Fall 2013/Fuller Online

ML530

Hankins

ML530: LIFELONG DEVELOPMENT. Frank D. Hankins.

DESCRIPTION: This course explores the nature of Christian leadership development based on J. Robert Clinton’s Leadership Emergence Theory. The course will explore how God shapes, deepens, and guides a leader over a lifetime for unique purposes. Development of a leader’s life takes place (1) in the context of God’s sovereign formative hand, (2) in the context of time, and (3) in context of a leader’s response to God’s formation. The course aims to provide viewpoints that enable students to gain perspective on their personal lifelong development as well as gain insights for assisting others in their development.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: By the end of this course, students will have (1) acquired insights into how God has been shaping their life over a lifetime for unique purposes; (2) become familiar with numerous Leadership Emergence concepts that are applicable to their own life and the lives of those whom they influence; (3) done several developmental exercises aimed at facilitating personal leadership assessment including lifelong perspective, sense of destiny/calling, critical formative experiences, giftedness, suffering (desert seasons), and the integration of being and doing; and (4) generated a Personal Leadership Development Paper (20-25 pages) based on the developmental exercises (see outcome #3) in order to integrate course learning into personal leadership practice and to assist others in their leadership formation.

COURSE FORMAT: The class will be conducted online using a 10-week lesson program aligned with Fuller’s academic calendar. Each week students and the instructor will interact with the material through journaling, threaded discussions, and reflective assignments. The sessions include a time of spiritual formation and question and answer times, as well as further input on lifelong development concepts. There will also be small group activities to apply the concepts.

REQUIRED READING:

Barton, Ruth Haley. Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry. Abingdon, 2008. ISBN: 978-0830835133, Pub. Price $18.00 [223 pp. assigned].

Benner, David. The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery. InterVarsity Press, 2004. ISBN: 978-0830832453, Pub. Price $13.00 [100 pp. assigned].

Clinton, J. Robert. The Making of a Leader. 2nd edition. NavPress, 2012. ISBN: 978-1612910758, Pub. Price $16.99 [209 pp. assigned].

_________. Leadership Emergence Theory Reader Articles (LET Reader). Barnabas Publishers, 2005. ISBN: 978-0974181820, Pub. Price $20.00 [207 pp. assigned]. These articles are embedded or are available in the Moodle ML530 course shell.

Reese, Randy and Robert Loane. Deep Mentoring: Guiding Others in Their Leadership Journey. InterVarsity Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0830837892, Pub. Price $20.00 [217 pp. assigned].

Trebesch, Shelley. Isolation: A Place of Transformation in the Life of a Leader. Barnabas Publishers, 1997. ISBN: 978-0974181844, Pub. Price $8.00 [80 pp. assigned].