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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours A course evaluating the current expansion of the major non-Christian religions and providing a strategy for meeting this contemporary challenge to the Christian faith.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours A study of theological issues indigenous to selected mission fields.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours A study of methods to design a local church-based outreach ministry and also strategies for establishing local churches on the mission field.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours A study of topics in the realm of missions.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours A study of selected contemporary issues related to missions.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours This course introduces and reminds chaplaincy candidates, continuing National Guard, reserve, and active-duty chaplains, and pastors of churches in military environments to the realities of military ministry. The history, requirements, call, work, pluralistic environment, cultural setting, misconceptions, and additional unique elements of ministry in military environments are addressed. Issues of particular application to the military chaplaincy and ministry, such as the constitutional separation of church and state and specific, contemporary theological challenges, and their relationship to military ministry and chaplaincy are included. The unique opportunities of ministry to the single soldier, current military age generation, women in the military, and of counseling in hospitals, crisis situations, and short term are all introduced.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours (Prerequisite: DMIN-8613) A course provides orientation for surviving the first assignment, military regulations and chain of command, "Completed Staff Work"-admin and military writing, military etiquette, customs and traditionsstaying fit-spiritually, physically and intellectually, the chaplain's family life, homiletics-"Every Day Sunday," homiletics-"Every Message Situation Specific/Brevity.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours (Prerequisite: DMIN-8613) This course provides for understanding today's young service member, Naval Chaplain Specifics: "Deckplate Ministry"-Ministry on board ships, etc., Marine Chaplain Specifics: "Semper Fi"-MinistrU.S. Marines, Coast Guard Chaplain Specifics, Army Chaplain Specifics, Air Force Chaplain Specifics, Hospital Ministry-CPE and the hospital staff, ministry to military women, military weddings, ministry to the military spouse, the uniqueness of the military family, religion and war, 'just war,' ministry in combatoperations, making disciples in fox holes, In harm's way-combat ministry, death notification -do's adon'ts, Military Funerals, and funerals (unsaved?- from evangelical perspective).
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3.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: DM-844) 3 credit hours Includes topics such as ministry to the commanding officers-The Chaplain as Staff Officer and Moral Advisor, "Cooperation without Compromise"-Ministry with other chaplains, the role of the supervisorchaplain privileged communication-legal and theological dimensions, "A View from the Trenches"?essons Learned from ministry in Iraq, Leadership-know the environment-come with options to solve perceived problems Spiritual and Theological Foundations for Ministry Leadership, Philosophy of Ministry and Leadership, Developing Chaplain Leaders & Leadership Issues, Leadership of Military Leaders- Styles, Types (working for a non-Christian), and Interpersonal Relationship Skills: the Chaplain and his Commander // Staff.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours (Doctoral students only) These courses are designed to meet specific needs related to the student's professional objectives or current ministry experiences. Self-study projects are developed through consultation with a faculty advisor.
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