Fall 2018/Fuller Online

ML536

Hankins

ML536: VALUE BASED LEADERSHIP IN THE NEW TESTAMENT (4 Units: 160 hours) Frank D. Hankins with guest instructor, York Moore.

DESCRIPTION: While the Bible is not a leadership text, it does contain rich insights that can inform and transform our leadership practice. This course explores the New Testament as a vital resource for insights and values that shape a leader’s life, ministry, context, and practice. Students will gain skills for accessing these transformational resources of Scripture and learn to use hermeneutical tools aimed at personal replenishment, a growing ministry, and a more sustainable vocation or calling. In this course attention will be given to leadership development as well as leadership character, styles, patterns, gender issues, and dynamics embedded in Paul’s Letters. Based on exegetical work in one Pauline Letter (shorter letter or section of a longer letter), students will work to integrate discoveries into their leadership practice. Students will also do some contemplative and leadership reflective work in selected portions of the Gospel of John. The course draws from J. Robert Clinton’s insights in Bible Centered Leadership. This includes an informative paradigm with four lenses for engaging Scripture: contemplative/reflective, study of significantly value-shaping portions of Scripture, contextually-driven research, and familiarity reading across the Bible. York Moore with InterVarsity will also be with us as a guest instructor and guide the contemplative portion of the course.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of this course, students will have: (1) recognized the importance of Scripture as a source for leadership insights, values and practice; (2) acquired several skills for getting at leadership information in the New Testament; (3) discovered some major leadership lessons, values, and insights from the New Testament for personal transformation as a leader and for the context in which they serve; (4) practiced a paradigm for engaging Scripture as a transformational resource for life, ministry, and leadership; (5) considered an ongoing plan for engaging Scripture for personal replenishment and shaping of leadership practice.

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, which is outlined below in the assignment and assessment section. 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: 1,054 pages of reading required. Unfortunately, four of these texts are not available as Kindle, pdf, or eReserves.

Agosto, Efrain. Servant Leadership: Jesus & Paul. Chalice Press, 2005. ISBN: 978-0827234635, Pub. Price $29.99. [100 pp. assigned]. Not available in Kindle.

Ashcough, Richard S. and Charles A. Cotton. Passionate Visionary: Leadership Lessons from the Apostle Paul. Hendrickson Publishers, 2006. ISBN: 978-1598560176, Pub. Price $16.95 [140 pp. assigned]. Not available in Kindle.

Clinton, J. Robert. Having a Ministry That Lasts: Becoming a Bible Centered Leader. Barnabas Publishers, 1998. ISBN: 978-1932814132, Pub. Price $25.00. Order a PDF copy at $12.00 at http://bobbyclinton.com/store/books-manuals/having-a-ministry-that-lasts/ [250 pp. assigned].

_________. The Bible and Leadership Values—A Book By Book Analysis. Barnabas Publishers. ISBN: 978-0971045453. Pub. Price: $20.00. Order a PDF copy at $10.00 at http://bobbyclinton.com/store/books-manuals/the-bible-and-leadership-values/ [63 pp. assigned].

Course eReserves: Ruth A. Tucker. 2010. “The Gospel and the World of Women” chapter 1 in Daughters of the Church: Women in Ministry from New Testament Times to the Present. Available in course eReserves [33 pp. assigned]; Cynthia Long Westfall. 2016. “Authority” chapter 8 in Paul and Gender: Reclaiming the Apostle’s Vision for Men and Women in Ministry [36 pp. assigned]. Available in course.

Doohan, Helen. Leadership in Paul. Wipf and Stock. ISBN: 978-1498298667. Pub. Price $25.00. [137 pp. assigned]. Not available in Kindle.

Peterson, Eugene. Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading. Eerdmans, 2009. ISBN: 978-0802864901, Pub Price $18.00. Also available in Kindle. [175 pp. assigned].

Tidball, Derek. Ministry by the Book: New Testament Patterns for Pastoral Leadership. IVP Academic, 2009. ISBN: 978-0830838592, Pub. Price $25.00 [120 pp. assigned].

RECOMMENDED READING:

Bell, Skip, ed. Servants & Friends: A Biblical Theology of Leadership. Andrews University Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-1883925901. Pub. Price $28.99. Available in Kindle.

Bennett, David. Metaphors of Ministry: Biblical Images of Leaders and Followers. Wipf & Stock, 2004. ISBN: 978-1592445042, Pub. Price $23.00. Available as Kindle.

Boers, Arthur. Servants and Fools: A Biblical Theology of Leadership. Abingdon Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-1426799785. Pub. Price $17.15. Available in Kindle.

Capes, David B. et al. Rediscovering Paul: An Introduction to His World, Letters and Theology. Intervarsity Press, 2011, ISBN: 978-0830839414, Pub. Price $25.00.

Clinton, J. Robert. Leadership Perspectives: How to Study the Bible for Leadership. Barnabas Publishers, 2006. ISBN: 978-1932814354, Pub. Price $20.00.

Doohan, Helen. The Corinthian Correspondence: Ministering in the Best and the Worst of Times. Wipf and Stock, 2016. ISBN: 978-1532606489. Pub. Price $26.00.

Fee, Gordon D. and Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour. Zondervan, 2002. ISBN: 978-0310211181, Pub. Price $18.99. Available as Kindle.

______________________________. How to Read the Bible for all It’s Worth. 4th Edition. Zondervan, 2014. ISBN: 978-0310517825. Pub. Price $19.99. Available as Kindle.

Gorman, Michael J. Cruciformity: Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross. Eerdmans, 2001. ISBN: 978-0802847959. Pub. Price $39.00. Available as Kindle.

_________________. Apostle of the Crucified Lord: A Theological Introduction to Paul and His Letters. Eerdmans, 2004. ISBN: 978-0802839343. Pub. Price $44.00.

_________________. Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission. Eerdmans, 2015. ISBN: 978-0802868848. Pub. Price $28.00. Available as Kindle.

Howell, Don H. Servants of the Servant: A Biblical Theology of Leadership. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2003. ISBN: 978-1592444229, Pub. Price $30.00.

Moore, Steve. The Top 10 Leadership Conversations in the Bible. NexLeader, 2017. ISBN: 978-0999350805. $9.99. Available as Kindle.

Mulholland, M. Robert, Jr. The Power of Scripture in Spiritual Formation. Revised Edition. Upper Room, 2001. ISBN: 978-0835809368. $13.99.

Paauw, Glen R. Saving the Bible from Ourselves: Learning to Read and Live the Bible Well. IVP, 2016. ISBN: 978-0830851249, Pub. Price $18.00. Available as Kindle.

Peace, Richard. Contemplative Bible Reading: Experiencing God through Scripture. Navpress, 1998. ISBN: 978-1576831083, Pub. Price $12.99.

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

  1. Weekly lessons [16 hours]. [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and 3].
  2. Completion of 1,054 pages of readings [60 hours]. [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and 3].
  3. Participation in weekly discussion forums (25%): 250-word weekly forum posts [10 hours]; and 250-word weekly forum responses [10 hours]. [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and 3].
  4. Completion of four 250-word contemplative exercises in selected passages of the Gospel of John – (12.5%) [10 hours]. [This assignment is related to learning outcome #4].
  5. Completion of four book responses (12.5%): two 500-word responses [6 hours]; and two group book interactions (forums) with 250-word post and 250-word response [6 hours]. [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1, 2 and 3].
  6. Completion of four inventories of biblical leadership comprehension and personal biblical practices (12.5%) [12 hours]. [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #3 and 4].
  7. Completion of 2,500-word biblical leadership study of a shorter Pauline Letter or section of a Pauline letter. Students will choose from one of the following: 1 Corinthians 1-4; 2 Corinthians 1-4 or 10-13; 1 Timothy 1-4; 2 Timothy; Philemon or Titus (31.25%) [26 hours]. [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #2 and 3].
  8. A 1,000-word growth plan for continued engagement of Scripture (6.25%) [4 hours]. [This assignment is related to learning outcome #5].

PREREQUISITES: None.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Elective.

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.

NOTE: This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. Textbook prices are set by publishers and are subject to change.