2018-19 COURSE CALENDAR DMIN
Doctor of Ministry
SUMMER July 9 to September 9, 2018
PROFESSORS: Drs. Yvonne McKenzie & Leroy Hurt
Students will assess their readiness and next steps to be transformational leaders in their organizations, city or internal/external cultures where they have influence. Students will work to express their calling based upon current opportunities as well as their life narrative. Students will assess natural giftedness as evidenced in their life stories; spiritual gifts as evidenced in their ministries; as well as issues in their life that will limit their relational and missional abilities. This course includes a special emphasis on spiritual formation practices and principles connected to God’s wiring in their life and context. This course provides the personal focus and framework for the student to design the rest of the MAGUL degree to develop specific steps for mentoring, skill development, and research to build upon their strengths and opportunities and shore up weaknesses.
Professors: Drs. Yvonne McKenzie & Leroy Hurt
This course focuses on the person of the leader and explores the paradoxical concept of servant leadership, modeled by Jesus, within the broader context of the abundance of leadership theories, in order to gain a clearer understanding of one’s true vocation, how one best leads, and the ability to lead oneself in an increasingly multi-cultural and complex world.
PROFESSOR: Brad Smith
This course is designed to help students infuse the perspective, values and prayerfulness of a transformational leader into every aspect of resourcing their ministries and businesses. The end goal is clarity of perspective, practical skills, and concrete steps toward their goals during the class. In this course you will learn a theology of fundraising; how to express the story of your vision and mission in a way that connects to people's minds and hearts; how to identify new sources of donation and fee income, and how to develop local sources of funding to decrease dependence upon cross-cultural sources. Practical outcomes will include a personal/ organizational blog with social media coaching; a case for support document and a draft fundraising/resourcing plan for your organization.
PROFESSOR: Rev. Dr. Wayne Weathers
This course is a general introduction that investigates current thinking about globalization and the confluence of Christian families around the world. The course will engage the student in broad-based studies on culturally-diverse Christian family values, sexuality, economics, social policy and other influences in the context of globalization. The student will examine implications on the Christian church as families face the demands of modernity.
AUTUMN October 1 to December 2, 2018
PROFESSOR: Rev. Dr. Wayne Weathers
This course expands beyond Western Church history and also allows students to track their own theological and ecclesial histories. The students will gain insight from the lives of Christian leaders throughout history, who have been instrumental in transformative change.
PROFESSORS: Drs. Bill Payne & Jeremy Graves
The course will focus on introducing the student to the emerging field of study of organizational transformation and its application to the challenges and opportunities facing today’s global and urban ministry leader. Specific attention will be given to the factors that need to be taken into consideration in initiating, managing and sustaining needed transformational change within an urban ministry organization, particularly as it relates to the role that leadership and organizational culture plays in this process.
This course provides students with the foundations of what transformational leadership means in communities globally. Students will be introduced to concepts and topics related to the philosophy and theological underpinnings for this field. Students will be provided with group experiences in order to develop a cohort community to ensure a strong support and accountability infra-structure for the entire program. Study tips and logistics will be reviewed.
PROFESSOR: Dr. Bryan McCabe
This course is designed to expose the participant to the principles and practices of transformational leadership in the new global city. Course will cover characteristics and skill sets of the transformational leader, as well as the practices of various transformational ministries in a context of concentrated poverty. The role of collaboration and civic networking will be explored, as well as the themes of transformational business, conceptual and strategic approaches to cities, theological foundations for incarnational leadership and other components of Christian community development. The course contains many experiential features, as well as more traditional academic pedagogies to help participant application in their own context.
PROFESSORS: Drs. Bill Payne & Claire Henry
This four-credit course is designed to introduce the Doctor of Ministry (DMin) student to the processes of designing and writing a Doctoral Final Project Proposal. The course includes aspects of academic writing, project planning and management, and developing a research design activity. The course culminates in the creation of a Final Project Proposal, which will be a guiding document for the student’s Doctoral Final Project for the DMin Degree.
PROFESSOR: Dr. Larry Peabody
To integrate wholeness in work, life, relationships and social impact, students need to grasp the purpose of work, their own unique calling and the meaning of human dignity. Every BGU degree begins with this course in various forms. It explores the meaning and ministry of work that engages people for most of their waking hours. The approach taken is biblical – surveying and meaning of work in God’s revealed purpose. It is contextual – showing how worldviews affect one’s work ethic and providing both points of content and prophetic challenges. It is integrative – exploring how work is related to ministry, calling, and mission. And it is theological – investigating work in the light of God’s timeless Word and the contemporary situation. Having a theology of work is critical both for those engaged in non-ecclesiastical work and also for pastors, called to equip the saints by empowering them to serve God and others in the work world.
PROFESSOR: Dr. Claire Henry
The course will examine the attributions, accomplishments and challenges of mentoring women in the professions with a view to identifying theories and proposing a research agenda for mentoring women and girls in a variety of contexts.
WINTER January 7 to March 10, 2019
PROFESSOR: Dr. Bryan McCabe
TBD: or Possible Overture in Nairobi
This course will focus on the eight perspectives of transformational leadership in relationship to communities globally. Students will be introduced to concepts and topics related to urban leadership, as well as the philosophy and theological underpinnings for this field. Students will be provided with group experiences in order to develop a cohort community to ensure a strong support and accountability infrastructure for the entire program. Study tips and logistics will be reviewed.
PROFESSOR: Dr. Bryan McCabe
This course addresses issues that are at the heart of the crisis being experienced by virtually every global metropolis. It examines current theories of poverty, diversity, and social justice, including current debates on poverty and development, the proper role and response of the church to urban, inner-city realities, Liberation Theologies for today’s world, and evangelical reflection on social action and political involvement. It seeks to expose the students to poverty and poverty-alleviation efforts on the front lines of urban centers.
PROFESSOR: Dr. Kit Danley
This course will examine the benefits of ABCD and AI as contrasted with a deficit-based approach to community transformation. Students will examine the concepts of the abundant community based on the work of McKnight and Block and others, as well as define and execute ABCD/AI projects in their own communities (should be taken second in the series).
PROFESSOR: Dr. Maria Pompea
This course examines the core aspects of generative, relationally-based community development, as well as the unique vision and leadership strengths women bring to the community advocacy table. Focusing on the theology and sociology of community building, the importance of holistic and multi-cultural community, in addition to the life-affirming elements of culture care, this class will address the complexities relative to constructing cohesive communities, including any constraints potentially encountered within the global urban context.
SPRING April 1 to June 2, 2019
PROFESSORS: Drs. Yvonne McKenzie & Leroy Hurt
Students will assess their readiness and next steps to be transformational leaders in their organizations, city or internal/external cultures where they have influence. Students will work to express their calling based upon current opportunities as well as their life narrative. Students will assess natural giftedness as evidenced in their life stories; spiritual gifts as evidenced in their ministries; as well as issues in their life that will limit their relational and missional abilities. This course includes a special emphasis on spiritual formation practices and principles connected to God’s wiring in their life and context. This course provides the personal focus and framework for the student to design the rest of the MAGUL degree to develop specific steps for mentoring, skill development, and research to build upon their strengths and opportunities and shore up weaknesses.
PROFESSOR: TBD
Cross-culture understanding is essential to building relationships and leading organizations in the 21st century. This fast-paced course will address fundamental concepts of cross-cultural studies from a Christian perspective, including cultural and social anthropology, worldview, contextualization, communications and cross-cultural conflict, with particular emphasis on cross-cultural ministry and business. Going beyond theory, students will engage in practical cross-cultural exposure and development of key cross-cultural, listening, interpretation, and communication skills.
PROFESSOR: Dr. Larry Peabody
To integrate wholeness in work, life, relationships and social impact, students need to grasp the purpose of work, their own unique calling and the meaning of human dignity. Every BGU degree begins with this course in various forms. It explores the meaning and ministry of work that engages people for most of their waking hours. The approach taken is biblical – surveying and meaning of work in God’s revealed purpose. It is contextual – showing how worldviews affect one’s work ethic and providing both points of content and prophetic challenges. It is integrative – exploring how work is related to ministry, calling, and mission. And it is theological – investigating work in the light of God’s timeless Word and the contemporary situation. Having a theology of work is critical both for those engaged in non-ecclesiastical work and also for pastors, called to equip the saints by empowering them to serve God and others in the work world.
PROFESSOR: Dr. Claire Henry
This course is designed to give insight into programmatic methods used to identify underlying factors that impact inequities specific to health and the economic well-being of women. The research literature will be assessed to better understand the dynamics of transformational leadership practices that inform data collection processes, program design, methodology, mobilization, and implementation strategies that empower women that lead program development initiatives.
Please contact Dr. Wayne Weathers to set up an appointment for assistance in planning out your classes for the next few years.
