DESCRIPTION: The course seeks to develop an understanding in the students of the nature and forms of ministry. It will address a theology of church and ministry, and the practical areas of ministry, with a particular emphasis on the Latino church and community.

SIGNIFICANCE FOR LIFE AND MINISTRY: Students need to develop a solid theological and missional foundation for church and ministry and to develop pastoral resources for ministry.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students will

1. reflect on the pastoral role in the life of the church;

2. analyze the relationship between ecclesiology, mission, and praxis;

3. understand the practical and legal implications of being a pastor;

4. develop a personal pastoral theology;

5. evaluate pastoral responses to issues impacting Latinos and other minority communities.

Driver, Juan. Imágenes de una iglesia en misión. Guatemala: Ediciones Semilla, 1998.

Floristán, Casiano. Teología práctica. España: Ediciones Sígueme, 1998.

Martínez, Juan F. Caminando entre el pueblo Ministerio Latino en los Estados Unidos. Abingdon, 2008.

Padilla, C. René, y Yamamori, Tetsunao, eds. La iglesia local como agente de transformación. Kairós, 2003.

Senge, Peter. La Quinta disciplina. Ediciones Granica, 1998.

Driver, Juan. Contra corriente. Guatemala: Ediciones Semilla, 1998.

Figueroa, Inés. El proceso administrativo en la iglesia. Miami: Caribe, 1999.

Granberg-Michaelson, Wesley. Leadership From Inside Out. New York: Crossroad, 2004.

Manual de ministros/Ministers' Manual. (Use one from your own tradition.)

Martínez, Juan F., and Scott, Luis, eds. Iglesias peregrinas en busca de identidad. Kairos, 2004.

1. Develop a concrete pastoral response to an issue impacting Latinos or other minority communities. Students will work together throughout the quarter on a specific issue and then write individual papers on their perspective (3-5 pages).

2. Develop a series of 4-6 sermons on the concept of a missional church using one of the biblical images of a church in mission presented in Driver (Imágenes de una iglesia en misión).

3. Write a short summary of each required text using the model to be presented in class.

4. Write a personal pastoral theology (5-8 pages): How do I understand pastoral work and my role as a pastor in my ministry setting? It should include an understanding of ordination.