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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
"Biblical preaching remains one of the primary ways in which leaders influence God's people and shape the church." Assuming this statement to be true, this course provides ways to understand the Scriptures with missional eyes and to craft sermons accordingly.
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3.00 Credits
"Biblical Storytelling is a spiritual discipline that entails the lively interpretation, expression and animation of a narrative text of the Old and New Testament that has been first deeply internalized and is then remembered, embodied, breathe and voiced by a teller/performer as a sacred event in community with an audience/congregation." (Master Storyteller, Dennis Dewey). The story once embodied and shared beyond the four walls of sanctuary enables us to share the gospel. It becomes in essence a "storied spirituality" in which the teller and listener become engaged in a "language event" which acts as an experiential vehicle of God's Kingdom. (Ian Scott)
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3.00 Credits
The course looks at the difficult passages in the gospels and leads students to interpret and struggle with conflict stories in the gospels. Students will study the stories of Jesus that involve conflict as well as interpret the stories of Jesus in relation to conflict in local congregations over issues. The goal is to provide students with practices for articulating and dealing with conflict in Christian ways. The hope is that students will develop an alternative politics to the politics of the world grounded in the teachings of Jesus.
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3.00 Credits
Pastors, Christian educators, denominational workers, worship leaders, missionaries, and all church leaders engage in communication every day. This course is designed to help church leaders communicate clearly in every possible setting. Persuasion is the real authority of a leader and learning the art of persuasion is an essential skill for church leaders. The course will include practical aspects of communication such as directing small groups, making budget presentations, articulating a vision for a church executive council, teaching Sunday School, and preaching. Persuasion, argument, communication, and all the tools of rhetoric will be employed to aid the student in learning how to clearly give direction, vision, encouragement, and power to the church. This course will satisfy the requirement for a preaching practicum and provide skills for students who will work in the church in other positions than pastor.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on how we do Christian Education in the local church in the 21st Century. How do we incorporate everything from classical spiritual disciplines to multimedia in educational ministry for children, youth and adults. Practice of Ministry elective.
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3.00 Credits
Special Topics: Just Care: Psycho-Spiritual Resources for Pastoral Counseling
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3.00 Credits
Sp Top: Understanding Military Culture and Pastoral Care for Military/Veteran Populations
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3.00 Credits
Sp Top: Ministry to Older Persons in Today's Churches
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3.00 Credits
The African American prophetic tradition has been the conscience of America. This course investigates the social gospel as preached by Martin Luther King, Jr., James Forbes, and Otis Moss III with introduction to the writings of James Cone and Cornell West. The father of the social gospel movement, the Baptist Walter Rauschenbusch, will be studied. Students will have the opportunity to preach the gospel in its social implications. Here is the gospel with sizzle, passion, and compassion for the "least of these."
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3.00 Credits
A study of the much-maligned book of Revelation as a foundation for stirring pastoral and prophetic preaching in our time. Setting the book squarely in its historical setting and embracing it as the apocalyptic literature it is, we will study as much of the intriguing, powerfully hopeful book as time allows, establishing foundations for preaching our own timely sermons on the basis of John's visions. We will give a measure of attention to some of the great sermons in preaching history that were based on texts from Revelation. Several of the diverse contemporary interpretations of Revelation will be explored.
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