DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to introduce students to the teaching and leading ministry of the deaf church. Students will study a Biblical rationale for specialization in the area of deafness. The course will lead students to understand their own needs to be equipped to teach and lead in the deaf church. The implications of the deaf congregation for teaching and leading will be explored. Emphasis will be given to helping students learn how to equip others to teach and lead in the deaf church.

The deaf church has gained great importance as a strategy for reaching deaf people for Christ. However, the deaf church has built in factors that make its future unpredictable. It is absolutely necessary that people be equipped to teach and lead in the deaf church if there is to be a new generation of leaders for the deaf church of the future.

The course will consist primarily of lectures and class discussions. Readings are assigned for each major topic, which the student is expected to prepare before the lecture. This is a two week intensive course and will meet daily 8:00-11:50 a.m.

Bearden, C. E. The Deaf Leader. Jackson, MS: DJL Ministries, Inc., 1986.

Wilkinson, Bruce. The 7 Laws of the Learner. Sisters, OR: Multnomah Press, 1992.

Wiltshire, Donnie. In That Day, An Interpretive History of Southern Baptist Deaf Work. Jackson, MS: DJL Ministries, Inc., 1988.

Listed in class syllabus.

The course grade is dependent upon attendance, reading reports, class participation, one paper, pop quizzes (at the teacher's discretion), and a final exam.

None.

Elective.

Yes.