Spring 2020/Fuller Online

MI510

Aasland

MI510: THINKING MISSIOLOGICALLY (4 Units: 160 hours). Erik Aasland.

DESCRIPTION: As with every field of study, missiology has its particular focus, literature, and methods. To engage in missiological integration requires appropriate skills to use the tools and resources available. This course integrates the learning from the core courses in missiology taught in the MA degrees in the School of Intercultural Studies. A special feature of the course is the use made of the case study model to engage missiological investigation, reflection, and action. Because effective missiology is developed interactively, opportunity will be given for collaboration in learning.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: (1) critically integrate the contributions of the courses they have taken as part of their MA program to the theory and practice of missiological integration; (2) demonstrate the use of historical, global, and contemporary contributions of missiological disciplines to contextual issues in Christian mission relating to selected case studies; and (3) apply integrated missiological thinking to a contemporary ethical problem in a specific cultural context.

RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES: MI510 fulfill MAICS PLOs 1-4.

Students will have demonstrated an understanding of the mission of God and the ministries of the global Church from an evangelical missiological perspective.
Students will have demonstrated critical thinking and integration skills for the contextualization of the Gospel in order to foster personal and social transformation.
Students will have demonstrated sensitivity to cultural and ethnic diversity for building relationships and for the communication of the Gospel.
Students will have demonstrated capacities to pursue vocations that engage the mission of God globally.

COURSE FORMAT: This course will be conducted online on a ten-week schedule aligned with Fuller’s academic calendar for a total of 40 instructional hours. Students are required to interact with the material, with each other, and with the instructor regularly through online discussions, reading, and other assignments that promote active learning.

REQUIRED READING: 1,350 minimum pp. of required reading, achieved through reading from the required texts and from the “Basic Books in Missiology” section of the syllabus. You must read selections from classical missiology as well as contemporary and global voices.

Chilcote, Paul W., & Laceye C. Warner, eds. The Study of Evangelism: Exploring a Missional Practice of the Church. Eerdmans, 2008. ISBN: 978-0802803917, Pub. Price $42.00. Available as an e-book from Kindle [400 pp.].

Van Engen, Charles E., ed. The State of Missiology Today: Global Innovations in Christian Witness. IVP, 2016. ISBN: 978-0830850969, Price $35.00. Available as an e-book from the Fuller library [304 pp.].

Choose one of the following books:

Bradley, Anthony B. ed. Aliens in a Promised Land: Why Minority Leadership is Overlooked in White Christian Churches and Institutions. P&R Publishing, 2013. ISBN: 978-1596382343, Price $15.99. Available as an e-book from Kindle [256 pp.].

Kim, Jinbong, Dwight P. Baker, Jonathan J. Bonk, J. Nelson Jennings, and Jae Hoon Lee, editors.People Disrupted: Doing Mission Responibly among Refugees and Migrants.William Carey Publishers, 2018. Available as print book in the Fuller library [370 pp.].

Lederleitner, Mary T.Women in God’s Mission: Accepting the Invitation to Serve and Lead. IVP Books, 2018. Available as an e-book from Fuller library [235 pp.].

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

1,350 pp. of required reading [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1-3] [70 hours].
Annotated bibliography of required reading; one entry for each text or article due weeks 3, 6, & 9 (15% total). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2] [4 hours].
Class activities such as video lectures, PowerPoint presentations, etc. [20 hours].
250-word weekly discussions (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1, 2, and 3] [10 hours]. This will be due by 11:59 p.m. PST Thursday of each week.
Minimum of two 125-word weekly discussion responses (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1, 2, and 3] [10 hours]. These should be posted by 11:59 p.m. on Saturday of each week.
One 1,200-word practice case study as a group project (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and 2] [10 hours].
One 1,250-word paper for the second assigned case study as an individual project. This paper will identify at least three critical contributions from different missiological disciplines (25%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and 2] [16 hours].
A 2,500 word personal case study and response paper, documenting a personal or researched ministry situation along with a missiological response to the same (30%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1-3] [20 hours].

PREREQUISITES: Students must have completed 40 units, including MT502, MH506, and MT503.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Required course in the 80 MAICS (2017). Core requirement for MAIS degree (Winter 2010). Meets integration requirement for MAICS degree (ISCC) and MACCS degree (CSCC).

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.