Introduction to Mission and Ministry

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As a cornerstone to the Master of Arts (in Christian Practice) degree, this course seeks to develop in students the scriptural and theological imagination that inspires the practices of ministry that constitute our participation in God's creative and redemptive mission (missio Dei) in Church and world. Lectures and readings will offer introduction to the vocabulary and grammar of the scriptural, historical, and theological traditions considering mission and ministry with particular focus on Christian practices. Class discussions, written assignments, and other engagements will offer opportunity for reflection on the practices of mission and ministry in diverse contexts. A particular goal will be shaping student's capacities as reflective practitioners, able to see and describe, to question and critique, to form and lead faithful practices in Church and world.