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:

  1. Understand the principal challenges faced by the Latino Protestant Church in the United States today.

  2. Analyze the principal church models that are being used to address those challenges.

  3. Evaluate their own perspectives related to the Latino Protestant Church in the United States.

  4. 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 Unpublished, 2007 (to be handed out in class).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:
  1. Read before first class session: Harvest of Empire [or La condición hispánica] (10%).

  2. Class attendance and participation is required (10%).

  3. Read the required texts and another 1000 pages from the class bibliography (20%).

  4. Turn in daily responses to the reading and class assignments (15%).

  5. Write a two-page description of a Latino church or ministry model different than the one the student participates in (15%).

  6. 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.