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DO 501 Basic Christian Doctrine

Brian G. Edgar

1. Alistair McGrath, Christian Theology: an introduction, 3rd Ed, (Blackwell, 2001) 2. Alistair McGrath (ed), The Christian Theology Reader, (Blackwell, 1995). 3. Brian Edgar, The Message of the Trinity, (IVP, 2005). 4. Steve Harper, The Way to Heaven: the gospel according to John Wesley, (Zondervan, 2003). 5. Greg Boyd and Paul Eddy, Across the Spectrum: understanding issues in evangelical theology (Baker, 2002)
CL 553 United Methodist Polity and Discipline

Edgar S. Goins

The Book of Discipline, 2004; Thomas Edward Frank, Polity, Practice, and the Mission of the United Methodist Church; and Jack M. Tuell, The Organization of the United Methodist Church, (2005-2008 Edition).
MU 510 Musical Foundations for Pastoral Ministry

William C. Goold

Course Texts: All students registered for the class will be expected to purchase and read in their entirety the following texts: Case, Riley B., Understanding Our United Methodist Hymnal. Bristol Books, 308 East Main Street, Wilmore, KY. Flather, Doug and Tami., The Praise and Worship Team Instant Tune-Up. Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan. ISBN 0-310-24232-0. Hurst, Lynn, Changing Your Tune! The Musician’s Handbook for Creating Contempory Worship. Abingdon Press. ISBN 0-687-02297-5. Hustad, Donald P., Jubilate II: Church Music in Worship and Renewal. Hope Publishing, Carol Stream, IL. Lockyer, Herbert Jr., All the Music of the Bible. Hendrickson Press. ISBN 1566535310 Owens, Bill (Herb Miller, Editor), The Magnetic Music Minister. Abingdon Press, c. 1996. Students are not required to purchase a copy of The United Methodist Hymnal, but will need frequent access to a copy of this hymnal. Because the 1989 edition of this hymnal is the one available in the ATS chapel, it will be used as the hymnal of reference.
MU 510 Musical Foundations for Pastoral Ministry

William C. Goold

Course Texts: All students registered for the class will be expected to purchase and read in their entirety the following texts: Case, Riley B., Understanding Our United Methodist Hymnal. Bristol Books, 308 East Main Street, Wilmore, KY. Flather, Doug and Tami., The Praise and Worship Team Instant Tune-Up. Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan. ISBN 0-310-24232-0. Frame, John M., Contemporary Worship Music: A Biblical Defense. P & R Publising, P.O. Box 817, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, 08865. Hurst, Lynn, Changing Your Tune! The Musician’s Handbook for Creating Contempory Worship. Abingdon Press. ISBN 0-687-02297-5. Hustad, Donald P., Jubilate II: Church Music in Worship and Renewal. Hope Publishing, Carol Stream, IL. Lockyer, Herbert Jr., All the Music of the Bible. Hendrickson Press. ISBN 1566535310 Owens, Bill (Herb Miller, Editor), The Magnetic Music Minister. Abingdon Press, c. 1996. Walker, Wyatt, Somebody’s Calling My Name. Judson Press. ISBN 081700980
CD / CS 670 Discipline For Evangelism And Social Justice

Richard Gray

REQUIRED READING: The following texts are required reading for the course. You are expected to be familiar with this material as it will form the basis for class discussion, lecture material. The required texts are: Sanders, Cheryl J. Ministry at the Margins: The Prophetic Mission of Women, Youth & the Poor. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1997. *Miller, Haskell M., Social Ministry: An Urgent Agenda for Pastors and Churches. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2000. Richardson, Rick,. Evangelism Outside The Box. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000. *Posterski, Donald C., Reinventing Evangelism: New Strategies for Presenting Christ in Today’s World. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1989. Schreiter, Robert J., Reconciliation: Mission & Ministry in a Changing Social Order. MaryKnoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1999. *Greenway, Roger S., Discipling the City. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1997. Snyder, Howard A., Liberating the Church. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1996. RECOMMENDED READING: The following texts are recommended reading for the course. While you are not required to read these materials, they will provide helpful supplemental materials for class lectures. You might want to consider drawing from them to fulfill the course supplemental reading requirement. Arias, Mortimer., Announcing the reign of God: Evangelization and the Subversive Memory of Jesus. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984. Conn, Harvie M., Evangelism – Doing Justice and Preaching Grace. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1982. Magnuson, Norris., Salvation in the Slums: Evangelical Social Work 1865 – 1920. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1990. Pannell, William E., Evangelism from the Bottom Up. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992. Costas, Orlando., Christ Outside the Gate: Mission Beyond Christendom. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1989. Claerbaut, David. Urban Ministry. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1983.
CL 611 Foundations of Leadership

Richard Gray

REQUIRED READING: Clinton, J. Robert, The Making of a Leader. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1988. 272 pages Hersey, Paul and Ken Blanchard., Management of Organizational Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996. 536 pages Wren, Thomas J., The Leader’s Companion: Insights on Leadership Through the Ages. New York: The Free Press, 1995. 554 pages RECOMMENDED READING: Yukl, Gary A., Leadership in Organizations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1982 Shriberg, Lloyd, Shriberg., Practicing Leadership. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
CL 612 Christian Leadership Development

Richard Gray

REQUIRED READING: Blackaby, Henry and Richard, Spiritual Leadership: Moving People On To God’s Agenda. Nashville, Tenn.: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2001. Clinton, J. Robert, The Making of a Leader. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1988. Engstrom, Ted W., The Making of a Christian Leader. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1976. Kouzes, James M., & Barry Posner., Christian Reflections on the Leadership Challenge. Jossey Bass Publishers, 2004. Thrall, Bill, McNicol , Bruce and Ken McElrath., The Ascent of a Leader. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass Publishers, 1999. RECOMMENDED READING: Kouzes, James M., & Barry Posner., The Leadership Challenge. Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002. Saunders, Oswald J., Spiritual Leadership. Chicago: Moody Press, 1994. Nouwen, Henri J.M., In the Name of Jesus. New York: Crossroads Publishing, 2000. Sims, Bennett J., Servanthood: Leadership for the Third Millennium. Cambridge: Cowley Publications, 1997. Elliston, Edgar J., Home Grown Leaders. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1992. Biel, Bob., Mentoring: Confidence in Finding a Mentor and Becoming One. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996. Gunderson, Denny., The Leadership Paradox. Seattle, WA: YWAM Publishing, 1997.
CL 612 Christian Leadership Development

Richard Gray

REQUIRED READING: Blackaby, Henry and Richard, Spiritual Leadership: Moving People On To God’s Agenda. Nashville, Tenn.: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2001. Clinton, J. Robert, The Making of a Leader. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1988. Engstrom, Ted W., The Making of a Christian Leader. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1976. Stanley, Andy., Visioneering. Sisters, Oregon: Multnomah Publishers, 1999. Thrall, Bill, McNicol , Bruce and Ken McElrath., The Ascent of a Leader. San Francisco: Jossey Bass Publishers, 1999. RECOMMENDED READING: Saunders, Oswald J., Spiritual Leadership. Chicago: Moody Press, 1994. Nouwen, Henri J.M., In the Name of Jesus. New York: Crossroads Publishing, 2000. Sims, Bennett J., Servanthood: Leadership for the Third Millennium. Cambridge: Cowley Publications, 1997. Elliston, Edgar J., Home Grown Leaders. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1992. Biel, Bob., Mentoring: Confidence in Finding a Mentor and Becoming One. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996. Gunderson, Denny., The Leadership Paradox. Seattle, WA: YWAM Publishing, 1997.
CL 617 Urban Leadership

Richard Gray

COURSE READING: REQUIRED BOOKS Bakke, Ray. The Urban Christian. Downers Grove, IL.: InterVarsity Press, 1987. (197 pages) Shriberg, Arthur., and Carol Lloyd., Practicing Leadership: Principles and Applications. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997. (242 pages) Elliston, Eddie and Timothy J. Kaufman., Developing Leaders for Urban Ministry. Peter Lang Publishers. (345 pages) Gmelch, George., and Walter P. Zenner., Urban Life: Readings in Urban Anthropology. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1996. (580 pages) Tonna, Benjamin. Gospel for the Cities. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1985. (197 pages) Weems, Lovett H., Leadership in the Wesleyan Spirit. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. (158 pages) RECOMMENED READING: Claerbaut, David. Urban Ministry. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1983. (225 pages) Lupton, Robert D., Theirs is the Kingdom: Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America. Harper San Francisco: Harper Collins Books, 1989. (121 pages) Shannon, Thomas R., Nancy Kleniewski and William M. Cross., Urban Problems in Sociological Perspective. Prospect Heights, IL.: Waveland Press, 1997. (356 pages) Villafane, Eldin. Seek the Peace of the City: Reflections on Urban Ministry. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995. (146 pages).
CL 660 Advanced Seminar in Wesleyan Leadership

Richard Gray

Required Reading: Weems, Lovett H., Leadership in the Wesleyan Spirit. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. (160 pages) McKenna, David L., Wesleyan Leadership in Troubled Times. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 2002. (143 pages). Bernard of Clairvaux, The Steps of Humility and Pride. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Cistercian Publications, 1989. (88 pages) Kuhn, Harold B., The Doctrinal Distinctives of Asbury Theological Seminary. (99 pages). Wigge, John., Taking Heaven By A Storm. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Wesley, John., A Plain Account of Christian Perfection. (On-line at www.worldinvisible.com)
BT 660 New Testament Theology

Joel B. Green

Course Reading — Required Fowl, Stephen, and L. Gregory Jones. Reading in Communion: Scripture and Ethics in Christian Life. Grand Rapids: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 1991. Green, Joel B., and Max Turner, eds. Between Two Horizons: Spanning New Testament Studies and Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 2000. One of the following two titles: Caird, G.B., with L.D. Hurst. New Testament Theology. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994. Wright, N.T. The New Testament and the People of God. Christian Origins and the Question of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996. One of the following three titles: Bauckham, Richard J. The Theology of the Book of Revelation. New Testament Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Green, Joel B. The Theology of the Gospel of Luke. New Testament Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1995. Lincoln, Andrew T., and A.J.M. Wedderburn. The Theology of the Later Pauline Letters. New Testament Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1993.
BT 660 New Testament Theology

Joel B. Green

Course Reading — Required Fowl, Stephen, and L. Gregory Jones. Reading in Communion: Scripture and Ethics in Christian Life. Grand Rapids: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 1991. Green, Joel B., and Max Turner, eds. Between Two Horizons: Spanning New Testament Studies and Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids: Wm.B. Eerdmans, 2000. One of the following two titles: Caird, G.B., with L.D. Hurst. New Testament Theology. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994. Wright, N.T. The New Testament and the People of God. Christian Origins and the Question of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996. One of the following three titles: Bauckham, Richard J. The Theology of the Book of Revelation. New Testament Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Green, Joel B. The Theology of the Gospel of Luke. New Testament Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1995. Lincoln, Andrew T., and A.J.M. Wedderburn. The Theology of the Later Pauline Letters. New Testament Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1993.
CL 553 United Methodist Polity and Discipline

Jeff Greenway

Book of Discipline (2004). Polity, Practice and the Mission by Thomas Frank.
IT 605 Internet and the Web in Ministry

Jeff Groeling

REQUIRED READINGS Lochhead, David, Shifting Realities: Information Technology and the Church. WCC Publications, 1997 The Lochhead text can be picked up or ordered through the ATS Bookstore (859)858- 2293.
CD 510 Foundations of Christian Discipleship

R. Dale Hale

Creative Ministry, Henri Nouwen. Introducing Christian Education: Foundations for the Twenty-first Century, Michael J. Anthony, ed.. Is It a Lost Cause? Having the Heart of God for the Church's Children, Marva J. Dawn John Wesley's Class Meeting: A Model for Making Disciples, D. Michael Henderson. Patterns in Moral Development, Catherine M. Stonehouse.
YM 551 Seminar in Youth Ministry - NYWC

James Hampton

TEXTBOOKS Dean, Kenda Creasy. Practicing Passion: Youth and the Quest for a Passionate Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004. White, David. Practicing Discernment with Youth. Pilgrim Press, 2004.
YM 610 Communicating the Gospel to Youth

James Hampton

Davis, Ken. How to Speak to Youth. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. 183 pages Donahue, Bill. Leading Life-Changing Small Groups, Revised. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002. 208 pages. Hampton, Jim and Edwards, Rick (eds.). Worship-Centered Teaching. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 2001. 104 pages. McNabb, Bill and Mabry, Scott. Teaching the Bible Creatively. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990. 193 pages. Myers, Joseph R. The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. 192 pages. Palmer, Parker. To Know as We are Known. San Francisco: Harper, 1993. 160 pages. Stier, Greg. Outbreak: Creating a Contagious Youth Ministry Through Viral Evangelism. Chicago: Moody, 2002. 247 pages.
YM 632 The Life of the Youth Pastor

James Hampton

Jones, Tony. Soul Shaper. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. 227 pages MacDonald, Gordon. Ordering Your Private World. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2002. 231 pages Need to be read before the start of class! Peterson, Eugene. Under the Unpredictable Plant. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992. 197 pages Trull, Joe E. and Carter, James E. Ministerial Ethics (second edition). Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004. 214 pages.
CL 553 United Methodist Polity and Discipline

Joe Harris

The Book of Discipline (2004) (United Methodist Publishing House) Lyle E. Schaller, The Ice Cube Is Melting, (Nashville: Abingdon, 2004) Thomas Edward Frank, Polity, Practice, and the Mission of the United Methodist Church
CH 651 The Sacraments in History

William P. Haugaard

Required texts: James F. White, Documents of Christian Worship: Descriptive and Interpretive Sources Bard Thompson, ed., Liturgies of the Western Church John H. Leith, ed., Creeds of the Churches: A Reader in Christian Docgrine from the Bible to the Present John Fenwick & Bryan Spinks, Worship in Transition: the Liturgical Movement in the Twentieth Century
CO 655 Counseling Relations: Process and Skills

Anthony J. Headley

REQUIRED READINGS Egan, G.(2000). The skilled helper. (7th ed.). Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. Hill, C. E. (2005). Helping skills: Facilitating exploration, insight, and action (2nd. ed). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
CO 675 Group Counseling

Anthony J. Headley

REQUIRED READINGS Corey, G. (2004). Theory and Practice of Group Counseling (6th edition). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. The text includes a rather thorough bibliography. Corey, G., Corey, M., & Haynes, R. (2000). Evolution of a Group (workbook and videotape), Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
CO 675 Group Counseling

Anthony J. Headley

REQUIRED READINGS Corey, G. (2004). Theory and Practice of Group Counseling (6th edition). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. The text includes a rather thorough bibliography. Corey, G., Corey, M., & Haynes, R. (2000). Evolution of a Group (workbook and videotape), Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. RECOMMENDED READING Corey, G., Corey, M., Callahan, P., & Russell, J. (2004). Group Techniques (3rd. edition). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
CO 680 Career Counseling

Anthony J. Headley

REQUIRED READINGS Hardy, L. (1990). The fabric of this world: inquiries into calling, career choice, and the design of human work. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Brown, D (2003). Career Information, Career Counseling and Career Development. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon
CO 701 CO 704 Practicum in Counseling

Anthony J. Headley

500 pages of reading are required. These readings may be drawn from books, articles etc. related to the student’s practicum setting. Reading should be reported to your faculty supervisor at the end of the semester.