ML583 Hybrid/Pasadena

Spring 2020

Lim

ML583: GLOBAL LEADERSHIP: IMPLICATIONS FOR MINISTRY (4 Units: 160 hours). Peter Lim.

DESCRIPTION: This course sequence primarily serves as a capstone to the cohort portion of the Master of Arts in Global Leadership. Students will be required to demonstrate competencies consistent with the stated learning outcomes of the MAGL degree program through a combination of discussions, small group projects, presentations, reading reports, field trips and a final integrative paper. They will have the opportunity to reflect upon and synthesize their learning in the MAGL, to focus on key discoveries and transformative themes that have impacted their lives and their ministries, and to understand more deeply the implications of Christian faith and praxis in their ministry context.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: As a result of this course sequence, students will have

1. synthesized their previous learning in MAGL cohort sequence coursework through the writing of an integrative paper about the transformative themes of the degree program and how they are applying them in ministry and life;
2. presented their learning journey to the class for peer feedback and contribution to their integration papers;
3. assessed their MAGL learning throughout the cohort courses against their own learning plans and goals and the stated MAGL learning outcomes;
4. explored several social and religious trends in mission from a local and global perspective
5. participated in and reflected on a contextual exegesis experience from a missiological perspective;
6. considered implications of global and local trends for their own leadership theology and praxis.

RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES: This course serves as a capstone where students will have the opportunity to reflect upon and synthesize their learning in the MAGL, to focus on key discoveries and transformative themes that have impacted their lives and their ministries, and to understand more deeply the implications of Christian faith and praxis in their ministry context. This is consistent with all six of the MAGL PLOs: Graduates will: (1) integrate theology and praxis to develop informed responses to situations encountered in their ministry/mission, (2) make plans for missional engagement of their church/organization with their cultural contexts to promote transformation, (3) demonstrate familiarity with the diversity of theories, practices, and global contexts of missional leadership, (4) employ a lifelong learning posture that values peer learning with diverse persons as well as reflection on practice, (5) examine various organizational dynamics and apply selected administrative theories, and (6) implement a leadership development perspective that prioritizes character/spiritual formation.

COURSE FORMAT: ML583 is a hybrid course, meaning that it is a ten-week course with nine weeks of online instruction and one week of classroom instruction. The course will meet in Pasadena during week 6 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Week 6 will include: (1) one traveling day (on public transportation) in the Los Angeles area for field education. Before the on-campus seminar, students will engage in online work to: (2) prepare a presentation of their MAGL journey and a thesis and outline of their MAGL program capstone writing project; (3) read and report the book Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World. Online portion will complete ending assignments: a) analytical postings of five texts, b) small group discussions, and c) writing of the final integrative paper along with the completion of other short written assignments and program evaluations.

REQUIRED READING: 1,200 pages from the required texts and online materials below:

Urban Theology/Missiology

Salvatierra, Alexia and Heltzel, Peter. 2014. Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. ISBN: 978-0-830836611, Pub. Price: $18; Kindle $8.50. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [142 pp. required].

In-course readings on global issues in urban ministry [100 pages assigned].

Issues Arising from Globalization

Dyrness, William A. and Oscar Garcia-Johnson. 2015. Theology Without Borders: An Introduction to Global Conversations. Grand Rapids: Baker. ISBN: 978-0801049323, Pub. Price: $24; Kindle $13. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [170 pp. required].

Escobar, Samuel. 2003. The New Global Mission. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN: 978-0830833016, Pub. Price: $22. Kindle $10. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [172 pp. required].

In-course readings on globalization and mission [118 pages assigned].

Leadership and Transformation

Kim, Grace Ji-Sun and Graham Hill. 2018. Healing our Broken Humanity: Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. ISBN:978-0830845415, Pub. Price: $17; Kindle $12.50. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [207 pp. required].

Rah, Soong-Chan. 2009. The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. ISBN: 978-0830833603, Pub. Price: $20; Kindle $10. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [201 pp. required].

In-course readings on leadership and transformation [90 pages assigned].

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT (in accordance with Learning Outcomes – “LOs”)
(subject to change as the course progresses):

1. 1,200 pages of required reading [70 hours]. [This assignment is related to Learning Outcomes 4, 6].
2. General Participation in presentations/discussions/group work/urban exegesis (20%). [32 hours in-class]
3. Oral Presentation: Learning Journey and Final Paper Thesis/Outline (10%). [4 hours] [This assignment is related to Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3].
4. One 800-word integrative reflection paper on the Salvatierra/Heltzel book completed prior to seminar (10%). [4 hours] [This assignment is related to Learning Outcomes 4, 6].
5. One Los Angeles Urban Exegesis Reflection Paper, 600 words (5%). [4 hours] [This assignment is related to Learning Outcome 5].
6. Analytical discussions and posts over five texts (15%). [10 hours] [This assignment is related to Learning Outcomes 4, 6].
7. Updated MAGL Learning Plan Goals, Curriculum Sheet, Cohort Sequence Survey (5%). [2 hours] [This assignment is related to Learning Outcome 3].
8. A Reflection Paper (600 words) on MAGL Learning Outcomes (5%). [4 hours] [This assignment is related to Learning Outcomes 1, 3].
9. A Final Paper (3,000 words) integrating the transformative themes of the degree program into student’s life and ministry (30% of grade). [30 hours] [This assignment is related to Learning Outcomes 1, 3].

PREREQUISITES: This course sequence is only available to MA in Global Leadership students.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: ML583 is part of the required MAGL cohort series of courses. NO AUDITORS.

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. Copyright 2019 Fuller Theological Seminary.