- This D.Min. seminar addresses contemporary social and global issues (e.g., global warming, farm crisis, health care) as they are informed by the Judeo-Christian prophetic and biblical tradition. Students explore different understandings of prophetic ministry within their historical and communal contexts. Reflecting on their own ministry, students consider the impact of social and global issues on the church and the actual living out of an approach to life and ministry which combines a vital spirituality with a lived proclamation of the gospel.
- This class examines theories about how persons grow in faith, including psychosocial, cognitive, moral, faith development, and wholeness perspectives. Students select a focus on ministry with children, youth, adult, or intergenerational groups and design a ministry project for their age group. Of particular concern will be how these various developmental theories affect the practice of educational ministry in the church.
- This seminar introduces students to the overall scope and methods of doctoral study and forms a learning community of experienced persons in professional ministry. Students will explore the basic methods of congregational study, seek to clarify the direction of their final project, and devise a curricular plan of study. This one-week intensive seminar is offered only in January. (Credit/No Credit)
- This seminar introduces students to the overall scope and methods of doctoral study and forms a learning community of experienced persons in professional ministry. Students will explore the basic methods of congregational study, seek to clarify the direction of their final project, and devise a curricular plan of study. This one-week intensive seminar is offered only in January. (Credit/No Credit)
- This seminar prepares students to investigate, research, and write about their field project.
- The purpose of this course is (1) to explore the theology of United Methodism from its beginning with the Wesleys in England to the developments of the later 20th century in America, (2) to learn how to theologize in the Wesleyan and United Methodist tradition, and (3) to gain a command of the doctrinal heritage of United Methodism's order to appropriate critically, explain, and communicate it. (This course meets the doctrine requirements of the Book of Discipline.) (CERT: Christian Education, Evangelism, Music, Older Adult, Spiritual Formation, Youth Ministry, CEU, DCN)
- Through extensive use and discussion of the Book of Discipline, this course seeks to inform United Methodist theological students of the sources, developments, and trends of their denomination's polity and to prepare them to function effectively within, be appreciative of, and affect creatively that polity.(This course meets the polity requirements of the Book of Discipline.) (CERT: Christian Education, Evangelism, Music, Older Adult, Spiritual Formation, Youth Ministry, DCN)
- An independent study is initiated by a student in consultation with a faculty member. The purpose is further exploration of a given subject area with guidance provided by a faculty member. The student and faculty member develop a plan for a 1-3 hour independent study and record the plan on the form provided by the Registrar.
- Informed by literature and social sciences, the survey of liberation theologies establishes particular social, cultural, political, economic, and historical contexts in the United States. The course explores central doctrines of such liberation theologies as black and womanist, Latino/a, Asian American, Native American, feminist, and gay/lesbian theologies. In addition to theological and contextual isues, the course emphasizes the relevance of liberation theologies to constructive approaches to ministry.