This course will also provide students with an opportunity to produce the first draft of a dissertation prospectus. 3 semester hrs.
LED9345 Personality and Developmental Theory This course is designed to provide a review of major personality and developmental theories. It includes an analysis of each theory’s worldview assumptions, scientific merit, and potential contribution to the practice of leadership instruction methodology, and spiritual formation process. 3 semester hrs.
LED9350 Contextualized Leadership Development This seminar explores the process of contextualization as it applies to leadership development in varied social‐cultural contexts. The course examines how leaders are developed and how the cultural context impacts the process and methods of leadership training. 3 semester hrs.
LED9355 The Personal Life of the Leader This course will cover ethical issues in the area of leadership, discuss a leader’s spiritual life, and address other relevant issues in the personal life of a leader including his family life, setting of priorities and time management. 3 semester hrs.
LED9360 Issues in Organizational Leadership This course examines trends, issues and relevant topics that are shaping the practice of Christian leadership. Seminar content includes a study of group theory, team dynamics, the change process, the role of power and authority in leadership, and the process of conflict resolution. 3 semester hrs.
LED9365 Educational Leadership This course provides an understanding of learning and the process of instruction for educational practice and leadership development in both formal and non‐formal educational contexts. It focuses on the major theories of learning and relates them to the design of curriculum, discipleship, and leadership training. This seminar also examines the role and practice of education administration and leadership as they apply to churches, church related organizations, denominational entities and institutions of Christian higher education. 3 semester hrs.
Missions MIS9700 Seminar in Missions and Theology A research seminar in the mutual influences and relationships of Christian missions and theology from New Testament times until the present. 3 semester hrs.
MIS9800 Seminar in the History of Missions This seminar will help the students understand the history of missions, focusing on the patristic and modern periods. Of the topics to be addressed, such as ecumenism, colonialism, and paternalism, particular attention will be given to church growth and contextualization. 3 semester hrs.
MIS9820 Southern Baptist Foreign Missions: 1845–1945 A critical assessment of the missiological models, methods, and trends of the SBC’s Foreign Mission Board from 1845–1945. 3 semester hrs.
MIS9900 Missions Strategy I: Theory This seminar slows the student to make an assessment of various dimensions of missions strategy, It will cover church planting, contextualization, and leadership training both in their historical and contemporary forms. 3 semester hrs.
MIS9910 Missions Strategy II: Practice A continuation of Missions Strategy I: Theory. This seminar provides a forum for the students to (1) discuss, analyze, and critique current missiological strategies of Great Commission agencies, and (2) work together to build strategies for the new millennium, particularly in relation to evangelism and discipleship in a cross‐cultural context. 3 semester hrs.
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