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Ms 615 Foundations Of Church Growth, George G. Hunter

Syllabi

A. Read EACH of the following: 1. Donovan, Vincent J. Christianity Rediscovered. Orbis, 1979. This autobiographical case study, one of the most engaging and moving books in all of missiological literature, focuses on the planting of indigenous Catholic Christianity among Masai people in East Africa. It dramatizes the central “apostolic” issue of starting a Christian movement from scratch among an unreached people. 2. Arn, Win and Charles Arn. The Master’s Plan for Making Disciples. Baker Book House, 1998. 3. Donald A. McGavran. Understanding Church Growth, Third Edition. Eerdmans, 1990. The authoritative text in the field of Global Church Growth, written …

Cd 511 The Pastor And Christian Discipleship, Catherine Stonehouse

Syllabi

Consult the Course Schedule for dates by which sections of the reading should be completed. The Pastor as Religious Educator, Robert L. Browning, ed. Making Disciples: Faith Formation in the Wesleyan Tradition, Sondra Higgins Matthaei Disciple Making Teachers, Josh Hunt Creative Ministry, Henri Nouwen – Chapters 1 and 4 Reaching Out, Henri Nouwen – Chapter 5 Patterns in Moral Development, Catherine M. Stonehouse. "Learning from Gender Differences," Catherine M. Stonehouse Soul Stories: African American Christian Education, Anne Streaty Wimberly 2 From the following list select one book to read. Revitalizing the Sunday Morning Dinosaur, Ken Hemphill Children in the Worshiping …

Cm 510 Foundations Of Campus Ministry, Chris Kiesling

Syllabi

Steve Shadrach, The Fuel and the Flame: Body Builders, 2003. Doug Fields, Purpose Driven Youth Ministry: Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 1998. Henri Nouwen. The Return of the Prodigal Son: Doubleday, 1992. Gordon MacDonald. Ordering Your Private World: Thomas Nelson, 1984. Robert Coleman. The Master Plan of Evangelism, Revell, 1994. Sharon Parks, Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Jossey Bass, 2000. Don Everts, Jesus with Dirty Feet. Intervarsity, 1999.) Soularize CD available from the Cokesbury bookstore or directly from The Oooze.com. Reading Packet and/or electronic reserve:

Cd 510 Foundations Of Christian Discipleship, R. Dale Hale

Syllabi

Creative Ministry, Henri Nouwen. Educating Congregations: The Future of Christian Education, Charles R. Foster. Is It a Lost Cause? Having the Heart of God for the Church's Children, Marva J. Dawn John Wesley's Class Meeting: A Model for Making Disciples, D. Michael Henderson. Patterns in Moral Development, Catherine M. Stonehouse. The Gospel of Mark

Asbury Theological Seminary Academic Catalog : 2004-2006, Asbury Theological Seminary

Academic Catalogs

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Young Heber J. Grant's Years Of Passage, Ronald W. Walker

BYU Studies

As Heber J. Grant came of age, Mormonism was as much a part of the Utah landscape as the territory's dusty valleys and vaulting mountain walls. Young Heber met religion everywhere—in his Salt Lake City home and neighborhood, at the Tabernacle on Temple Square, in the offices of Church and civic leaders where he sometimes ventured, and certainly in his native Thirteenth Ward, one of the most innovative and organizationally developed Latter-day Saint congregations of the time. Slowly young Heber internalized his religious culture, but not before encountering the usual perils of adolescence and coming of age. The process tells …

Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Lawson G. Stone

Syllabi

READING in the literature of OT studies from many perspectives, from “mainstream” (i.e. non- conservative) OT criticism as well as evangelical scholars. Some readings are difficult and not always obviously relevant to, say, sermon preparation or youth ministry. LaSor, W. S., D. A. Hubbard, F. W. Bush, Old Testament Survey: Second Edition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. A Book-By-Book overview of the content and interpretation issues of the OT books followed by a section on general issues. Since this course is not organized in a book-by- book fashion, we will be reading this text "out of order" so pay close attention …

Ym 510 Foundations Of Youth Ministry, James Hampton

Syllabi

Crabtree, Jack. Better Safe Than Sued. Loveland, CO: Group Publishing, 1998. 217 pages (7-223) (BSS) Course Packet for YM510 Dean, Kendra Creasy and Ron Foster. The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul Tending for Youth Ministry. Nashville: Upper Room, 1998. 202 pages (9-210) (GL) DeVries, Mark. Family-Based Youth Ministry. InterVarsity Press, 2004. 168 pages (15-182) (FBYM) Myers, William. Black and White Styles of Youth Ministry. Cleveland: United Church Press, 1991. 188 pages (3-190) (B&W)

Cs 652 Ethics Of Hospitality And Contemporary Challenges, Christine Pohl

Syllabi

Philip Hallie, Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NY: HarperCollins, 1979, 1994. Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999 Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Reading Packet Bernard Adeney, Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out, NY: Doubleday. Brett Webb-Mitchell, Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities into the Church. NY: Crossroad, 1994.

Ms 610 The Ministry Of Evangelism, Robert G. Tuttle

Syllabi

1. Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church, Ron Crandall (160 pp.). 2. To Spread the Power, George Hunter, III (200 pp.). 3. Becoming a Contagious Christian, Hybels and Mittelberg (221 pp.). 8 4. Can We Talk? Robert Tuttle, Jr. (110 pp.). 5. Someone Out There Needs Me, Robert Tuttle print out available at the Bookstore.

Ym 632 The Life Of The Youth Pastor, James Hampton

Syllabi

Textbooks Jones, Tony. Soul Shaper. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. 227 pages MacDonald, Gordon. Ordering Your Private World. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2002. 231 pages Peterson, Eugene. Under the Unpredictable Plant. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992. 197 pages

Me 760 Evangelism In The Small Church, Ronald K. Crandall

Syllabi

1.Lyle Schaller, Small Congregation, Big Potential (2003)—190 pages 2.Anthony Pappas, ed. Inside the Small Church (2002)—230 pages. 3.Steve Bierly, How to Thrive as a Small Church Pastor (1998)—190 pages. 4.Ron Crandall, Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church (1995)—160 pages. 5.Jeff Patton, If It Could Happen Here (2002)—115 pages.

Sm 511 Sm 611 Sm 711 And Sm 512 Sm 612 Sm 712 Christian Education And Youth Ministries Supervised Ministry Handbook, Asbury Theological Seminary

Syllabi

The MA degree plans in Christian Education and Youth Ministries provide the elements essential to the formation of the minister in the following ways. • Theological/Theoretical Foundations - through courses in theology and biblical studies, plus theological and theoretical components in ministry related courses. • Ministry Skills - through ministry related courses and ministry applications included in theological and biblical courses. • Field Experience - through doing ministry in a placement through out the student’s time in seminary. • Formation - through life in the Asbury community, the mentoring of faculty, field supervisors, and the laity with whom students serve, …

Backlog 2004, Lipscomb University

Backlogs and Other Yearbooks

The 2004 Lipscomb University Backlog yearbook.

Ym 670 Postmodern Youth Ministry, James Hampton

Syllabi

Textbooks Beaudoin, Tom. Virtual Faith. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998. 189 pages. Jones, Tony. Postmodern Youth Ministry. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001. 223 pages Sweet, Leonard; Crouch, Andy; McLaren, Brian; and McManus, Erwin (eds.). Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. 256 pages Ward, Pete. Liquid Church. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002. 98 pages 1 PRELIMINARY DRAFT – SUBJECT TO CHANGE Articles Baker, Tim. (2003). Building a Bridge: The Frustration Between Theory and Practice. Youthworker Journal. 20:1, 54-56. Roebben, B. (1997). Shaping a Playground for Transcendence: Postmodern Youth Ministry as a Radical Challenge. Religious Education. 92:3, 332-347. Zaher, Holly R. …

Ym 665 Youth Culture And Trends, Dean G. Blevins

Syllabi

Class Texts 1) Web-based Publications: Chapman R. Clark, “Entering Their World: A Qualitative Look at the Changing Face of Contemporary Adolescence,” Journal of Youth Ministry (Fall 2002) available on-line (6/9/2004) at http://ayme.gospelcom.net/jym_article.php?article_id=21 Read also the five part seminar on Qualitative Research courtesy Don Ratcliff (6/09/2004)at http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/dratcliff/qual/ (apx. 25 pages). Also read Dean G. Blevins, “The Means of Grace and Christian Religious Education: Formation, Discernment, Transformation” 15 pages, online http://homepages.trevecca.edu/faculty/dblevins/Writings/Means%20Book%20Chapter %204.htm. 2) Patricia Hersch, A Tribe Apart: A Journey Into the Heart of American Adolescence (New York: Ballentine Books Readers Companion, 1999), 379 pages; OR Barbara Schneider & David Stevenson, The …

Dordt College 2004-2005 Catalog, Dordt College. Registrar's Office

Academic Catalogs

Academic Catalog for 2004-05

Harding University Graduate School Of Religion 2004-2005 Catalog, Harding University

Harding Academic Catalogs

Harding University Office of the Provost

Harding University Course Catalog 2004-2005, Harding University

Harding Academic Catalogs

Catalog of Harding University 2004-2005

Persuasion And Church Ministry As It Relates To Woman Abuse : An Evaluation Of 'No Place For Abuse' On The Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behavior Of Asbury Theological Seminarians, Edwin Arthur Shei

ATS Dissertations

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Ym 610 Communicating The Gospel To Youth, James Hampton

Syllabi

Textbooks Davis, Ken. How to Speak to Youth. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. 183 pages (HSY) Hampton, Jim and Edwards, Rick (eds.). Worship-Centered Teaching. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 2001. 98 pages. (WCT) 1 Long, Jimmy (ed.). Small Group Leader’s Handbook. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995. 196 pages. (SGLH) McNabb, Bill and Mabry, Scott. Teaching the Bible Creatively. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990. 193 pages. (TBC) Myers, Joseph R. The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. 154 pages. (TSB) Palmer, Parker. To Know as We are Known. San Francisco: Harper, 1993. 140 pages. (TKWK)

New Wineskins, Old Wine: Alpha As The Future Of Wesleyan Theology, Rob King

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Decision -Making By Educational Leaders In Four Southern Baptist Convention Churches Regarding Curriculum For The Deaf., Joanne M. Parker

All ETDs from UAB

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Sp 501 Communication For Christian Leaders, Michael Pasquarello

Syllabi

REQUIRED TEXTS Richard Winter, Still Bored in Culture of Entertainment: Rediscovering Passion and Wonder Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine David Cunningham, Faithful Persuasion William H. Willimon, The Last Word: Reflections on Church and Ministry

Ym 510 Foundations Of Youth Ministry, James Hampton

Syllabi

Textbooks Crabtree, Jack. Better Safe Than Sued. Loveland, CO: Group Publishing, 1998. 217 pages (7-223) (BSS) Dean, Kendra Creasy and Ron Foster. The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul Tending for Youth Ministry. Nashville: Upper Room, 1998. 202 pages (9-210) (GL) DeVries, Mark. Family-Based Youth Ministry. InterVarsity Press, 2004. 168 pages (15-182) (FBYM) Electronic Course Packet for YM510 (291 pages) Myers, William. Black and White Styles of Youth Ministry. Cleveland: United Church Press, 1991. 188 pages (3-190) (B&W)

Identifying Barriers To An Apostolic Ethos Within Park United Methodist Church, Michael B. Allen

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Celebrate Jesus Mission : An Exploration Of Pastoral Experiences , Eric R. Hallett

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Murray Ledger And Times, December 5, 2003, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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Vol.31 N.40 December 4th 2003, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Vision, Winter 2003

Vision

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

VisionFinding Aid