COURSE OUTLINES We live in a MISSIONARY AGE, an age that requires MISSIONARY LEADERS who are formed and equipped to LEAD and EQUIP a MISSIONARY PEOPLE...so, what will we do with the TIME (and the age) that has been given to us? (for a visual presentation of the six courses, click here) WORLDVIEWS: (1) worldview introduction and personal worldview understanding; (2) Biblical worldview; (3) worldview summaries of the major world religions and present ideologies; (4) U.S.A. cults; (5) worldview barriers to Gospel communication; (6) worldview bridges to Gospel communication THE MISSION OF GOD: (1) the parables of Jesus -- a theology of mission; (2) the missio dei -- the mission of God; (3) OT and NT paradigms of mission; (4) missionary motives and methods; (5) characteristics of a missionary people; (6) toward a missiology of Western culture DISCIPLESHIP: (1) the Biblical narrative; (2) our narrative; (3) discipleship in the Gospels; (4) discipleship in the letters of Paul; (5) discipleship in the letters of John and Peter; (6) discipleship in the Book of Revelation BODY LIFE: (1) a theology of body life and leadership; (2) the cyclical code of Christianity and indigenous church formation; (3) identity and vision code; (4) leadership code; (5) body life code; (6) teaching code CULTURE LEARNING: (1) Biblical anthropology and culture; (2) the major cultural trends since the Enlightenment; culture learning through the study of: (3) philosophy and Nietzsche; (4) art and architecture; (5) music; (6) literature and the movies REACTIVATING THE MISSIONARY CHURCH: (1) Jesus as Master; (2) the mission of being His disciple and making other disciples; (3) mission-incarnational impulse toward the nations; (4) apostolic and prophetic foundation, with Christ as the cornerstone; (5) organic body life; (6) communitas/liminality

COURSE OUTLINES

We live in a MISSIONARY AGE, an age that requires MISSIONARY LEADERS who

are formed and equipped to LEAD and EQUIP a MISSIONARY PEOPLE...so,

what will we do with the TIME (and the age) that has been given to us?

(for a visual presentation of the six courses, click here)

WORLDVIEWS: (1) worldview introduction and personal worldview understanding; (2) Biblical worldview; (3) worldview summaries of the major world religions and present ideologies; (4) U.S.A. cults; (5) worldview barriers to Gospel communication; (6) worldview bridges to Gospel communication

THE MISSION OF GOD: (1) the parables of Jesus -- a theology of mission; (2) the missio dei -- the mission of God; (3) OT and NT paradigms of mission; (4) missionary motives and methods; (5) characteristics of a missionary people; (6) toward a missiology of Western culture

DISCIPLESHIP: (1) the Biblical narrative; (2) our narrative; (3) discipleship in the Gospels; (4) discipleship in the letters of Paul; (5) discipleship in the letters of John and Peter; (6) discipleship in the Book of Revelation

BODY LIFE: (1) a theology of body life and leadership; (2) the cyclical code of Christianity and indigenous church formation; (3) identity and vision code;

(4) leadership code; (5) body life code; (6) teaching code

CULTURE LEARNING: (1) Biblical anthropology and culture; (2) the major cultural trends since the Enlightenment; culture learning through the study of: (3) philosophy and Nietzsche; (4) art and architecture; (5) music; (6) literature and the movies

REACTIVATING THE MISSIONARY CHURCH: (1) Jesus as Master; (2) the mission of being His disciple and making other disciples; (3) mission-incarnational impulse toward the nations; (4) apostolic and prophetic foundation, with Christ as the cornerstone; (5) organic body life; (6) communitas/liminality