Individualized Distance Learning

MI520/620

Trebesch

MI520/620: MISSIOLOGICAL INTEGRATION SEMINAR I (2 units).

Shelley Trebesch, Assistant Professor of Leadership

DESCRIPTION:

This split seminar aims first at assisting students to select and/or design a study program which will serve their ministry development needs for mission service. The first two-unit section is intended for first-term students in an M.A. or Th.M. program during their first quarter on campus. This section of the seminar aims at facilitating the design of an integrated academic missiological program.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will have:

• Created a personal ministry philosophy and Mission Statement

• Connected his or her mission statement to the student's program of study in SIS

• Chosen a degree concentration and specific courses that will equip the student for ministry objectives

 

COURSE FORMAT :

The course is designed to be completed in an 11-week timeframe. Students will read required texts and syllabus materials and complete various written assignments.

REQUIRED READING:

  • Syllabus
  • Clinton, J. Robert. The Making of a Leader. Navpress, 1989
  • Nouwen, Henri. In the Name of Jesus. Crossroads, 1989
  • Trebesch, Shelley. Isolation: A Place of Transformation in the Life of a Leader. Barnabas Publishers, 1997

ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Reflection exercises
  • 1-2 page ministry reflection paper on In the Name of Jesus
  • Time-line using concepts from The Making of a Leader
  • 4-6 page "Ministry Flows Out of Being" paper
  • 6-8 page rationale paper

PREREQUISITES: None.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM : Required course in certain SIS programs

FINAL EXAM: None

Updated August 2007