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syllabus - CG 462 Church Growth |
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Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:55 am |
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Course Syllabus
CG462; Church Growth
Spring 2010
Professor Ray Wheeler, DMin E-mail: ray@raywheeler.com
Phone: (909) 560-0583 Office: Call for appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
An introduction to the theology, history and theories of church growth including its
application to evangelism, mission, education, and administrative leadership.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. Theological. Students will shape their view on how God reveals God’s self and reaches
to reconcile the community through the Church.
2. Praxeological. Students shall be required to define the outcomes of evangelism,
discipleship and perfecting and how to measure them.
3. Sociological. Identify the complexities in communicating the gospel in the changing
social environment of globalized urban environments. Use qualitative research skills and
then articulate the unique social environment in which they work and to contextualize the
gospel through field research.
CLASS TIME: Mondays 7:40 – 10:10 PM.
REQUIRED READING:
Wagner, C. Peter and Donald A. McGavran. Understanding Church Growth, 3rd Edition.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1990. ISBN 978-0-8028-0463-1
McIntosh, Gary. Biblical Church Growth: How You Can Work With God to Build a Faithful
Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 2003. ISBN 978-0-8010-9156-8
RECOMMENDED READING:
Gibbs, Eddie. Church Morph: How Megatrends are Reshaping Christian Communities.
Baker Academic, 2009.
Charles, J. Daryl. The Unformed Conscience of Evangelicalism: Recovering the Church’s
Moral Vision. Intervarsity Press, 2002.
Cordeiro, Wayne. Doing Church as a Team. Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 2001.
COURSE ASSIGNMENTS AND EVALUATION:
1. Reading Interactions: (10% of your grade)
2. Class Participation: (30% of your grade).
3. Field Work. (20% of your grade).
4. Final Paper. (40% of your grade) |
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