APPL 581
Missional Church
(A) (Distance Education Option Available)
On Campus Course Description for Fall 2018
This course has in mind the empowerment
of the church in urban centers for mission and ministry. It recognizes the
cultural, ethnic and social diversity of contemporary cities and the challenges
this holds for effective witness and service.
It is also cognizant of the internal challenges facing the church with
its religious consumer mentality, its lack of a corporate missional identity
and its cultural captivity. This course presents the fundamental missional
identity of the church and its call to be the servant of God's kingdom
purposes. It will ground this missional identity and kingdom vision in the
doctrine of the triune God. From this starting point, in the context of
expositions from John 20 and the book of Acts, the course explores models of
the church, strategies for effective witness and service, themes in holistic
mission and the contours of a missional spirituality. These themes are explored
within the setting of the challenges, problems and possibilities of our urban
environments.
Distance Education Course Description
This course has in mind the empowerment of the church in urban centers for mission and ministry. It recognizes the cultural, ethnic and social diversity of contemporary cities and the challenges this holds for effective witness and service. It is also cognizant of the internal challenges facing the church with its religious consumer mentality, its lack of a corporate missional identity and its cultural captivity. This course presents the fundamental missional identity of the church and its call to be the servant of God's kingdom purposes. It will ground this missional identity and kingdom vision in the doctrine of the triune God. From this starting point, in the context of expositions from John 20 and the book of Acts, the course explores models of the church, strategies for effective witness and service, themes in holistic mission and the contours of a missional spirituality. These themes are explored within the setting of the challenges, problems and possibilities of our urban environments.
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites for this course.
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