TTDM 802N Year Two Post Residency Project
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TTDM 821N The Biblical Context
of Discipleship & the Person I 6 During this class, students explore their own background in discipleship practices in light of the historical and biblical context of discipleship, seeking to understand Jesus’ distinct form of discipleship. This leads to an understanding of discipleship as Jesus intended it to be developed in the early church, and how Paul and Peter and other biblical authors developed discipleship and spiritual formation in their writings as a theoretical and practical way of life for individual believers and the church.
Post Residency Projects employ residential coursework in the student’s place of ministry. Required upon successful completion of the residency coursework. Notes: Credit/No Credit.
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TTDM 803N Year Three Post Residency Project
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Post Residency Projects employ residential coursework in the student’s place of ministry. Required upon successful completion of the residency coursework. Notes: Credit/No Credit. 6 Students will learn the character and competencies required of a Christian leader. Instruction will involve biblical exegesis, exposure to leadership literature, and interactive dialogue with current Christian leaders. Students will then engage in a self- assessment exercise of their current leadership practices. 6 Students learn why Christian leaders need to speak God’s word and how to speak God’s word. Students learn how to identify a biblical idea and effectively employ that idea in their public communication. Students learn how to be persuasive and how to understand the people they are speaking to. Students speak in class without notes. 6 This course is held off campus and involves travel to different cities. Students enhance their ability to evaluate a ministry theologically. Students are exposed to a variety of theologies of the church through lectures and “on location” exposure. Students interact with ministry leaders, fellow students and their faculty-mentor to discover and theologically evaluate a variety of evangelical ministries. As a result, students should be able to accurately assess and express the theology of their own ministry. 6 This course is held off campus in a different city. The goal of this course is for students to enhance their ability to evaluate the cultural adaptation of a ministry. Students interact with ministry leaders, fellow students and their faculty-mentor as they discover in what ways and how effectively these ministries have adapted to the culture in which they minister. As a result, students are better able to assess and express the cultural sensitivity of their own ministries. 6 During this class, students learn how and why ministry leaders are wounded in ministry. Through interaction with their faculty-mentor and guest faculty, students learn a variety of strategies to address the hurts experienced by leaders in the practice of ministry. Students apply these strategies to their own ministries and the ministries of others where appropriate. 6 Students learn how to assess if, and how severely, a ministry has been wounded. Through interaction with their faculty- mentor and guest faculty, students also learn a variety of strategies that leaders can use to address the corporate wounds of a ministry and facilitate healing and wholeness. Students apply these strategies to their own ministries and the ministries of others where appropriate.
TTDM 822N The Biblical Context
TTDM 809N Understanding Leadership
of Discipleship & the Person II 6 During this class, students examine and apply these biblical principles of discipleship in their personal life. Students are guided by resident and guest professors as they reflect upon their lifetime of study and application of discipleship and spiritual formation. Students conclude by developing a strategy of personal growth in their discipleship to Jesus, and how that can be implemented in the lives of those within their ministry.
TTDM 810N Speaking as a Leader
TTDM 823N Discipleship as the Ministry of the Church I
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Students explore God’s plan for the church and how discipleship can be understood as a holistic ministry of the church. Students are assisted by resident and guest professors in understanding the nature of the church and its relation to discipleship. 6 During this class, guest professors escort students through past and present ministries to examine specific practices of discipleship within the church. Students visit with guest professors and examine first-hand various aspects of discipleship, including mentoring, leadership development, and small groups. During the rest of the week, we discuss life-span Christian education, youth ministry, family ministry, counseling, evangelism and follow-up. 6 During this class, students explore the relationship of the biological community, the family, with the spiritual community, the church. Family developmental experts guide students to elaborate the working relationship between family and church discipleship and how they can support and promote each other. 6 This class expands the study begun in TTDM 825N to include a strategy for developing discipleship relations between the local church and various external communities, including parachurch ministries. Veteran Christian leaders guide students through an examination of strategies to build a local discipleship community that reaches into their neighborhood, school, workplace, and the world. 6 Students gain a biblical and theological basis for management in the local church and learn to critically reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of various governance models in local church ministry. Students develop a strategic plan for their particular ministry. 6 Students learn how to gain a better understanding of their own strengths and spiritual gifts. Students are then guided into how best to apply their personal strengths to their present area of ministry leadership.
TTDM 811N The Nature of the Church
TTDM 824N Discipleship as the Ministry of the Church II
TTDM 812N The Cultural Sensitivity of the Church
TTDM 825N Discipleship & Community Relationships I
TTDM 826N Discipleship & Community Relationships II
TTDM 813N Healing the Wounded Leader
TTDM 827N Foundations of Executive Management
TTDM 814N Healing the Wounded Congregation
TTDM 828N Personal Strengths Assessment
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