Fuller
Online
ML536:
Fall 2008
Clinton/Villacorta
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ML536: VALUE-BASED LEADERSHIP IN THE
NEW TESTAMENT (4 units)
J. Robert Clinton, Professor of
Leadership:
Online facilitation by Wilmer
Villacorta, Adjunct
Assistant Professor of Leadership
DESCRIPTION:
Leadership theory over the past 150 years has evolved through
five major paradigmatic eras. The present era, the Complexity Era, has a
strong focus toward value-based leadership. Early eras concentrated on
the “what” of leadership and the “how” of leadership. The Complexity Era
continues these, but adds the “why” of leadership. This course utilizes many of
these leadership perspectives, most of which are cross-cultural, to test and
explore these findings in the New Testament. What does the New Testament say
about these various leadership perspectives (such as leadership elements,
leadership styles, philosophical models, leadership emergence theory,
mentoring, change dynamics, etc.) as the framework for studying leadership? Two
of the six leadership eras in the Bible, the two New Testament eras, are
studied: V. The Pre-Church Leadership Era
and the, VI. The Church Leadership Era. Seven
types of studies are done: (1) biographical, (2)
historical leadership acts, (3) actual leadership contexts, (4) parabolic
leadership literature, (5) indirect passages dealing with Christian character
or behavior, (6) Bible books studied as a whole placing them in their context
hermeneutically and in terms of leadership eras, (7) studies across books for
common themes and lessons on leadership (called macro-lessons). One Bible
character will be studied using lifelong development concepts. Several N.T.
books—from the following list—John, 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, 1 & 2
Corinthians and/or Philemon--will be studied for leadership insights.
Students will learn how to do biographical studies, contextual studies for
leadership lessons, and how to analyze leadership acts. Several
macro-lessons will be studied in-depth. The New Testament is one of the best
leadership resources and least used for that purpose
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
·
Ability to analyze several leadership
genres in the New Testament for leadership findings.
·
Recognize the importance of the Bible
as a source of leadership information.
·
Learn some skills for studying
leadership in the Bible.
·
Learn some major leadership lessons
from the Bible.
·
Evaluate present Bible knowledge.
·
Commit to an on-going program of
personal Bible study so as to improve their Bible knowledge in general and
Biblical leadership knowledge in particular with a view toward becoming Bible
centered leaders.
COURSE FORMAT:
The
class will be conducted on the Internet using a 10-week lesson program aligned
with Fuller’s academic calendar. Each week students and the instructor will
interact with the material examining key themes and characteristics of modern/postmodern
culture through journaling, threaded discussions, and web-based research.
REQUIRED READING:
·
Clinton, J. Robert. Titus –
Apostolic Leadership. Altadena, CA: Barnabas Publishers, 2001.
·
_______________. Leadership
Perspectives—How to Study the Bible for Leadership (formerly Handbook I).
Altadena, CA: Barnabas Publishers, 1993.
·
_______________. The Bible and
Leadership Values—A Book By Book Analysis. Altadena, CA: Barnabas
Publishers.
·
_______________ Clinton
Biblical Leadership Commentary in CD. Altadena, CA: Barnabas Publishers. 2003
(Last Edition).
·
_______________. Having a Ministry That Lasts
For
Th.M. Students
·
_______________. 1, 2
Corinthians—Problematic, Apostolic Leadership. Altadena, CA:
Barnabas Publishers, 2003.
·
Doohan, Helen. Leadership
in Paul. Wilmington, Del.: M. Glazier, 1984.
RECOMMENDED READING:
·
Raab, Laura & Clinton, J. Robert. Barnabas— Encouraging
Exhorter: A Study on Mentoring
Altadena, CA: Barnabas Publishers, 1985
ASSIGNMENTS:
1.
Satisfactory
completion of test on leadership perspectives from Leadership Perspectives
book (10%).
2.
Evaluation
of Bible background using the BMPI given in Having a Ministry That Lasts. (20%)
3.
Exercise using
the Equipping Formula—devotional component (Philemon and Titus). (20%)
4.
Three papers (5-6 pages) from analysis of two of the
Leadership Genre types (30%).
5.
One communication event— to be
presented in ministry context—written and submitted (20%)
6.
Th.M students must also submit two book reports and an
additional communication event from 1, 2 Corinthians.
PREREQUISITES: None. Courses such as ML530 or ML501, ML520, ML521, and
ML523 are helpful.
RELATIONSHIP TO
CURRICULUM: Elective
in SIS Masters level programs. Ministry Focus Elective in MA in Global
Leadership program.
FINAL EXAMINATION: None
Updated July 2008
This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to
modification