Summer 2019/Pasadena
YF502
Argue
YF502: LEADING CHANGE THROUGH YOUTH MINISTRY CONTEXTS (4 Units: 160 hours). Steven Argue, PhD.
DESCRIPTION: The course teaches students to engage in organizational change through congregations and organizations that lead young people, volunteers, and parents. Students will learn to apply leadership frames by exploring and integrating resources from leadership, youth ministry, church, and cultural categories. Topics will include the meaning of being a Christian leader; how to effectively approach leadership challenges in ministry; how to create a volunteer culture; how to lead students and parents; how to lead, equip, and best utilize interns and paid staff; and how to think systemically about one’s role as an advocate for young people in the broader community context.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students will be able to (1) assess and develop their personal theology of Christian leadership; (2) know and use various leadership frames to address leadership challenges; (3) apply leadership principles specifically for youth ministry contexts to help them assess current practices and lead change; (4)articulate a complete volunteer leadership development approach; and (5) identify and assess their cultural intelligence competencies so as to critically reflect on how their cultural identities and their ministry contexts impact their leadership approaches.
COURSE FORMAT: This class meets twice weekly as a two-week intensive for two-hour sessions for a total of 40 instructional hours in the classroom in the form of lectures, regular discussion, and in-class or online peer learning.
REQUIRED READING: 1500 pages required [Books: 1370 pp. + Articles: 130 pp.]
Books:
Bolman, L. and Deal, T., Reframing Organizations. Jossey-Bass, 2013, 5th ed. ISBN: 978-1118557389, Pub. Price: $36.00. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [200 pp].
Clark, C. ed. Adoptive Youth Ministry. Baker Academic, 2016. ISBN: 978-0801049705, Pub. Price: $34.99. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [50 pp. assigned.].
Csinos, David M. Faith Forward: Launching a Revolution through Ministry with Children, Youth, and Families Vol. 3, edited by David M. Csinos. British Columbia, Canada: Wood Lake Publishing, Inc., 2018. ISBN: 978-1773430270, Pub Price: $19.95 [65 pp. assigned].
Drury, Amanda. Saying Is Believing: The Necessity of Testimony in Adolescent Spiritual Development. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-0830840656, Pub Price $21.98. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [168 pp].
Elie, Paul. The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. ISBN: 978-0374256807, Pub. Price: $14.61 [560 pp.]
Powell, K., & Argue, S. Growing With: Every Parent's Guide to Helping Teenagers and Young Adults Thrive in Their Faith, Family, and Future. Baker Books, 2019. ISBN: 978-0801019265, Price: $22.99 [65 pp. assigned].
Patel, Eboo. Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-0691182728, Price: $18.44. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [112 pp. assigned].
Turpin, Katherine and Anne Carter Walker. Nurturing Different Dreams: Youth Ministry across Lines of Difference. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Pub, 2014. ISBN: 978-1625640093, Pub. Price $18.00. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library [150 pp].
Articles:
Argue, Steven C. "Beyond “New and Improved” Youth Ministry: Fueling and Entrepreneurial Vision to Support Emerging Generations Where They Need Us Most." Journal of Youth Ministry 16, no. 3 (2018): 10-20. [10 pp.].
Argyris, C., “Teaching Smart People How to Learn” Harvard Business Review, 1991 [16 pp.].
Collins, J. and Porras, J., “Building Your Company’s Vision,” HBR, 1996 [16 pp.].
Cormode, S., “Multi-Layered Leadership,” Journal of Religious Leadership, 2002 [35 pp.].
Dykstra, C., “Evaluation as Collaborative Inquiry” Initiatives in Religion, 1993 [6 pp.].
Heifetz, R., “The Work of Leadership” HBR, 2001 [16 pp.].
Senge, P., “The Leader’s New Work,” Sloan Management Review, 1990 [17 pp.].
Wuthnow, R., “The Crisis in the Churches,” in Financing American Religion, 1999 [10 pp.].
RECOMMENDED READING:
Branson, M.L. and Martinez, J. Churches, Cultures & Leadership. IVP, 2011. ISBN: 978-0830839261.
Collins, J, Good to Great. HarperCollins, 2001. ISBN: 978-0066620992.
Collins, J, Good to Great and the Social Sectors. HarperCollins, 2005. ISBN: 978-0977326402.
Heifetz, R., “Mobilizing Adaptive Work,” Leadership without Easy Answers (HBSP, 1994) p. 69-129.
Heifetz, R. and Linsky, M. Leadership on the Line. HBSP, 2002. ISBN: 978-1578514373.
Livermore, D., Ang, S. & Van Dyne, L. Leading with Cultural Intelligence: The Real Secret to Success. 2nd Ed. AMACOM, 2015. ISBN: 978-0814449172.
Livermore, D., Ang, S. & Van Dyne, L. Cultural Intelligence Self-Assessment. Cultural Intelligence Center. www.CulturalQ.com. Leading with Cultural Intelligence: The Real Secret to Success. 2nd Ed.– $12.00.
Powell, K., Griffin, B, & Mulder, J. Growing Young. Baker Books, 2016. ISBN: 978-0801019258,
Rah, Soong-Chan. Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church. Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2010. Print.
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.].
Peterson, E., “Throw me into the sea!” in Under the Unpredictable Plant. Eerdmans, 1992.
ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:
PREREQUISITES: IS500, IS501, IS502, and IS503 are highly recommended but not required.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Option to meet the LDR requirement for the 120 MDiv and 80 MATM Programs (Fall 2015). Meets the LDR requirement for YFC emphases. Option to meet the C5 requirement in the 120 MDiv Program.
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.
NOTE: This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. Textbook prices are set by publishers and are subject to change. Copyright 2019 Fuller Theological Seminary.