Course Description: This course will work to develop a coherent ministry vision based on unchanging theology and changing cultural contexts. Based on Reformed theological orthodoxy, students will learn how theology has implications on how to see ministry and what to do in ministry by participating in ethnographic studies of different location and peoples. It will provide a foundation for how students can articulate, communicate, and live out doctrine in a specific place and time—whether an urban neighborhood, a rural farming community, a cross-cultural location, or working with youth.
Course Schedule
| Date | Topic/Reading | Due: |
| 1.12 | Why Take This Class? | |
| 1.14 | Getting to Know One Another | |
| 1.17 | OFF: MLK | |
| 1.19 | Syllabus and Orientation | Keller, Intro and Ch. 1 |
| 1.21 | Gospel Doctrine | Keller, Ch.2-3 |
| 1.24 | Gospel Renewal | Keller, Ch.4-5 Book Selection for Project |
| 1.26 | Gospel Renewal | Keller, Ch. 6 |
| 1.28 | Gestures and Postures | Andy Crouch, Culture Care (PDF) |
| 1.31 | Contextualization | Keller, Ch. 7-8 |
| 2.2 | Contextualization | Keller, Ch. 9-10 Due: Interview Questions |
| 2.4 | City Vision | Keller, Ch. 11-12 |
| 2.7 | City Vision | Keller, Ch. 13-14 |
| 2.9 | Cultural Engagement | Keller, Ch. 15 |
| 2.11 | Cultural Engagement | Keller, Ch. 16 |
| 2.14 | Cultural Engagement | Keller, Ch. 17 |
| 2.16 | Cultural Engagement | Keller, Ch. 18 |
| 2.18 | Review | Prayer Walk Reflection Due |
| 2.21 | Missional Community | Keller, Ch. 20-21 |
| 2.23 | Integrative Ministry | Keller, Ch. 22-23 |
| 2.25 | Integrative Ministry | Keller, Ch. 24-25 |
| 2.28 | Integrative Ministry | Keller, Ch. 26 |
| 3.2 | Missional Movements | Keller, Ch. 27-28 |
| 3.4 | Missional Movements | Keller, Ch. 29-30 |
| 3.7 | Church as Culture | Robert Wilken Volf, Soft Difference |
| 3.9 | The Future of the Church | Russell Moore Lecture. |
| 3.11 | OFF | |
| 3.14-18 | OFF: SPRING BREAK | |
| 3.21 | Gospel in Foreign Contexts | 3D Gospel |
| 3.23 | Gospel and Pluralism | Newbegin, Ch. 1-2 |
| 3.25 | Authority and Experience | Newbegin, Ch. 4-5 |
| 3.28 | Mission in Pluralistic Society | Newbegin, Ch. 10-11 |
| 3.30 | Gospel and Secular Society | Newbegin, Ch. 15, 17 |
| 4.1 | Ministerial Leadership in Pluralist Society | Nebegin, Ch. 18-20 |
| 4.4 | Book Presentations | |
| 4.6 | Book Presentations | |
| 4.8 | Book Presentations | |
| 4.11 | Book Presentations | |
| 4.13 | Book Presentations | |
| 4.15-18 | OFF: Easter Break | |
| 4.20 | Final Project Presentation | |
| 4.22 | Final Project Presentation | |
| 4.25 | Final Project Presentation | |
| 4.27 | Final Project Presentation | |
| 4.29 | OFF: Synod | |
| 5.2 | Final Project Presentation | |
| 5.4 | Celebration and Review | Pope John Paul, Gaudium et Spes |
| 5.6 | OFF | |
