Winter 2019/Fuller Online

MI510

McConnell

MI510: THINKING MISSIOLOGICALLY (4 Units: 160 Hours). Doug McConnell.

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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.

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, 4 thirty-minute assigned synchronous group meetings, and other assignments that promote active learning.

REQUIRED READING: 1,340 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.].

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.].

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.].

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

1. 1,350 pp. of required reading [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1-3] [67 hours].
2. Online lessons and lectures [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1-3] [10 hours].
3. Four times of group interaction in assigned groups [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1-3] [2 hours].
4. One 200-word forum posts, two 50-word ­responses per week, and one 500 word follow up reflection weekly (15%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1-3] [32 hours].
5. 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].
6. One 1,200-word practice case study using the assigned format (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and 2] [10 hours].
7. One 1,250-word paper for the second assigned case study. This paper will identify at least three critical contributions from different missiological disciplines (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1 and 2] [15 hours].
8. 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 (40%). [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.

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.