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THEO 594 - Pastoral Theology in the 21st Century

Teacher Dr. C. Simpson
Semester Fall Duration 15 Weeks
Frequency Every three years
Credits 5 ECTS Workload 150 Hours
Module format Intensive
Applicability ThisIn ModuleEurope acceptsand thatNorth studentsAmerica a different set of challenges are alreadyfacing engagedpastors inand practicaldenominations. ministry. TheyIn aremany lands, church attendance is declining and Sunday has become a day for leisure activities. This course seeks to beexplore encouragedvarious responses to objectivelythese analyzechallenges theire.g. ministrynew situationforms of church, postmodern ethics and applymorality previousand learning.
biblical illiteracy.
Course structure See module and courses
Contact time 40 Hours Self-Study 110 Hours
Participation requirement See access to the program
Evaluation
Evaluation Hours Weight
Phase 1 4050 30%25%
DescriptionReading of- theTwo ministryTexts setting
and Question & Answer Log		 550 10%
Journal3010%
Discuss510%25%
Phase 2 10040 50%25%
QuestionnaireParticipation and interaction with invited guests
 2040 10%
Discuss3010%
Development of Small Group Bible
Study
5030%25%
Phase 3 1060 20%50%
FinalResearch TutorialPaper
 1060 20%50%
Total 150 100%
Content of the Module This Modulecourse iswill designed to provide academic recognition forconsider the timespecific spentchallenges facing the Church in practicalthe ministry21st Century, particularly in aWestern ChurchEurope or similar setting concurrent withand the part-timeUSA. MasterIn particular the serious decline in attendance and membership of Artsmany denominations. The cultural and sociological changes which may have produced this and how the churches have been responding, sometimes in Pentecostal-Charismaticsome Studies.unusual In addition, it encourages the students to apply their learning in a practical manner and to evaluate the worth of their study materials, insights gained, and even changes in their philosophy of ministry.
Typically, a student may be involved for 10 hours per week in a ministerial setting, including five hours of contact timeways e.g. Youththe Meeting,emerging Church Service, Small Group, Counselling,churches or Elders’‘Fresh Meeting.Expressions’. Worship TeamFurther practice,challenges plushave atarisen leastin fivethe hoursareas of preparationethics and personalmorality, devotions.biblical
Thisilliteracy Moduleand willdepartures runfrom fororthodox 15beliefs. weeks during whichIn each studentcase willpastors undertakeare on the followingfront ensuringline promptand submissionare having to respond to new situations without the necessary support of eachan task.
appropriate pastoral theology.
Learning Objectives

A. General
This course seeks to:

  1. Enable students to analyzeassess the ministryoverall withinimpact of a reduction in church or similar setting.attendance
  2. Encourage awareness of comprehensive ministry opportunities in a church setting.
  3. Develop a prayer journal and evaluate their personal ministry involvement.
  4. Apply the truths and teaching that they have learned indescribe the theological trends that are emerging from an increasingly unchurched populace
  5. investigate the social and cultural reasons for a decline in church going
  6. demonstrate the variety of responses to the current situation
  7. suggest future implications for ethics and morality in Pastoral Theology
  8. compare and contrast various proposed methods of reversing the decline in church attendance
  9. analyze the cause of biblical Modules.
  10. Ascertain the value of good preparationilliteracy and subsequentconsequent evaluation.unorthodox doctrines

B. Specific
As a result of the study and activities of this course, the student should be able to:

  1. Produceexplain ahow seriesthe decline in church attendance and the causes of sermonsthis oraffect biblePastoral studiesTheology, onits specificthinking topicsand orpractice
    2. themes
  2. identify thatthe sociological and cultural changes which have beenimpacted learnedtraditional fromchurch previous modules in order to apply acquired knowledge.patterns
  3. Comparecompare and contrast various models of emerging churches and "Fresh Expressions"
  4. analyze potential challenges for future change in the variousPentecostal ministriesand Charismatic churches
  5. appraise the influence of I.T. on current church going
  6. provide a theological reflection on the role of the Pastor in an changing world
  7. write an article suitable for publication in a localPentecostal or Charismatic magazine, which highlights the challenges of church settinggoing in the 21st century and bewhat awareother of the various stages of human psychological development in child and youth ministry.
  8. Engage in online discussions with fellow students to develop a critical awareness of each unique situation.
  9. Honestly evaluate and appraise their own ministerial contributions.
  10. Analyze their own philosophy of ministry and be willing to make changes or allow for developmental theology on a personal level.
    denominations
Outline 1. A
    personal
  • The EvaluationChallenge of thePostmodernism ministryon settingPastoral Theology
  • The decline of church attendance in Western Europe and philosophythe USA
  • A Post-Christian reality?
  • Emerging churches
  • Fresh expressions
  • Missional church
  • New monasticism
  • Biblical illiteracy
  • Orthodox, unorthodox doctrines and heresy
  • Pastoral ethics and morality
  • Communication - use of the ministry
    2. A personal devotional journal
    3. Tutorials, three in total either face-to-face or by skype
    4. Visit, observeIT and evaluatecomputer eachtechnology
    • of
  • Commitment the various ministries conducted in the ministry setting, whether the student is involved in them.
    5. Engage in- a discussion21st groupCentury withproblem
    • their
  • Future peerstrends
    • every
two weeks.
6. Develop and run a series of small group bible studies or a sermon series on a topic
or theme which has been studied in previous modules.
7. Final tutorial to ascertain learning progress and development, identifying changes through time and how well the student has been able to self-evaluate and incorporate suggested changes.
Examination See Evaluation
Core Literature Reading List:

Anglican- Methodist Working Party. Fresh Expression in the Mission of the Church,

                London, UK: Church House Publishing, 2012.

Bowen, John. What is a fresh expression of Church? A Beginner’s Guide to a

                Movement that is Changing the Church. Toronto, CN: Wycliffe College, 2015.

Church of England Working Party, Mission Shaped Church – Church planting and Fresh

Expressions of Church in a Changing Context,. London, UK: Church House Publishing, 2004.

Cross, Terry. A People for God’s Presence – An Introduction to Ecclesiology. Grand

                Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2019.

Francis, L.J., J. Clymo and M. Robbins. ‘Fresh Expressions: Reaching Those

                Psychological types Conventional Forms of Church Find it Hard to Reach’.

                Practical Theology. Vol.7, No. 4,.pp. 252-267, 2014.

Goodhew, David, Andrew Roberts, Michael Volland.  Fresh – An Introduction to Fresh 

                Expressions of Church and Pioneer Ministry. London, UK: SCM, 2012.

Lewis, Brad and Carl Simmons eds. Pastoral Ministry in the 21st Century – the

                Encyclopedia of Practical Ideas. Loveland, CO: Group, 2006.

Malphurs, Aubrey. A New Kind of Church - Understanding Models of Ministry for the 21st 

                Century. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2007.

Mobsby, Ian J. Emerging and Fresh Expressions of Church – How are they

                Authentically Church and Anglican? London, UK: Moot Community Publishing,

                2007

Moynagh, Michael. Being Church, Doing Life. Oxford, UK and Grand Rapids, MI:                                  

                Monarch 2014.

­­­­________. Church for Every Context – An Introduction to Theology and

                Practice. London, UK: SCM, 2012.

­­­­­________. Fresh Expressions of Church. Gießen, DE: Brunnen Verlag, 2016

Müller, Sabrina. Fresh Expressions of Church. Zurich, CH: Theologischer Verlag, 2016.

Nell, Ian A. and Rudolf Grobler. ‘An Exploration of Fresh Expressions as Missional

 Church: Some Practical theological Perspectives.’ Stellenbosch Theological Journal.,Volume 55, Numbers 3-4, 1 September 2014, pp. 747-762(22).

Nelstrop, Louise and Martyn Percy eds. Evaluating Fresh Expressions: Explorations in

                Emerging Church. Norwich, UK: Canterbury Press, 2008.

Percy, Martyn. ‘”Fresh Expressions – A Journey into Implicit Theology”’. Implicit

                Religion. Vol. 12, Issue 3, pp. 313-332, November 2009.

Village, Andrew. ‘Who Goes There? Attendance at Fresh Expressions of Church in

 Relation to Psychological Type Preferences among Readers of the Church Times’. Practical Theology, 2015.

Walker, John. Testing Fresh Expressions - Identity and Transformation. Abingdon, UK:

                Routledge, 2016.

 

X EXTENDED SUBJECT SPECIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY

https://directionjournal.org/39/1/emerging-church-select-bibliography.html

 

EMERGENT / EMERGING CHURCHES

Anderson, RobertRay C.S. An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2006.

Bell, Rob. Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005.

Bell, Rob, and Don Golden. Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2008.

Gibbs, Eddie and Ryan K. Bolger. Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2005.

Jones, Tony. The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008.

———. The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005.

———. The Teaching of the Twelve: Believing and Practicing the Primitive Christianity of the Ancient Didache Community. Brewster, MA: Paraclete, 2009.

Keel, Tim. Intuitive Leadership: Embracing a Paradigm of Narrative, Metaphor, and Chaos. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2007.

Kimball, Dan. The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003.

———. Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004.

———. They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2007.

McLaren, Brian. Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2007.

———. Finding Our Way Again: The EffectiveReturn Pastor.of Chicago,the IL.Ancient Practices. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008.

———. A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, Fundamentalist/Calvinist, Anabaptist/Anglican, Methodist, Catholic, Green, Incarnational, Depressed-yet-hopeful, Emergent, Unfinished Christian. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004.

———. The Last Word and the Word After That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.

———. More Ready Than You Realize: Evangelism as Dance in the Postmodern Matrix. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2002.

———. A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

———. A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith. New York: HarperOne, 2010.

———. The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2006.

———. The Story We Find Ourselves In: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Tickle, Phyllis. The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why. Grand

                Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2008.

 

MISSIONAL CHURCH

Gibbs, Eddie. ChurchMorph: How Megatrends are Reshaping Christian Communities. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2009.

Hirsch, Alan. The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2006.

Guder, Darrell, ed. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998.

Minatrea, Milfred. Shaped By God’s Heart: The Passion and Practices of Missional Churches. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

McNeal, Reggie. Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Roxburgh, Alan and M. Scott Boren. Introducing the Missional Church: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Become One. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2009.

Stetzer, Ed. Planting Missional Churches. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2006.

Van Gelder, Craig. The Ministry of the Missional Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2007.

Van Gelder, Craig, ed. The Missional Church and Denominations: Helping Congregations Develop a Missional Identity. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008.

 

NEW MONASTICISM

Claiborne, Shane. The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006.

Claiborne, Shane and Chris Haw. Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2008.

Stock, Jon, Tim Otto, and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. Inhabiting the Church: Biblical Wisdom for a New Monasticism. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2006.

Wilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan. Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World: From ‘After Virtue’ to a New Monasticism. 2nd ed. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2010.

 

CRITICAL ASSESSMENTS

Belcher, Jim. Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2009.

Carson, D.A. Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005.

Colson, Charles W. and Anne Morse. “Emerging Confusion: Jesus is the Truth Whether We Experience Him or Not.” Christianity Today 50 (June 1, 2006): 72.

Craigen, Trevor P. “Emergent Soteriology: The Dark Side.” Master’s Seminary Journal 17, no. 2 (2006): 177–90.

DeYoung, Kevin and Ted Kluck. Why We’re not Emergent: By Two Guys Who Should Be. Chicago: Moody, 1998.
Cannon,2008.

Tom.

Dorn, PracticalChristopher. Ministry.“The Jonesborough,Emergent TN.Church Preacher’and Worship.” Reformed Review (Online) 61, no. 3 (September 1, 2008).

Driscoll, Mark. “A Pastoral Perspective on the Emergent Church.” Criswell Theological Review 3 (March 1, 2006): 87–93.

Freswick, Casey. Postmodern Liberalism: Repainting a Non-Christian Faith; a Christian Critique of Rob Bell’s KidVelvet Press,Elvis 2010.
Price,and Frederickthe Emergent Church Movement. Grandville, MI: Reformed Fellowship, 2006.

Henard, William D. and Adam W. Greenway, eds. Evangelicals Engaging Emergent: A Discussion of the Emergent Church Movement. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2009.

Johnson, Gary and Ronald Gleason, eds. Reforming or Conforming? Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2007.

Keuss, Jeffrey F. “The Emergent Church and Neo-Correlational Theology after Tillich, Schleiermacher and Browning.” Scottish Journal of Theology 61 (January 1, 2008): 450–61.

Mayhue, Richard L. “The Emerging Church: Generous Orthodoxy or General Obfuscation?” Master’s Seminary Journal 17 (September 1, 2006): 191–205.

McLaughlin, Brian. “The Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church Movement.” Reformed Review (Online) 61, no. 3 (September 1, 2008).

Miles, Todd L. “A Kingdom Without a King? Evaluating the Kingdom Ethic(s) of the Emerging Church.” Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 12 (March 1, 2008): 88–103.

Mills, David M. “Mountain or Molehill? The Question of Truth and the Emerging Church.” Criswell Theological Review 3 (March 1, 2006): 51–66.

Penner, Myron B., ed. Christianity and the Postmodern Turn: Six Views. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2005.

Smith, James K.C. PracticalA. SuggestionsWho’s Afraid of Postmodernism? Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2006.

Smith, R. Scott. Truth and the New Kind of Christian: The Emerging Effects of Postmodernism in the Church. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2005.

Webber, Robert, ed. Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches: Five Perspectives. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2007.

Wittmer, Michael Eugene. “Don’t Stop Believing: A Theological Critique of the Emergent Church.” Reformed

Review (Online) 61, no. 3 (September 1, 2008).

ONLINE

http://www.brianmclaren.net — Brian McLaren’s website.

http://www.emergentvillage.com — “Emergent Village is a growing, generative friendship among missional Christians seeking to love our world in the Spirit of Jesus Christ.”

http://www.emergingchurch.info — “A constantly evolving collection of recommended stories and reflections.”

http://www.theooze.com — “A website dedicated to the emerging Church culture.”

http://www.thesimpleway.org — Website for Successfula Ministry.new Lakemonastic Mary,community FL.founded 2016.
by Shane Claiborne and Brooke Sexton.

 

https://www.lausanne.org/content/lga/2019-09/restoring-missional-vision-theological-education?gclid=Cj0KCQiA7qP9BRCLARIsABDaZzgASjaXeezbGNMW81SeVJm_A9Qr9rxThBDTIiiQJS0VAtvZHXohQ1UaApx6EALw_wcB  - Ashish Chrispal ‘Restoring Missional Vision in Theological Education’

 

https://www.psephizo.com/life-ministry/what-are-the-church-attendance-statistics-telling-us/  - Blog by Ian Paul, Adjunct Prof at Fuller Theological Seminary, Assoc Minister at St.Nic’s Nottingham.

 

https://faithsurvey.co.uk/uk-christianity.html

 Useful comparison of church growth and decline.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4275107/

When people shed religious identity in Ireland and Austria: Evidence from Censuses.
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