Division of Ministry Leadership

This class will further equip the student to understand and fulfill the nature and
purpose of the church through a thorough discussion of biblical and
contemporary literature.  A theology of church health and evangelism will be
developed.  From this theology, practical strategies will be identified and
evaluated. (3 credits)

MML620 The Disciple Making Minister

Course Description:  Disciples of Christ reflect Jesus in character and mission. The role of the Disciple Making Leader is to equip believers in these two qualities.  The term equip is found throughout the New Testament. The noun is katartismos and the verb is katartizo. The word means to mend, perfect, complete or restore something or someone to the original design. The Disciple Making Leader provides the complete training package so believers will live out the two purposes.

A study of the dynamics of leadership development in both the leader’s own life
and in the ministry organization. This course will provide strategies and practices
for the continued development of the ministry leader and for the growth of new
leaders for the church or parachurch organization. (3 credits)

Students will be introduced the concept of leading congregational change, focusing on vision casting, understanding the process of change, and overcoming resistance

The necessary ingredients for this course are you, your ministry context, your
course, and the plan you and your coach create. This course advances your
ministry by being able to work with your coach to guide your ministry objectives
and use various resources to come alongside leaders and teams to effectively
reach their mission in Christ-centered ways. (3 credits)

The necessary ingredients for this course are you, your ministry context, your
course, and the plan you and your coach create. This course advances your
ministry by being able to work with your coach to guide your ministry objectives
and use various resources to come alongside leaders and teams to effectively
reach their mission in Christ-centered ways. (3 credits)

The necessary ingredients for this course are you, your ministry context, your
course, and the plan you and your coach create. This course advances your
ministry by being able to work with your coach to guide your ministry objectives
and use various resources to come alongside leaders and teams to effectively
reach their mission in Christ-centered ways. (3 credits)

This course is designed to take place as the student completes their MML classes.
The student will integrate classroom learning and coaching with ministry
experience. The student develops a demonstration of significant ministry
experience and moves from being a change learner to a change agent in their
ministry. The course requires a major project, a step-by-step improvement plan
for change in your ministry. (3 credits)

With the goal of an integrated biblical theology of leadership, this course is a
study in biblical examples, biblical people, models, and teachings concerning
leadership. It explores identity and vocation, credibility, and authenticity in
leadership, as well as issues related to culture, community, and organizational
realities that interact with biblically based leadership. (3 credits)

A study of the epistle to the Ephesians through the lens of leadership in a faith-
based organization. This course will explore issues in identity, team building,
mission, values, community, ethics, relationships, and opposition. There is a
strong emphasis on the Lordship of Jesus Christ. (3 credits)

The course serves as the foundation of the Master of Arts in Preaching.  Students
will explore and model multiple rhetorical patterns adaptable to contemporary
preaching.  (3 credits)

With a view to congressing preaching with a shifting contemporary culture, the
course guides students in navigating the preaching of difficult social issues in
relation to differing demographic constituencies. (3 credits)

By means of careful analysis of the task of preaching married to methods and
means of efficacious storytelling, this advanced study explores the effective use of
illustrating in preaching, and the preparation and delivery of various forms of
contemporary narrative sermons. (3 credits)

The course will consist of an exegetical, theological, rhetorical, and homiletical
study of the resurrection and the thirteen New Testament, resurrection narratives
of Jesus, with a view toward exegesis and contemporary expository preaching.  
(3 credits)

The class explores defining and modeling preaching (texts, topics, and calendars)
in a congregational context, contextualizing to the student’s unique definition of
their congregational constituency.  (3 credits)

This course examines interpersonal connections and relationships as foundational to ministry and leadership and the appropriate Biblical material to guide and direct how we are with each other. At the end of the day, it is our relationships that make us successful. This course focuses on relational leadership theory as a construct. Relational leadership theory is an approach to leading that cultivates authentic relationships to achieve connection, shared vision, and interdependent action. (3 credits)