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MI 630 730 Biblical Theology of Mission

Lalsangkima Pachuau

A study of principal texts in the Old and New Testaments dealing with mission, evangelism, discipling, and renewal, with attention to relevant scholarly debate regarding their significance. (catalog) The study of principal texts is done both thematically and textually. Major biblicaltheological themes of missiological importance are dealt with using scholarly approaches for their meaning and significance in the understanding and practice of Christian mission.
CO 604 Treatment Planning

Georgina Panting-Sierra

Course Description: This class belongs to a sequence of courses that focus on treatment planning using theoretical, diagnostic, and integrative approaches. Students will be exposed to all phases of the treatment planning process, including the formulation and writing of treatment plans, the implementation of plans using appropriate timelines, treatment techniques appropriate to different mental and emotional disorders, and how to make treatment referrals where necessary.
CO 650 Community Counseling

Georgina Panting-Sierra

This course is designed to provide an understanding of the role that mental health professionals can play in the transformation of a community. Distinctions from traditional clinical counseling practices are highlighted as a means of enhancing the vision and skill repertoire of future professional counselors. Emphasis will be placed on issues related to advocacy, service to the underserved, preventive education and ethical issues in community counseling. The purpose, theories and practices of community counseling are examined from a Christian world-view. Students will reflect on their call as Christian servants, in the context of promoting the life of those who are poor, marginalized, discriminated against, and/or oppressed. Examples of faith-based community programs will be studied as models for community health agencies.
CO 655 Counseling Relationship: Process and Skills

Georgina Panting-Sierra

Course Description: This is a fundamental counseling course designed to provide students with a conceptual model and the communication tools necessary to facilitate the helping relationship. The course emphasizes therapeutic communication skills and client reactions/ behaviors within a procedural framework that facilitate movement in the counseling relationship. Special attention is given to listening well and producing the appropriate responses to enhance the quality and the effectiveness of the therapeutic “dance ”. The focus is on helping students gain a conceptual, observational and behavioral understanding of the varied skills, as they practice them. Thus, actual hands-on experience from all participants is expected.
CO 660 Crisis Counseling

Georgina Panting-Sierra

Course Description This advanced counseling course is based upon the premise that crises are an essential aspect of any structured understanding of human life and development. You will learn about episodes of crises in people’s lives where the stakes are very high for disintegration or for growth. Theoretical orientation to crisis and clinical intervention techniques for various types of crises will be taught and practiced. Faith issues during crisis events will be examined.
CO 680 Career Counseling

Georgina Panting-Sierra

Course Description: This course is a foundational class in career counseling. As part of the class, students will be exposed to the knowledge, theories, skills, and techniques necessary to providing such services in various contexts and with a variety of groups. Students will also gain a Christian perspective on vocation, career, and work as a foundation of the practice of career counseling.
CO 710 Family Systems

Georgina Panting-Sierra

This course will provide an overview of the different schools of family systems theories, its general principles, and practical strategies for developing effective treatment interventions from a systemic framework. Attention will be given to the theoretical aspects, major contributors, assessment techniques and the application of the theories and techniques to family problems.
NT 500 Concise Greek

William J. Patrick

NT 500 is an introduction to a basic acquisition of the Greek language of the New Testament as well as being an introduction to the fundamental matters regarding interpretive understanding and exegetical method, skills, and tools.
NT 632 Exegesis of Philippians

William J. Patrick

Catalog Description An exegetical study of the letter to the Philippians which focuses upon the application of basic exegetical principles of the Greek text and understanding the text within the literary, linguistic, historical, cultural, and conceptual contexts in which it was originally circulated. Prerequisite: NT(IBS)510 or 511; NT520; and NT500 or 501/502 or equivalent. (May be taken by students in M.A. programs not requiring Greek by special arrangement with the professor.)
OT 501 Survey of Biblical Hebrew

William J. Patrick

This course introduces students to Biblical Hebrew for purposes of exegetical work in pastoral ministry. Particular emphasis is given to the fundamentals of Biblical Hebrew and the basics of the exegetical process for pastoral use.
CH 501 Church History I

Zaida Maldonado Perez

This course is an introduction to the development of Christianity from the Apostolic Period to the Reformation. Emphasis is placed upon the central historical figures and theological issues, with attention given to their importance form Christian ministry today. Major primary texts and interpretive studies will be read.
CH 502 Church History II

Zaida Maldonado Perez

This course is the second part of a two-semester study that intends to introduce students to the development of the Christian Church from the Protestant Reformation to the Modern Era. Our emphasis will be placed upon central historical figures, movements and theological issues, with attention given to their relevance for our ministry today. Emphasis will be placed upon important primary texts, as well as interpretive studies.
DO 630 Doctrine of the Holy Spirit

Zaida Maldonado Perez

This course will explore biblical, historical and experiential aspects of the Holy Spirit. Special attention is given to spiritual gifts, current renewal movements, and the relationship of the Holy Spirit with contemporary “signs and wonders” (ATS Handbook)
ST 501 Method and Praxis in Theology

Zaida Maldonado Perez

Course Description: This is an introductory course relating method to practice in theology. This course will involve an examination of different ways in which the Christian tradition has understood the sources, norms, and criteria for the development of church doctrine. Special attention is given to a critical analysis of contemporary theological methods and the influence of postmodern science. The connection between theological method and Christian doctrine, especially the doctrine of divine revelation, will serve as the center point for developing an Evangelical/Wesleyan theology in the postmodern world. This class is designed for beginning students, and serves as preparatory study for all course offerings in theology.
CS 601 W1 Christian Ethics

Christine Pohl

To prepare students for ministry by training them to analyze and address the moral life from a Christian perspective. To enable ministers to equip their congregations for understanding moral responsibility and for practicing ministry with integrity. To assist in training ministers who will draw all persons, including those who are excluded by society, into the care and guidance of the community of faith under the Lordship of Christ. To assist in the training of ministers who will exemplify the Gospel-mandated holy life.
CS 610 Women in Church and Society

Christine Pohl

To equip students with an understanding and appreciation of women’s contributions in church and society. To provide students with critical tools for interacting with contemporary issues of gender. To understand the role of gender in church and society-- historically, sociologically, morally, and theologically.
CS 652 Ethics of Hospitality and Contemporary Challenges

Christine Pohl

Purpose: To introduce students to the Christian tradition of offering hospitality to strangers and to enable students to use that moral framework in developing a pastoral response to contemporary issues of diversity and inclusion in church and society.
BS 505 Introduction to Biblical Studies: New Testament

Ruth Anne Reese

The New Testament (RSV or NRSV or a similar translation). DeSilva, David A. An Introduction to the New Testament. Downers Grove: IVP, 2004.
IS 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church, and World

Ruth Anne Reese

Welcome to the spring session of Kingdom, Church, and World. This course is an opportunity to critically examine our presuppositions and commitments regarding the nature of the kingdom of God and its relationship to the church and world. These are three distinct, but intimately related aspects of the reality in which we all live and engage in ministry—whether we are laypersons or clergy—and this class gives us an opportunity to examine and think through them. In this course we will have the opportunity to reflect on a number of questions and issues including: 1. What is the kingdom of God? 2. What is the Church? 3. How does and should the Church engage the world? 4. What do we mean when we speak of “the world?” 5. What relationship exists between the kingdom, the Church, and the world? There will be other questions that you will raise as well. This class is an introduction to various aspects of theology, biblical study, philosophy, anthropology, ecclesiology and mission. The topics that the course can touch upon are vast. In light of this, it is good to remember that this is an introductory course that is designed to give you a taste of the curriculum that lies ahead in theological study.
NT 520 Introduction to the New Testament

Ruth Anne Reese

The New Testament (RSV or NRSV; however, multiple translations are recommended) DeSilva, David A. Honor, Patronage, Kinship and Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture. Downers Grove: IVP, 2000. Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1995. Johnson, Luke Timothy. The Writings of the New Testament: An Introduction. Rev ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999.
NT 520 Introduction to the New Testament

Ruth Anne Reese

Description: This is an introduction to the New Testament, its content, its context, and its interpretation. In the course of the semester, we will examine the individual books of the New Testament; the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts out of which the New Testament arose; various types of interpretative methods used to study the New Testament; and theological themes in the New Testament. We will work to draw this knowledge together into a means for thinking about the New Testament in our contemporary context.
NT 640 Exegesis of General Epistles

Ruth Anne Reese

Description: A close reading of Jude and 1-2 Peter with special attention given to literary, socio-historical, and theological understandings of the epistles.
NT 724 Exegesis of the Corinthian Correspondence

Ruth Anne Reese

Description: A close reading of the Corinthian Correspondence with special attention given to literary, socio-historical, and theological understandings of the epistles. May include readings from either one or both of the Corinthian letters during any given semester.
NT 740 Exegesis of General Epistles Jude, 1 and 2 Peter

Ruth Anne Reese

Description: A close reading of the General Epistles (James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude) with special attention given to literary, socio-historical, and theological understandings of the epistles. May include readings from any or all of the General Epistles in a given semester.
OT 520 Old Testament Introduction

Sandra Richter

This course is designed to lay a foundation for the rest of the student’s seminary career by familiarizing the student with the story of Redemption as told in the Old Testament. To accomplish this goal, the student will be exposed to the geographical and socio-historical context from which the Old Testament emerges; the genre, content, historical flow, and theological structure of the Old Testament Canon; and the scholarship which has sought for generations to understand this collection of Scripture. It is my hope that this class will provide the student with a framework for their study of the OT, while investing in each a profound excitement and respect for these sacred texts.