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SM 601 Supervised Ministry

Asbury Theological Seminary
SM 615 Supervised Mission Experience

Asbury Theological Seminary

Asbury Seminary's Master of Arts program in World Mission and Evangelism is essentially a two-year (60 semester credit hours) academic degree beyond the B. A. (or equivalent) which prepares informed practitioners for careers in cross cultural mission and ministries of evangelism. Because of the focus on practice and the indispensable value of the action/reflection model for lifetime learning, the program requires some exposure and/or involvement in a cross cultural field with appropriate reflection on mission theory observed and the impact of the experience on the student.
SM 701 Supervised Ministries Internship

Asbury Theological Seminary

You have elected to fulfill one of your Supervised Ministry requirements in a full-time internship off-campus. This is a commitment that will involve you in continuing daily relationship with both supervisor and the people to whom you are ministering. You will find this a unique opportunity to “test the waters” of real ministry and help to confirm your call to ministry. Internships differ from the concurrent semester placements as you will note in this handbook. You are “on your own” during the entire extended period of internship, except that regular contact with the Supervised Ministries Office is maintained by a schedule of “Due Dates” for your materials. This schedule of dates is to be honored according to your contractual agreement with the office prior to embarking on the internship experience. Your work will be evaluated according to schedule, and the evaluation statement will be mailed to you for your review. You should share this statement with your supervisor; an appropriate time is during the Supervisory Session. It is important that you communicate with the Supervised Ministries Office whenever any irregularities occur. You are advised before the internship begins that our office does not initiate contact with you either by mail or phone. It is your responsibility to report any delays or defaults along the way. Undue delays and lack of contact with our office will signal default on your part and can result in “No Credit” for the course. Finally, take time to acquaint yourself with this Handbook. As you prepare to work on the required items, be sure you understand by reading the directions and explanations. Careful observance of details will make your work move along smoothly and reduce the need of reminders along the way. Be assured of my prayerful support during this unique opportunity that you have to learn while ministering, and to grow in His grace and knowledge.
Student Pastor's Handbook

Asbury Theological Seminary

The program of Supervised Ministries at Asbury Theological Seminary is designed to meet certain goals. These goals are embraced by the following Statement of Purpose: The Supervised Ministries program seeks to provide a supervised action/reflection experience in ministry through which students will achieve the following goals. 1. DEVELOP A VALID PERSONAL CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF MINISTRY. 2. LEARN HOW TO LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE. 3. LEARN HOW TO DO THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION ON EXPERIENCES IN MINISTRY. 4. DEVELOP EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL MATURITY. 5. HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEST AND FULFILL THEIR CALL TO MINISTRY.
IS 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church, and World

Clint Baldwin

• Brueggemann, Walter. The Prophetic Imagination. Fortress Press, 2nd ed., 2001. • Clapp, Rodney. Border Crossings. Brazos Press, 2000. • Donovan, Vincent. Christianity Rediscovered. Orbis, 25th Ann. Ed., 2003. • Hauerwas, Stanley and Will Willimon. Resident Aliens. Abingdon Press, 1989. • McLaren, Brian. A New Kind of Christian. Jossey-Bass, 2001. • Wright, Tom. The Challenge of Jesus. Downers Grove: Intervarsity, 1999. • Yancey, Phillip. What’s So Amazing About Grace? – Visual Edition. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. • Yoder, John Howard. The Politics of Jesus. Wm.B. Eerdmans & Paternoster Press, 2nd ed., 1994/1999. • Readings Packet (available from ATS Cokesbury bookstore) • Pieces from: Merton, Thomas; Arnold, Eberhard; & Word Made Flesh, The Cry • Wesley Readings (these are available electronically via the web through the ATS library as well as in your readings packet)
IS 501 Christian Formation: Kingdom, Church, and World

Clint Baldwin

• Brueggemann, Walter. The Prophetic Imagination. Fortress Press, 2nd ed., 2001. • Clapp, Rodney. Border Crossings. Brazos Press, 2000. • Donovan, Vincent. Christianity Rediscovered. Orbis, 25th Ann. Ed., 2003. • Hauerwas, Stanley and Will Willimon. Resident Aliens. Abingdon Press, 1989. • McLaren, Brian. A New Kind of Christian. Jossey-Bass, 2001. • Wright, Tom. The Challenge of Jesus. Downers Grove: Intervarsity, 1999. • Yoder, John Howard. The Politics of Jesus. Wm.B. Eerdmans & Paternoster Press, 2nd ed., 1994/1999) • Readings Packet (available from ATS Cokesbury bookstore) • Pieces from: Merton, Thomas; Arnold, Eberhard; & Word Made Flesh, The Cry • Wesley Readings
SP 501 Communication for Christian Leaders

Clint Baldwin

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. (1996). Teaching Christianity: De Doctrina Christiana. (Trans. Edmund Hill, O.P.) New York: New City Press. Schultze, Quentin. (2000). Communicating for Life: Christian Stewardship in Community and Media. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic. Winter, Richard. (2002). Still Bored in a Culture of Entertainment: Rediscovering Passion & Wonder. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press.
SP 501 Communication for Christian Leaders

Clint Baldwin

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. (1996). Teaching Christianity: De Doctrina Christiana. (Trans. Edmund Hill, O.P.) New York: New City Press. Schultze, Quentin. (2000). Communicating for Life: Christian Stewardship in Community and Media. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic. Winter, Richard. (2002). Still Bored in a Culture of Entertainment: Rediscovering Passion & Wonder. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press.
BS 502 Introduction to Biblical Studies - 2

David R. Bauer

1. The Bible (NRSV) 2. An Annotated Guide To Biblical Resources for Ministry, Bauer 3. Bible Study That Works, Thompson 4. The Writings of the New Testament, Johnson 5. The World That Shaped the New Testament, Roetzel
NT 510 The Gospel of Matthew

David R. Bauer

Revised Standard Version of the Bible or New Revised Standard Version of the Bible Methodical Bible Study, Robert Traina Matthew, Proclamation Commentaries, Jack Dean Kingsbury An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry, David R. Bauer
NT 636 The Book of Acts

David R. Bauer

1. New Revised Standard Version of the Bible or Revised Standard Version. 2. Greek New Testament (UBS/Nestle, or Interlinear) 3. An annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry, by David R. Bauer 4. What Are They Saying About Acts? by Mark A. Powell.
NT 645 General Epistles

David R. Bauer

A. Required Texts: 1. Revised Standard Version of the Bible, or New Revised Standard Version of the Bible 2. The Greek New Testament (or Interlinear Greek-English New Testament) 3. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry, by David R. Bauer B. Collateral Texts: 1. New Testament Introduction, by Donald Guthrie 2. The New Testament as Canon, by Brevard Childs 3. It’s Still Greek to Me, by David A. Black
OT 615 Minor Prophets

David R. Bauer

Required Texts: 1. Revised Standard Version of the Bible or New Revised Standard Version of the Bible 2. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia or Interlinear Hebrew/English Old Testament 3. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry B. Collateral Texts: An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination by Walter Brueggemann C. Recommended Texts: 1. A History of Israel, 4th ed., by John Bright 2. Methodical Bible Study, by Robert A. Traina
MU 550 Private Guitar

Al Beers
YM 665 Youth Culture and Trends

Dean G. Blevins

Class Texts 1) Web-based Publications: Chapman R. Clark, “Entering Their World: A Qualitative Look at the Changing Face of Contemporary Adolescence,” Journal of Youth Ministry (Fall 2002) available on-line (6/9/2004) at http://ayme.gospelcom.net/jym_article.php?article_id=21 Read also the five part seminar on Qualitative Research courtesy Don Ratcliff (6/09/2004)at http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/dratcliff/qual/ (apx. 25 pages). Also read Dean G. Blevins, “The Means of Grace and Christian Religious Education: Formation, Discernment, Transformation” 15 pages, online http://homepages.trevecca.edu/faculty/dblevins/Writings/Means%20Book%20Chapter %204.htm. 2) Patricia Hersch, A Tribe Apart: A Journey Into the Heart of American Adolescence (New York: Ballentine Books Readers Companion, 1999), 379 pages; OR Barbara Schneider & David Stevenson, The Ambitious Generation: America's Teenagers, Motivated but Directionless (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999), 276 pages. NOTE: Hersch is the primary text but please read Schneider & Stevenson if you have read Hersch for a different class for your book report. Regardless bring your copy of Hersch to class (we will discuss both texts at some point during class). 3) Pete Ward, God at the Mall: Youth Ministry that Meets Kids Where They are At (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999), 160 pages. 4) Michael Warren, Youth, Gospel, Liberation, 3rd edition (Chicago: ACTA Publications, 2000), 185 pages.
OT 520 Old Testament Introduction

Mark J. Boda

Dillard, R. B. and Longman, Tremper. An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994. Provan, Iain; Long, V. Philips; and Longman, Tremper. A Biblical History of Israel. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2003. Tate, W. Randolph. Biblical Interpretation: An Integrated Approach (Revised Edition). Peabody: Hendrickson, 1997.
CL 553 United Methodist Polity and Discipline

Chris Bounds

• The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2000. • Frank, Thomas Edward. Polity, Practice, and the Mission of The United Methodist Church, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2000. • Tuell, Jack M. The Organization of the United Methodist Church, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2000.
DO 670 United Methodist Theology

Chris Bounds

• The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2000. • Abraham, William J. Waking from Doctrinal Amnesia: The Healing of Doctrine in The United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995. • Chiles, Robert E. Theological Transitions in American Methodism: 1790- 1935, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1984. • Campbell, Dennis. United Methodism and American CultureVol. III, Doctrines and Disciplines. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999.
IT 501 Technology in Ministry

Kenneth A. Boyd

Slaughter, Michael. Out On the Edge. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1998. Wilson, Len. Digital Storytellers: The Art of Communicating the Gospel in Worship. Nashville. Abingdon Press, 2002.
MU 506 Private Voice

Patricia J. Bracken

For each lesson you are required to bring: A blank cassette A UM hymnal or the hymnal of your denomination A notebook for writing down your weekly assignments and vocal exercises Your weekly practice report.
CO 622 Theories of Personality

Harold W. Burgess

Theories of Personality, by Calvin Hall, Gardiner Lindzey, and John Campbell (Fourth edition).
MS 610 The Ministry of Evangelism

James B. Buskirk

Required Texts: Barna, George, Evangelism That Works, Regal Books, Ventura, Cal., 1995, 164 pp. Beckham, William A., The Second Reformation, Touch Pub. 1995, 241pp. Hybels and Mittelberg, Becoming a Contagious Christian, Zondervan, 1994, 221pp. *Seamonds, John T., Tell It Well, Beacon Hill Press, 1981, 223pp. Streett, R. Alan, The Effective Invitation, Kregel Publications, 1984, 218pp. Swanson and Clement, The Faith Sharing Congregation, Discipleship Resources, 1999, 104pp. Tuttle, Robert G., Jr., Can We Talk? Abingdon , 1999, 110pp.
PR 610 Servant as Proclaimer

James B. Buskirk

Craddock, Fred B., Preaching, Abingdon Press, Nashville, 1985 Demoray, Donald E., Introduction to Homiletics, Second Edition, Light and Press, Indianapolis, 1990 Long, Thomas G., The Witness of Preaching, Westminster/John Knox, Louisville, 1989 Webb, Joseph M., Preaching Without Notes, Abingdon, Nashville, 2001
NT 501 Comprehensive Greek I

Holly J. Carey

(1) David Alan Black, Learn to Read New Testament Greek (expanded edition; Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994). Learn. (2) David Alan Black, It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998). Still Greek. (3) Barbara Aland, et al., eds. Novum Testamentum Graece (27th ed.; Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1993). NA27. (4) W. Bauer, F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich, eds. A Greek- English Lexicon of New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (3d ed.; Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2000. BDAG. (5) GreekFlash Pro 2 (Portland, Ore.: Paradigm Software Development, 1996-98). GFP.
CH 502 Church History II

Paul W. Chilcote

Justo Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity, Volume 2 (Story) Teresa of Avila, Let Nothing Disturb You Paul Chilcote, Her Own Story Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together