Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne
DMTP 813 PEDOGOGY FOR CONGREGATIONAL TEACHING
3 credits
DMTP 814 LITURGICAL PREACHING AND TEACHING
3 credits
DMTP 815 ADVANCED PREACHING PRACTICUM
3 credits
DMTP 816 ASSIMILATION AND FORMATION IN CONGREGATIONAL LIFE
3 credits
Develops the teaching skills and methods for various types of congregational teaching. The course especially emphasizes the writing and delivery of effective Bible studies. The full range of skills is covered, including brainstorming for topics, scope and sequence planning, biblical and theological research for classroom application, class format, teaching techniques, technological tools, and evaluation. Other teaching situations, such as circuit conference presentations, new member courses, and spontaneous presentations, will also be addressed. Considers the sermon in its liturgical place and its relationship to the liturgy and the other parts of the orders of service. Explores the question of how Christological preaching works with the services to keep hearers in their faith and the life of Christ. This seminar focuses on students preaching sample sermons in class. The class offers constructive criticism of all aspects of the sermons, including exegesis, structure, delivery, and theological effectiveness. The congregation is a community. Central to the congregation is the liturgy of preaching and the sacraments, and the catechetical life. Alongside these are the community activities by which members love one another and welcome each other into the community. This course will consider the relationship between liturgy, catechesis, and congregational activities, and study how they inform and influence each other, with the purpose of developing the community life of a congregation alongside its focus of liturgy and catechesis.
Mission and Culture Concentration DMMC 810 PASTORAL ACTS AS MISSIOLOGY
3 credits
DMMC 811 COMPARATIVE WORLD VIEWS
3 credits
This course will examine the radical and essential nature and role of the sacraments and other core pastoral acts in the mission of the Church. Various missiological approaches will be diagnosed on the basis of their sacramental or non-sacramental theological foundations. The course encourages thoughtful and vigorous Christ-centered missions built on an integrated and lively implementation of thorough catechesis, Holy Baptism, Holy Absolution, Holy Communion and the liturgical life by the missionary pastor. This course sketches the world views of contemporary societies as to their points of similarity as well as their points of difference. The goal of the course is to allow each student to see more clearly through the eyes of other people.
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