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Instructor:
Rev. Dr. Jerome (Jerry) DeVine
Email: mustangrev2018@gmail.com
Cell phone: 810-247-7601
Course Description and Objectives:
This course is the culmination of the student’s basic course of study and experience in ministry. Its focus is the integration of the biblical, theological, and practical aspects of ministry.
Students will have the opportunity to:
Articulate what they have learned over their years in COS and pastoral ministry about pastoral identity, practices of ministry and the knowledge/skills needed for ministry.
State clearly the mission of the Church and how it relates to pastoral ministry.
Articulate a Trinitarian theology for the practice of ministry.
Develop a plan for continued growth.
Required texts:
Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry, by Will Willimon
Introducing the Practice of Ministry, by Kathleen Cahalan
Attentive to God: Thinking Theologically in Ministry, by Ellen Blue and Charles Wood
Coming Full Circle: Constructing Native Christian Theology, editors: Steven Charleston and Elaine A. Robinson [select one chapter for this course]
Instructor:
Rev. Dr. Jerome (Jerry) DeVine
Email: mustangrev2018@gmail.com
Cell phone: 810-247-7601
Course Description and Objectives:
This course is the culmination of the student’s basic course of study and experience in ministry. Its focus is the integration of the biblical, theological, and practical aspects of ministry.
Students will have the opportunity to:
Articulate what they have learned over their years in COS and pastoral ministry about pastoral identity, practices of ministry and the knowledge/skills needed for ministry.
State clearly the mission of the Church and how it relates to pastoral ministry.
Articulate a Trinitarian theology for the practice of ministry.
Develop a plan for continued growth.
Required texts:
Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry, by Will Willimon
Introducing the Practice of Ministry, by Kathleen Cahalan
Attentive to God: Thinking Theologically in Ministry, by Ellen Blue and Charles Wood
Coming Full Circle: Constructing Native Christian Theology, editors: Steven Charleston and Elaine A. Robinson [select one chapter for this course]