Summer 2007/Pasadena
Two-week Intensive: July 3-13
GM574
Martínez
GM574: IGLESIA EVANGÉLICA LATINA--RETOS PARA EL FUTURO
[The Latino
Protestant Church--Challenges for the Future]. Juan Martínez.
DESCRIPTION: An analysis of the current challenges facing the Latino
Protestant Church in the United States and a framework for looking at the
issues that the Church will need to address in the future. The course provides
a description of the principal challenges, some of the ways that churches have
responded in the past, the assets Latinos have to address the challenges and an
outline for framing the Latino church's mission in the future.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: As objectives for the course, students will:
- Understand the principal challenges faced by the Latino Protestant Church
in the United States today.
- Analyze the principal church models that are being used to address those
challenges.
- Evaluate their own perspectives related to the Latino Protestant Church in
the United States.
- Develop plans for a new model of church and ministry within the Latino
community.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: Leaders within the Latino Protestant Church need to
analyze the issues they specifically confront and a framework for addressing
the issues from a missiological perspective.
COURSE FORMAT: The course will be a two-week intensive course that will meet
for four hours every weekday beginning Tuesday, July 3 (not the 2nd),
will not meet July 4, and then will also meet Saturday July 7. It will
consist of lectures, discussions, and participatory activities.
REQUIRED READING:
- González, Juan. Harvest of Empire. Viking, 2000.
- González, Justo, Teología liberadora. Kairós,
2006.
- Martínez, Juan Francisco. Iglesia Evangélica Latina.
Unpublished, 2007 (to be handed out in class).
- Martínez, Juan, and Scott, Luis, eds. Iglesias peregrinas en
busca de identidad. Kairós, 2004.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Martínez, Juan Francisco. Sea la Luz The Making of
Mexican Protestantism in the American Southwest, 1829-1900. University of
North Texas Press, 2006.
- Míguez Bonino, José. Rostros del protestantismo
latinoamericano. Nueva Creación, 1995.
- Ortiz, Manuel. The Hispanic Challenge. InterVarsity Press, 1993.
- Sánchez-Walsh, Arlene, Latino Pentecostal Identity. Colombia
University Press, 2003.
- Stavans, Ivan. La condición hispánica. Tierra Firme,
1999.
- Villafañe, Eldin. El Espíritu Libertador. Nueva
Creación, 1996.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Read before first class session: Harvest of Empire [or La
condición hispánica] (10%).
- Class attendance and participation is required (10%).
- Read the required texts and another 1000 pages from the class bibliography
(20%).
- Turn in daily responses to the reading and class assignments (15%).
- Write a two-page description of a Latino church or ministry model different
than the one the student participates in (15%).
- Analyze one of the challenges the Latino community is facing and develop a
plan for how the Latino church can respond (10-12 pages) (30%).
PREREQUISITES: Spanish.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Elective.
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.