Winter 2016/Pasadena

PM514

Kinnison

PM514: MISSIONAL CHURCH AND LEADERSHIP (4 Units: 160 Hours). Quentin P. Kinnison.

DESCRIPTION: This is a practical theology course that engages biblical, theological, and practical matters in ecclesiology and leadership. The work of lay and clergy leadership is explored in regard to fostering an environment in which all participants are to be formed into an interpretive community that is engaged with God personally and corporately in congregation formation, spiritual formation, and missional formation. Working from a praxis-theory-praxis perspective, the course will attend to topics as they are integrated in a practical theology methodology with an emphasis on missio Dei.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students will (1) articulate an understanding of missional ecclesiology for the student’s anticipated ministry context; (2) articulate an understanding of the tasks of congregational leadership; (3) apply course frameworks for ecclesiology, contexts, and leadership to exercises regarding specific cases; and (4) demonstrate reflectively concerning one’s own gifts and calling in relationship to course frameworks for ecclesiology, contexts, and leadership.

COURSE FORMAT: This course will be conducted online on a ten-week schedule aligned with Fuller’s academic calendar (for 20 hours of directed learning activities) and for a 1-week intensive on a Fuller campus (for 20 hours), for a total of 40 instructional hours. Students are required to interact with the material, with each other, and with the instructor regularly through online discussions, reading, and other assignments that promote active learning. Course time will include lectures, individual and group exercises, reflective discussions of materials and experiences, and guest speakers. Each week students and the professor will interact on Moodle concerning readings and class presentations.

REQUIRED READING: 1,060 pp. required.

A. Practical Theology of Leadership and Culture

Branson, Mark Lau, and Juan F. Martinez. Churches, Cultures and Leadership: A Practical Theology of Congregations and Ethnicities. IVP Academic, 2011. ISBN: 978-0830839261, Pub. Price $25.00 [233 pp. assigned].

B. Leadership, Bible, and the Missio Dei

Goheen, Michael. A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story. Baker, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0801031410, Pub. Price $22.99. [225 pp.]

C. Church Planting, Missiology, and Contextual/Socio-Cultural Awareness

Branson, Mark Lau, and Nicholas Warnes. Starting Missional Churches: Life with God in the Neighborhood. InterVarsity, 2014. ISBN: 978-0830841165, Pub. Price $18.00 [185 pp. assigned].

D. Missional Church and Holy Spirit

Zscheile, Dwight. The Agile Church: Spirit-Led Innovation in an Uncertain Age. Morehouse, 2014. ISBN-13: 978-0819229779, Pub. Price. $18. [150 pp.]

E. Leadership Articles/Chapters on Moodle [141 pp. assigned].

Argyris, C., “Teaching Smart People How to Learn” Harvard Business Review, 1991 [16 pp.].

Ely, R. and Meyerson, D., “Theories of Gender in Organizations,” Working Paper #8, Center for Gender in Organizations, Simmons College , 2000. (www.simmons.edu/som/docs/cgo_wp8_DNC.pdf) [46 pp.].

Heifetz, Ronald, “The Work of Leadership” HBR, 2001 [16 pp.].

Roxburgh, Alan, “Leading in an In-between Time,” in Missional Map-Making. Jossey-Bass, 2010. 19-39 [20 pp.].

Senge, Peter, “The Leader’s New Work,” Sloan Management Review, 1990 [17 pp.].

F. Additional Reading (available on Moodle):

Branson, Mark Lau, “Forming Church, Forming Mission,” in International Review of Mission, (Apr 2003), 153-163. [10 pp.].

Cormode, Scott, “Multi-Layered Leadership,” Journal of Religious Leadership, 2002 [35 pp.].

Kinnison, Quentin P., “Shepherd or One of the Sheep, “ Journal of Religious Leadership, 2010 [33 pp.].

Kinnison, Quentin P., “The Pastor as Expert,” Journal of Religious Leadership, 2013, [30 pp.].

Roxburgh, Alan. “Practices of a Missional People,” in Journal of Missional Practice (n.d.) http://journalofmissionalpractice.com/practices-of-a-missional-people/ [11 pp.].

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

1. Reading - 1,060 pp. required (10%). [70 hours].

2. Attendance: Weekly class; maintain Student Report Sheet (10%). [30 hours].
3. Web interaction weekly (DLAs), including videos, posts, and reflective activities [often a 250-word post and follow-up 250-word forum response] (25%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4]. [20 hours].
4. Write a 500-600 word Adler-style book critique on Branson/Warnes and on Zscheile (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2]. [4 hours].
5. Reflective essay (750 words) on your leadership capacities in light of class, midway through class (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2, 4]. [6 hours].
6. Visits to a church, conversations about observations in relationship to course; personal 1,000-word research paper (observation/interpretation), per syllabus (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3]. [10 hours].
7. Write a 2,000 -2,500 word term paper, per syllabus, that integrates issues of ecclesiology, missiology, context, and leadership, demonstrating a PT method; includes the student’s reflection (perhaps in a final section of 500 – 600 words) on personal progress concerning course goals (25%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 5]. [20 hours].

PREREQUISITES: It is recommended that students take PM514 during or after Field Ed, or toward the end of a masters program. It is also highly recommended that students have completed IS500, IS501, IS502, and IS503.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Option to meet the LDR requirement for the 120 MDiv Program. Meets 144 MDiv core requirement MIN6 or the requirement in Ministry Foundations (MIN F) for other master’s degrees.

FINAL EXAMINATION: No