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SD
79 Effective Ministry in the
Small
Church
AND
SM 30
Small
Church
Dynamics
Summer, 2003
Loyd Melton, Ph. D. Course Professor
MINI-SYLLABUS
This is an
incomplete syllabus to prepare you for session 1, complete syllabus will
be posted soon.
SD 79 Effective Ministry in the
Small
Church
Students in this course examine the importance of the small church
in Christian history and its unique characteristics.
The course focuses on learning the culture of the small church.
Special emphasis is given to the small church in a rural setting.
Students develop a model of ministry that is appropriate in helping
the small church to be more effective in its ministry.
ELECTIVE (Data of Contemporary Life).
Three hours credit.
SM 30
Small
Church
Dynamics
FULL SYLLABUS
I.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is a study of the peculiarities of ministry and
leadership in a small church. The
course provides the opportunity for students to integrate biblical
research on ministry in small setting and rural sociology, in an attempt
to develop contextually appropriate models of ministry in selected small
churches. The need to make the
small church effective but not necessarily larger is emphasized.
ELECTIVE (Ministry).
Three hours credit.
II.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS (for both courses)
Each student must purchase the following books for the course.
Carl S.
Dudley and Douglas Alan Walrath, Developing Your
Small
Church
’s Potential.
Valley Forge
: Judson Press, 1988.
ISBN 0-8170-1120-X
Shannon Jung,
et. Als. Rural Ministry:
The Shape of the Renewal to Come.
Nashville
: Abingdon Press, 1998.
ISBN 0-6870-1606-1
Anthony G.
Pappas, Entering the World of the
Small
Church
.
Washington
,
D.C.
: The Alban Institute, 2000.
ISBN 1-5669-9236-2
III.
CLASS MEETING DATES
This class will meet from
9:00 a.m.
to
5:00 p.m.
on the following Tuesdays:
Session 1: May 27
Session 2:
June 24
Session 3:
July 29
Session 4:
August 26
IV.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS (written) for SM 30:
Small
Church
Dynamics
Paper # 1: A
description of the current farm crisis and how this affects the rural
church (primarily using the Jung book).
This paper should be no more than 10 pages long and is due in
Session 3 (July 29)
Paper # 2: An
Analysis and Plan of Ministry for a
Small
Church
(student’s choice). This
paper will make use of analytical tools and small church data that are
dealt with in the course. This
paper should be no more than 20 pages long and will be due in Session 4
(August 26).
Paper # 3: The
student will complete a take-home, open book final examination on all the
material covered in the course. This
exam will be due on September 5.
IV.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS (written) for SD 79:
Effective Ministry in the
Small
Church
Paper # 1: Same
as above.
Paper # 2: Same
as above.
Paper # 3: A
research paper on some aspect of the small church’s life.
Several
Topics
will be suggested in the course syllabus.
This paper should be no more than 20
Pages
long and will be due on September 5.
V.
PREPARATION REQUIRED PRIOR TO SESSION 1 (for
both courses)
1.
Read Anthony G. Pappas, Entering
the World of the
Small
Church
, pp. 3-22.
2.
Carl S. Dudley and Douglas Alan Walrath, Developing Your
Small Church’s Potential, pp. 7-31.
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