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Biola University
TTMN 848 - Church Multiplication Credits 6 Advanced study of strategies and practices for effective church planting and multiplication. Insights on selecting and training effective church planters, birthing daughter churches, and using demographics will be explored. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level. TTMN 849 - Growing Ministries in the "New World" I Credits 6 Explores the challenges and opportunities for church growth and multiplication in the post-modern context. Analyzes the theology, procedures, and methods of new movements and emerging models. Students will be introduced to the procedures for writing a book manuscript for publication. Grade Mode: A, R. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level. TTMN 850 - Growing Ministries in the "New World" II Credits 6 Examines cultural anthropology and multi-ethnic church growth and multiplication. A ministry strategy course designed to aid the student in understanding the opportunity, complexity, and methods for reaching people of differing ethnic backgrounds in North America. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level. TTMN 851 - Discipleship I Credits 6 This course will help students develop a biblical understanding of Jesus' distinct form of discipleship and apply those principles to their personal lives. Students will develop a strategy for personal growth in their discipleship to Jesus. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level. TTMN 852 - Discipleship II Credits 6 This course teaches how discipleship can be understood as a holistic ministry of the church that involves one's biological community, the family of God, and various external communities such as neighborhood, school, workplace and the world. Students will develop a discipleship strategy for their ministries. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level. TTMN 853 - Foundations of Biblical Preaching Credits 6 This course will provide a complete overview of the process of preparing biblical sermons from start to finish. It will emphasize the importance of understanding the literary forms of the Bible in hermeneutics and exegesis. Students will learn to move from the text to the sermon, create outlines, and shape their sermons for maximum impact. They will also have the opportunity to prepare and deliver a didactic sermon from the epistles and receive feedback. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level. TTMN 854 - Communication and Persuasion in Preaching Credits 6 This course will provide advanced training in the art of persuasion through the study of communication theory. It will explore techniques and tools for keeping sermons relevant, clear, interesting and fresh. Students will learn how to choose and organize the resources they will need to prepare sermons. They will also have the opportunity to prepare and deliver a didactic sermon from the epistles and receive feedback. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level.
TTMN 855 - Preaching Biblical Narratives Credits 6 A comprehensive study of the unique literary characteristics of narrative literature in both the Old and New Testaments. Students will learn how to interpret and communicate the narrative passages of scripture in a way that is congruent with the biblical text itself. They will also have the opportunity to prepare and deliver a sermon from a narrative section of scripture and receive feedback. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level. TTMN 856 - Preaching to Your Audience Credits 6 In this course, students will learn how to understand their audience and respond to challenges such as gender, vocation, age and culture. This course will also probe the issue of Christocentric versus Theocentric preaching. Students will learn to prepare topical sermons to address the specific needs and life situations of their audience. They will also have the opportunity to prepare and deliver a sermon from a narrative section of scripture and receive feedback. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level. TTMN 857 - Expository Preaching Credits 6 Students learn the fundamentals of expository preaching. Students learn a definition of expository preaching, how to identify the idea of a natural unit of epistle literature, how to effectively outline a sermon for a post- modern audience, how to preach without notes, and how to analyze an audience. Students preach in class without notes. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level. TTMN 858 - Narrative Preaching Credits 6 Students learn the unique literary characteristics of biblical narratives and how to apply that knowledge to the hermeneutical and homiletical tasks of preaching. The class is both inductive and deductive in nature. Students preach in class without notes. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level. TTMN 859 - Leadership I Credits 6 Students learn the character that is required of a Christian Leader. This study involves biblical exegesis, exposure to leadership literature, and interactive dialogue with current Christian leaders. Students engage in a self-assessment exercise to better understand their own character in light of what they have learned. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level. TTMN 860 - Leadership II Credits 6 Students learn a variety of theories of leadership from the past as well as the present. Students are encouraged to critically evaluate these theories, and then propose a leadership theory that is compatible with Scripture and well-suited for their current ministry environment. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level. TTMN 863 - Foundations for Multiethnic Ministry Credits 6 A comprehensive study of the Old and New Testament focusing primarily on the evangelistic mandate to disciple all the nations. Attention is given to a history of the apostolic response and missionary obedience of the church (Matthew 28:18–20), as well as an investigation of God's desire to reach all people groups. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Post Masters Level or Doctoral Level.
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