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SM 601 602 Supervisor Handbook

Asbury Theological Seminary

Supervised Ministries is an important component of training at Asbury Theological Seminary. Each Master of Divinity student is required to take two courses in this supervised field-based learning experience. Each year approximately 200 men and women representing a wide range of denominational backgrounds are placed as volunteers in over 80 settings. Field Settings presently being used include churches, correctional institutions, comprehensive care centers, nursing homes, children’s homes, inner-city social service agencies, acute/general admission hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, and evangelism outreach centers. Opportunities are available from Cincinnati to Lake Cumberland, from Louisville to Appalachia.
SM 603 Handbook

Asbury Theological Seminary

Supervised Ministries is an important component of training at Asbury Theological Seminary. Each Master of Divinity student is required to take two courses in this supervised field-based learning experience. Each year approximately 200 men and women representing a wide range of denominational backgrounds are placed as volunteers in over 80 settings. Field settings presently being used include churches, correctional institutions, comprehensive care centers, nursing homes, children’s homes, inner-city social service agencies, acute/general admissions hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, and evangelism outreach centers. Opportunities are available from Cincinnati to Lake Cumberland, from Louisville to Appalachia
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.
BS 502 Introduction to Biblical Studies

David R. Bauer

1. The Bible (NRSV) 2. Biblical Resources for Ministry, Bauer 3. Bible Study That Works, Thompson 4. Introduction to the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology, Achtemeier, Green, Thompson 5. The World That Shaped the New Testament, Roetzel
NT 510 The Gospel of Matthew

David R. Bauer

A. Revised Standard Version of the Bible or New Revised Standard Version of the Bible B. Greek New Testament (UBS/Nestle; or Interlinear) C. Methodical Bible Study, Robert Traina D. Matthew, Proclamation Commentaries, Jack Dean Kingsbury E. Biblical Resources for Ministry, David R. Bauer
NT 646 Hebrews

David R. Bauer

A. Required Texts: Revised Standard Version of the Bible, or New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Greek New Testament, or Interlinear Greek New Testament. It’s Still Greek to Me, by David A. Black Biblical Resources for Ministry, by David R. Bauer B. Collateral Texts: New Testament Introduction, by Donald Guthrie The New Testament as Canon, by Brevard S. Childs
OT 611 Historical Books of the Old Testament

David R. Bauer

A. Required Texts: Revised Standard Version of the Bible or New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Biblical Resources for Ministry by David R. Bauer Biblica Hebraica Stuttgartensia,or Interlinear Hebrew/English Old Testament. B. Collateral Texts: Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture, by Brevard Childs Old Testament Introduction, by Werner H. Schmidt
OT 520 Old Testament Introduction

Mark J. Boda

Dillard, R. B. and Longman, Tremper. An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994. Bright, John and William P. Brown. A History of Israel (Fourth Edition). Minneapolis: Westminster/John Knox, 2000. Tate, W. Randolph. Biblical Interpretation: An Integrated Approach (Revised Edition). Peabody: Hendrickson, 1997.
OT 520 Old Testament Introduction

Mark J. Boda

Dillard, R. B. and Longman, Tremper. An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994. Bright, John and William P. Brown. A History of Israel (Fourth Edition). Minneapolis: Westminster/John Knox, 2000. Tate, W. Randolph. Biblical Interpretation: An Integrated Approach (Revised Edition). Peabody: Hendrickson, 1997.
OT 520 Old Testament Introduction

Mark J. Boda

Dillard, R. B. and Longman, Tremper. An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994. Bright, John and William P. Brown. A History of Israel (Fourth Edition). Minneapolis: Westminster/John Knox, 2000. 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.
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, 1997. · Tuell, Jack M. The Organization of the United Methodist Church, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997.
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.
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.
DO 670 United Methodist Theology

Chris Bounds

• The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 1996 or 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. The Wired Church. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1999 Wilson, Len. Digital Storytellers: The Art of Communicating the Gospel in Worship. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 2002.
IT 501 Technology in Ministry

Kenneth A. Boyd

Slaughter, Michael. Out On the Edge. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1998. Wilson, Len. Digital Storytellers. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 2002. Wilson, Len. The Wired Church. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1999.
MU 506 Private Voice

Patricia J. Bracken

Textbook: A UM hymnal or the hymnal of your denomination
CD 650 Aspects of Aging: Developmental, Cultural, Religious”

Harold W. Burgess

TEXTBOOKS 1. John C. Cavenaugh and Fredda Blanchard-Fields, Adult Development and Aging (2002). This text presents a standard psychological perspective on aging and the scientific study of aging. It is a basic introduction to aspects of aging from a gerontological perspective. 2. Charles G. Oakes, Working the Gray Zone (2000). After a long career as a gerontologist, Oakes reflects on the ways in which the church could work more effectively (and Christianly) with older adults
CD / PC 650 Aspects of Aging: Developmental, Cultural, Religious

Harold W. Burgess

1. John C. Cavenaugh and Fredda Blanchard-Fields, Adult Development and Aging (2002). This text presents a standard psychological perspective on aging and the scientific study of aging. It is a basic introduction to aspects of aging from a gerontological perspective. 2. Charles G. Oakes, Working the Gray Zone (2000). After a long career as a gerontologist, Oakes reflects on the ways in which the church could work more effectively (and Christianly) with older adults.
CO 622 Theories of Personality

Harold W. Burgess

Theories of Personality by Calvin Hall, Gardiner Lindzey, and John Campbell (fourth, or later, edition).
CO 622 Theories of Personality

Harold W. Burgess

Theories of Personality, by Calvin Hall, Gardiner Lindzey, and John Campbell (Fourth edition).
CO 675 Group Counseling

Harold W. Burgess

Gerald Corey, Theory and Practice of Group Counseling (fifth edition). Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 2000, or most recent date. The text includes a thorough bibliography. Gerald Corey, Marianne Schneider Corey and Robert Haynes, Evolution of a Group (workbook and videotape), Brooks/Cole, 2000 (or latest date).
MI 745 Seminar in Missiology

Curtis Chang

Engaging Unbelief: A Captivating Strategy from Augustine and Aquinas Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2000 We will read this book in four installments during the month of October.
CH 501 Church History I

Paul W. Chilcote

Justo Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity, Volume 1 (Story) Maxwell Staniforth, ed., Early Christian Writings (Staniforth) Roberta Bondi, To Pray and to Love John McQuiston, Always We Begin Again Julian of Norwich, All Will Be Well Or Thomas à Kempis, True Serenity