MT 500A&B (one-week intensive – Summer 2015 – Colorado Springs)

MT500A: Summer 2015; MT500B: Fall 2015

Hopkins

MT500 A&B: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF MISSION (A is 2 units, B is 2 units).

Dr. Mark Hopkins, Assistant Professor of Leadership

DESCRIPTION:

During the past fifty years, Christian thinkers have examined and evaluated the theological presuppositions that underlie the thought and practice of Christian mission. The discipline that reflects biblically, theologically, philosophically, contextually, and missionally on these presuppositions is known as Biblical Theology of Mission. The fundamental components of Missiology parallel the basic aspects of Biblical Theology of Mission: Word (Bible basis as motivation for mission); church (the means of mission); personal and spiritual pilgrimage (the agents of mission); and world/cultural context (the goals of mission). In this course students will have an opportunity to learn from past mission thinkers and practitioners; hear from one another; and reflect personally on what God’s mission means for the mission of Christians and Christian churches in the rapidly changing, complex global city/village of the twenty-first century. Students will be introduced to a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary approach to missiological reflection whereby the various components of Missiology (Word, church, personal spiritual pilgrimage, and world/context) are brought together in an integrated understanding of mission, focused on a specific issue of Christian ministry in a particular context.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. develop a personal missiological hermeneutic applied to the Bible;

2. demonstrate familiarity with the broad contours of God’s mission as described in the Bible;

3. understand the fundamental components of a biblical theology of mission;

4. comprehend how biblical theology of mission provides the tools for constructing a contextually appropriate missiology;

5. envision how missiologists analyze, critique, and reshape their missiology in light of biblical theology of mission

COURSE FORMAT:

MT500A will meet for the second week of a required two-week intensive residency for the MA in Global Leadership from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Students will do pre-seminar readings and assignments. MT500B will involve post-seminar readings and completion of Bible reading and summarization, outside reading and reports, and assignments in the students' ministry contexts after they return home.

REQUIRED READING: 1378 pages to be read in this order they appear below

Fee, Gordon D., and Douglas K. Stuart. 2003. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. ISBN-13: 978-0310246046; Pub. price $11.00. (Read Preface, Intro, and select 1 Chapter; approx. 43 pages).

(WORD) Glasser, Arthur F., and Charles Edward van Engen. 2003. Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God's Mission in the Bible. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic. ISBN-13: 978- 0801026261; Pub. price $27.03, used $18.75. (366 pages)

Moreau, A. Scott, Gary Corwin, and Gary B. McGee. 2004. Introducing World Missions: A Biblical, Historical, and Practical Survey of Encountering Mission. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic. ISBN-13: 978-0801026485; Pub. price $21.95 (read only pp. 11-71 and 205-311 = 166 pages).

Montgomery, Helen Barrett. 1920. The Bible and Missions. Revised Edition. Pasadena, CA: Fuller Theological Seminary. (1st Edition, The Central Committee on the United Study of Foreign Missions, 1920) (Read only Chapters 1 & 2, edited and reprinted -- provided in class, 47 pages).

(WORLD/CONTEXT) van Engen, Charles Edward, Darrell L. Whiteman, and John Dudley Woodberry. 2008. Paradigm Shifts in Christian Witness: Insights from Anthropology, Communication, and Spiritual Power: Essays in Honor of Charles H. Kraft. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. ISBN-13: 978-1570757716, Pub. price $23.44 (160 pages).

(CHURCH) Robert, Dana Lee. 2002. Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers: Missionary Women in the Twentieth Century of American Society of Missiology Series. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. ISBN-13: 978-1570754258, Pub. price $19.69 (221 pages).

(PERSONAL PILGRIMAGE) van Engen, Charles Edward, Nancy J. Thomas, and Robert L. Gallagher. 2013. Footprints of God: A Narrative Theology of Mission. Pasadena, CA: William Carey. ISBN-13: 978-1887983143; Pub. price $16.01, used $5.16 (235 pages).

Five student-selected articles of at least 1000 words each and related to the student’s chosen emphasis or theme for the major paper -- to be read in the Evangelical Dictionary of World Mission (EDWM) -- provided on a CD-ROM that accompanies the Moreau, Corwin and McGee volume mentioned in “3” above. (approx. 40 pages)

The Bible. Read 5 consecutive chapters in 10 different books of the Bible. Students will read 5 chapters each from the Pentateuch, Historical Writings, Poetic Literature, Major Prophets, Minor Prophets, Gospels, Acts, Pauline Literature, General Epistles and Revelation for a total of 50 chapters. (approx. 100 pages)

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

MT500A (Winter 2015) [80 hours workload]

Pre-Seminar and in-class participation includes: (60 hours)

1. Pre-Seminar Reading: 409 pages approx. from texts [20 hours] LO 1, 2, 3 & 4

2. General participation in discussions, group work, etc. (50%) [36 hrs. in-class] LO 2, 3, & 4

3. Two 600- word Reading Reports (Glasser, Fee & Stuart) due prior to seminar. (20%) [4 hours] LO 1, 2, 3 & 4

Work completed post-seminar, off-campus includes: (20 hours)

4. Reading from texts approx. 263 pages [14 hours] LO 1, 2, 3 & 5

5. Analytical forums and connecting posts over Moreau. (10%) [2 hours] LO 1, 2 & 5

6. One 600-word Reading Report (Montgomery) (10%) [2 hours] LO 2, 4 & 5

7. A summary paragraph for 25 chapters of the Old Testament (10%) [2 hours] LO 1 & 2

MT500B (Spring 2015) [80 hours workload]

1. Reading from texts approx. 706 pages [35 hours] LO 1, 2, 4 & 5

2. One week of analytical forums and connecting posts over Robert. (10%) [2 hours] LO 5

3. One Reading Report (Kraft). (10%) [2 hours] LO 4 & 5

4. One week of analytical forums and connecting posts over van Engen et al. (10%) [2 hours] LO 4 & 5

5. One 5-page reaction/reflection statements (one per article) as personal responses to each of the five EDWM articles. (15%) [5 hours] LO 4 & 5

6. A summary paragraph for 25 chapters of the New Testament. (10%) [2 hours] LO 1 & 2

7. One 12-page (minimum) to 20-page (maximum) typed, double-spaced paper in which the student analyzes and reflects on an issue, a missiologist, a context, or a concept of mission praxis, based on the fundamental components of Biblical Theology of Mission, tracing that theme/issue of missiological significance through the Old and New Testaments, examining 2 passages from each Testament from the perspective of Word, world, church, and personal pilgrimage. The paper must show extensive interaction with the books read and explore the missiological implications for ministry in the student's particular context. (45%) [32 hours] LO 1-5

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Grades are given only for completed work; due to the integrational nature of the course, partial work is not accepted.

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

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:This two-quarter sequence, MT500A and B, is part of the required MAGL cohort series of courses. NO AUDITORS.

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.

If you are unable toregister forand successfully complete the Part B portion of this course in the subsequent

quarter, you will be required to follow the most current version of the course in the quarterthat you do register. As there is always a chance that the curriculum may change, please note that you would be responsible for obtaining the books, and participating in the course interaction and assignments required in the most current version. Please confer with MAGL Academic Services Administrator (susanmajor@fuller.edu) before registering for Part B to confirm requirements.