New Master's Courses
HGST is expanding course offerings in the Summer and Fall of 2010 to include:
PL/TH 610 Missional Theology
An examination of missio Dei—mission of God—as revealed in the scriptures and historical Christian writings. The course integrates theological themes from Christology, pneumatology, anthropology, ecclesiology, and missiology that inform missiological and missional thinking and ministry in contemporary contexts. This course may be taken as a Theological Studies Elective as a part of a student’s MDiv degree plan, but it may not substitute for the Theology Elective. Three hours. Taught Summer I 2010 by Dr. Ken Shuman.
PL 620 Culture and Context
An examination of the steps necessary to analyze and understand the culture and context in which a ministry operates, from an indigenous tribe in the Amazon to a generational group in Houston. Attention is given to observing the environment, language, media, popular culture, identities, traditions, economics, values, and religious views of a particular group, with a view toward critical engagement with the gospel, through word and deed. Three hours. Taught Fall 2010 by Dr. David M. Gustafson.
PL/SF 640 Congregations as Systems
An examination of (1) the ways in which the church functions like a family system; (2) the areas in which systems thinking has contributed to leadership development; and (3) the strategies an emerging or current leader can develop to grow in his or her ability to be a less anxious person in an anxious system. Students will study the ministry of Jesus from a systems perspective as a way to inform the spirituality of Jesus’ disciples in the twenty-first century. Three hours. Taught Fall 2010 by Dr. Becky Towne.
SF 654 Spiritual Formation in Congregations
A course designed to investigate how ministers may engage congregations as a whole in the processes of spiritual formation through the development of spiritual formation small groups, the design of a team mentality for administrative functions, and the creation of an atmosphere of discipleship through spiritual formation. Three hours. Taught Fall 2010 by Dr. Mike Luedde.
PL/TH 610 Missional Theology
An examination of missio Dei—mission of God—as revealed in the scriptures and historical Christian writings. The course integrates theological themes from Christology, pneumatology, anthropology, ecclesiology, and missiology that inform missiological and missional thinking and ministry in contemporary contexts. This course may be taken as a Theological Studies Elective as a part of a student’s MDiv degree plan, but it may not substitute for the Theology Elective. Three hours. Taught Summer I 2010 by Dr. Ken Shuman.
PL 620 Culture and Context
An examination of the steps necessary to analyze and understand the culture and context in which a ministry operates, from an indigenous tribe in the Amazon to a generational group in Houston. Attention is given to observing the environment, language, media, popular culture, identities, traditions, economics, values, and religious views of a particular group, with a view toward critical engagement with the gospel, through word and deed. Three hours. Taught Fall 2010 by Dr. David M. Gustafson.
PL/SF 640 Congregations as Systems
An examination of (1) the ways in which the church functions like a family system; (2) the areas in which systems thinking has contributed to leadership development; and (3) the strategies an emerging or current leader can develop to grow in his or her ability to be a less anxious person in an anxious system. Students will study the ministry of Jesus from a systems perspective as a way to inform the spirituality of Jesus’ disciples in the twenty-first century. Three hours. Taught Fall 2010 by Dr. Becky Towne.
SF 654 Spiritual Formation in Congregations
A course designed to investigate how ministers may engage congregations as a whole in the processes of spiritual formation through the development of spiritual formation small groups, the design of a team mentality for administrative functions, and the creation of an atmosphere of discipleship through spiritual formation. Three hours. Taught Fall 2010 by Dr. Mike Luedde.