| Teacher |
Dr. B. Waltrip |
| Semester |
Fall |
Duration |
8 Weeks |
| Frequency |
Every three years |
| Credits |
5 ECTS |
Workload |
150 Hours |
| Module format |
Intensive |
| Applicability |
This course is intended to help the graduate student develop a personal theology of
missions from a Pentecostal perspective.
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| 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 |
TBA |
40% |
Critiques of required reading
|
TBA |
40% |
| Phase 2 |
40 |
20% |
Participation
|
40 |
20% |
| Phase 3 |
TBA |
40% |
Research Paper
|
TBA |
40% |
| Total |
150 |
100% |
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| Content of the Module |
This course will consider a theology of missions from a Pentecostal/Charismatic perspective.
The course will specifically explore the missional understanding of the Trinitarian God and
His Church. The role of the Holy Spirit in mission is a major feature of Pentecostal theology
of mission. Therefore, the course will specifically address such topics as the role
glossolalia/xenolalia, signs and wonders (power evangelism), spiritual gifts, and prophetic
evangelism. Because Early Pentecostals had an eschatological urgency, the course will seek
to develop a contemporary theology on the topic. Since mission happens in context, a
theological understanding of culture from a Pentecostal perspective will also be explored.
Finally, the course will consider a Pentecostal theology of missions and revival, which has
missiological and eschatological implications. |
| Learning Objectives |
A. General Learning Objectives
- This course seeks to:
- construct a theological understanding of the missional nature of God,
including a Pentecostal perspective of the Missio Dei
- construct a theological understanding of the missional nature of the Church
and Her apostolic role in the world
- identify the contours of the Holy Spirit’s role in the Missio Dei from a
Pentecostal perspective
- analyze theologically how Pentecostal/Charismatic eschatology relates to
the Missio Dei
- establish a Pentecostal/Charismatic theology of harvest and culture that
considers the Church’s missional role in context
- analyze the theological connection between mission and revival
- identify our place in history and the eschatological significance for revival
and mission
B. Specific Learning Objectives
As a result of the activities and study in this course, students should be able to:
- define and defend theologically the missional nature of God and His
Church from a Pentecostal/Charismatic perspective
- defend the Missio Dei from Biblical perspectives from the Old and New
Testaments
- describe the role of the Holy Spirit in the Missio Dei from a Pentecostal
perspective
- recognize and defend the eschatological significance of mission for
today’s historical and cultural reality
- articulate their theology of culture from a Pentecostal/Charismatic
perspective and identify the implications for missional engagement
- identify the missional implications of revival
- defend our place in history from an eschatological and missional
understanding
- research and write your theology of mission
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| Outline |
- The Missio Dei = what is it?
- The Missional nature of the Trinitarian God
- Christ, Harvest, and the Great Commission
- The Missional Church
- The Apostolic Church
- Biblical perspectives of mission from the Old Testament
- Biblical perspectives of mission from the New Testament
- The Role of the Holy Spirit in Mission
- Spiritual Gifts
- Signs and Wonders in Mission (Power Evangelism)
- The Role of the Prophetic in Mission
- Theologies of culture and the implication for mission
- Incarnational mission
- Where the Harvest is today – global trends in missions
- Pentecostal passion and urgency for mission due to eschatology
- The Kingdom of God and Eschatology
- Mission, revival and awakening – what is next?
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| Examination |
See Evaluation |
| Core Literature |
Textbooks:
Ott, Craig, Stephen J. Strauss and Timothy Tennent.
Encountering Theology of Mission: Biblical Foundations, Historical
Developments, and Contemporary Issues.
ISBN: 978-0-8010-2662-1
Baker Academic, 2010
Wright, Christopher J. H.
The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2571-4
InterVarsity Press, 2006
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| Other information |
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