Theology and Practice of Leadership

The course is designed for those who seek to align their leadership approaches with faith, both in congregational and other public life settings.

Through the successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Gain a theological understanding of their ministry settings, both in congregations and other spheres of public life
Formulate their theologies of leadership
Implement theological studies in ministry settings
Construct, articulate and implement theological transformative leadership strategies.

SLOs: 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2.2, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.6.2, 2.1.2, 2.2.2, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.4.2, 2.5.2, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.5.1, 3.5.2.

The course will be taught online. It will include eight synchronous sessions and the asynchronous portion.

Clarke, Andrew D., Serve the Community of the Church: Christians as Leaders and Ministers (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000) ISBN-13: 978-0802841827, $30.05.
Colonna, Jerry; Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up (HarperBusiness: New York, NY, 2019). ISBN-13: 978-0062749536. Hardcover $26.99; Kindle $14.99.
King, Martin Luther, Jr.; Why We Can't Wait (Signet: New York, NY, 2000). ISBN-13: 978-0451527530. Paperback $8.11; Kindle $12.99.
Osmer, Richard R.: Practical Theology: An Introduction (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.: Grand Rapids, MI, 2008), ISBN-13: 978-0802817655, $18.49, Kindle $14.16.
Pierce, Ronald W., and Groothuis, Rebecca Merrill, general eds.; Lee, Gordon F., contributing ed., Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity without Hierarchy (Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2005) ISBN-13: 978-0830828340, $20.96.

Final paper – 40%

Asynchronous online portion – 25%

Class attendance and participation – 20%

None

New Testament Interpretation II