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Ph.D. in Missiology
CONCENTRATION COURSES:
EVANGELISM AND CHURCH PLANTING AND GROWTH DMS E910 EVANGELISM IN THE CITY
This course builds on the premise that God will build His Church in each of the variegated
cultural environments of this world. It shares what Scripture says about the communication
of God’s Word for understanding with special emphasis on the sociological factors that
retard the growth of God’s Church in the cities of our world, and what can be done to overcome
these barriers to meaningful Gospel communication.
DMS E920 ADVANCED CHURCH PLANTING
Ideas and methods for church planting from the most comprehensive, authoritative and upto-
date sources, taught by texts, lectures, field trips, guest church planters and documentary
videos shot at mission locations. Resources for church planting motivation, material needs,
site location, finding and discipling members, organizing groups, leadership, planning and
personal development of the church planter and his fellow workers.
DMS E930 PLANTING CHURCHES ACROSS CULTURES
This course focuses on the factors that make planting churches across cultural boundaries
difficult. It assists the student in developing the kind of cross-cultural sensitivity and skills
that open the way for organizing gathered believers of cultures different from that of the
student’s into scriptural congregations.
DMS E931 URBAN CHURCH PLANTING
Use of research information from the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date
print and electronic media resources to prepare church planters and their support groups to
impact the burgeoning large cities of the world with the Gospel. Teaching methods in the
course include lecture, audio and videocassette documentaries, field trips, seminar reports,
readings, and teleconferencing.
DMS E932 CHURCH PLANTING IN MULTI-CULTURAL SETTINGS
Today people of different cultures and languages live side by side in the same neighborhood.
This course analyzes cultural differences and suggests scriptural and present-day models for
church planting in such situations. It develops theoretical and practical skills for mission
planting in a culturally diverse environment.
DMS E940 THEOLOGY OF EVANGELISM
A workshop will be conducted using both the lecture and the seminar teaching methodologies.
The Trinitarian formula will be adhered to in bringing out the theological concepts pertaining
to evangelism: the image of God, the Fall, the metaphors of forgiveness, conversion,
sanctification, eternal life, etc.
DMS E950 THE USE OF MEDIA IN EVANGELISM
Classroom instruction and on-the-job experience in developing programs which implement
the pastor’s outreach in communicating Christ to the media community. Learning experiences
through lectures, studio performance, audio-visuals and class presentations.
DMS E960 EVANGELISTIC PREACHING
Evangelistic preaching in the United States will be analyzed, beginning with the Puritan
preachers during the Great Awakening (1730-1760). The topical, expository and narrative configurations
will be illustrated, and the most prominent tropes in homiletics will be studied.
DMS E970 WITNESSING TO INTELLECTUALS
An examination of the roles the contemporary person, particularly the “educated,” plays in
the social milieu. Analysis of ways of reaching the Christian and non-Christian “educated”
through the study of secular literature and the biblical model of dialogue. Special emphasis:
the church’s campus ministry and witnessing to international students and to intellectuals.
DMS E995 INDEPENDENT STUDY
When students wish to fulfill a special need, they may request an independent study course
through the Supervisor of the Doctor of Philosophy in Missiology program.
DMS E996 DIRECTED READINGS
Directed readings may be from one to three quarter hours. They are to be arranged with the
Supervisor of the Doctor of Philosophy in Missiology program.
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