Winter 2006/Pasadena
FE578
Peace

FE578: FULL-TIME EVANGELISM INTERNSHIP. Richard Peace.


DESCRIPTION: This course (offered pass/fail for 2 units) is designed to provide an internship in a church, parachurch, or institutional setting that will assist the student in developing competencies in the ministry of evangelism.

COURSE OBJECTIVES/LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students who complete this internship will (1) have a clearer sense of pastoral identity; (2) be better able to function in the pastoral role of evangelism; (3) have grown in their moral and spiritual integrity as a follower of Jesus Christ; (4) be better able to engage in theological reflection on evangelism; (5) appreciate the importance of theological reflection in Christian ministry; and (6) be more committed to the church.

RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: This course offers an introduction to the tasks and skills of ministry as an evangelist whether as a full-time evangelist, parachurch evangelist, Minister of Evangelism, or a pastor who is concerned about developing evangelistic outreach in a congregation.

COURSE FORMAT: The course has three primary components: practical ministry, supervision, and theological reflection. The student spends at least 35 hours each week for ten (10) weeks in the church, parachurch, or institutional setting involved in specific ministry assignments agreed upon by the supervisor and student, and approved by the instructor and the Office of Field Education. One hour each week is to be spent with the approved on-site supervisor to discuss a) professional direction, evaluation, and overseeing of the student's ministry; b) theological reflection and discussion of topics related to ministry as identified by the student and supervisor; c) support and prayer.

ASSIGNMENTS:

  1. Completion of the Learning Agreement by the supervisor and the intern to be turned in to the Office of Field Education by the end of the second week of the quarter.

  2. Completion of final evaluations by the supervisor and student to be turned in to the Office of Field Education by the end of the tenth week of the quarter.

PREREGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS: Before the student may register for this course, several steps must be completed, a process that may take up to a month, since the student is responsible to make arrangements for an internship site. The first step in the process is to read the preregistration materials available on the internet at www.fuller.edu/sot/fielded or in the Office of Field Education. After the student has submitted internship and supervisor applications, he or she must schedule an enrollment interview with the Office of Field Education. If the internship is approved, the student will then receive a Course Approval Notification that must be submitted to the Academic Advisor prior to registration.

PREREQUISITES: None.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets the requirement for the MA in Evangelism degree. Meets the FE2 Field Education requirement for the MDiv (MIN 7). This course is offered pass/fail for two units.

FINAL EXAMINATION: None. Evaluation is based on completion of the internship as specified in the individual learning agreement and on completion of assignments as listed above.