology Volume One: Foundations of Christian Formation. Pittsburgh: Epiphany Association, 2004. (306 pages)
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NT 510 The Gospel of Matthew
Michael D. Matlock
Holy Bible (NASB, NRSV, or RSV) without study notes An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry by David Bauer Bible Study That Works by David Thompson Methodical Bible Study by Robert Traina
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OT 610 Pentateuch
Michael D. Matlock
Holy Bible (NASB, NRSV, or RSV) An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry by David Bauer Bible Study That Works by David Thompson Methodical Bible Study by Robert Traina A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax by Bill Arnold and John Choi, Cambridge, 2003 BibleWorks 7.0 or 6.0 or all three of the following resources: 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. A concordance of the Hebrew Bible. Either Even-Shoshan, A New Concordance of the Old Testament, Baker. or G. V. Wigram , The New EnglishmanÕs Hebrew Concordance, Hendrickson. 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 New Testament Introduction
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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ME 745 Leadership/Church for Unchurched
Art McPhee
Baab, Lynne M. Reaching Out in a Networked World: Expressing Your Congrega�on’s Heart and Soul. Herndon, VA: The Alban Institute. ISBN‐13 978‐1566993685. (190 pp.) Barre�, Lois Y., et al. Treasure in Clay Jars: Pa�erns in Missional Faithfulness. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN‐13: 978‐0802826923. (192 pp.) Guder, Darrell, L., ed. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998. ISBN‐13: 978‐0802843500 (268 pp.) Hunter, George G. III. Church for the Unchurched. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1996. ISBN‐13: 978‐0687277322 (188 pp.) Hunter, George G. III. Leading and Managing a Growing Church. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2000. ISBN‐13: 978‐0687024254, (160 pp.) Ko�er, John P. Leading Change. Cambridge MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996. ISBN‐13: 978‐0875847474. (187 pp.) Schaller, Lyle E. (You may choose any of Schaller’s many books.)
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ME 760 Ministry and Evangelism in the Small Church
Art McPhee
Crandall, Ronald K. Turnaround and Beyond: A Hopeful Future for Small Membership Churches. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2008. Pages: 176. Daman, Glenn C. Shepherding the Small Church: A Leadership Guide for the Majority of Today’s Churches. 2nd edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic & Professional, 2007. Pages: 288. Dudley, Carl S. Effective Small Churches in the Twenty-First Century. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2003. Pages: 192. Ray, David R. The Indispensable Guide for Smaller Churches. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2003. Pages: 296. In addition to these texts, students will read 500 pages related to the topic of their course paper.
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MS 620 Leadership/Church for Unchurched
Art McPhee
Baab, Lynne M. Reaching Out in a Networked World: Expressing Your Congrega�on’s Heart and Soul. Herndon, VA: The Alban Institute. ISBN‐13 978‐1566993685. (190 pp.) Barre�, Lois Y., et al. Treasure in Clay Jars: Pa�erns in Missional Faithfulness. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN‐13: 978‐0802826923. (192 pp.) Guder, Darrell, L., ed. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998. ISBN‐13: 978‐0802843500 (268 pp.) Hunter, George G. III. Church for the Unchurched. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1996. ISBN‐13: 978‐0687277322 (188 pp.) Hunter, George G. III. Leading and Managing a Growing Church. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2000. ISBN‐13: 978‐0687024254, (160 pp.) Ko�er, John P. Leading Change. Cambridge MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996. ISBN‐13: 978‐0875847474. (187 pp.) Schaller, Lyle E. (You may choose any of Schaller’s many books.)
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