Individualized Distance Learning

MI521/621

Trebesch

MI521/621: MISSIOLOGICAL INTEGRATION SEMINAR I (2 units).

Shelley Trebesch, Assistant Professor of Leadership

DESCRIPTION:

The second section of this seminar is designed to help students integrate their entire academic program in missiology. Other components of integration include on and off campus activities and experiences. Building on the student’s personal pilgrimage, the ministry philosophy developed in Section One (MI520), and his/her curriculum plan and course reflections, students will construct a description of their entire program which shows continuity, sequence, convergence, and integration around a chosen specialty or concentration in mission.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

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

• Pinpointed recurring themes from the student's degree program

• Related central missiological themes from the degree program to the student's ministry philosophy, giftedness, projected ministry and calling

 

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 and Class Notes
  • DePree, Max. Leadership Jazz. New York: Doubleday Dell Publishers, 1992
  • Peterson, Eugene. The Contemplative Pastor. Eerdmans, 1989

ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Interactive reading
  • Reflection exercises
  • 3-5 page paper summarizing major themes
  • List of 5-10 objectives
  • Description of expected ministry

PREREQUISITES: Successful completion of MI520: Missiological Seminar, Section I. Successful completion of at least 84 units in a MACCS program or 36 units in a ThM program.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM : Required course in certain SIS programs

FINAL EXAM: None

Updated August 2007