Cultural Contexts of Ministry

Catalog description

Today's Christian leaders are increasingly called upon to understand and to negotiate diverse global contexts competently with cultural intelligence. Whether we are leaders in congregations, mission organizations, businesses, or on college campuses, our ability to navigate intercultural dynamics in relationships with humility and competence is mission critical for present day faith leaders. This course will offer a deeper understanding of how our own sociocultural frameworks and identities impact our ministry contexts (i.e. organizational dynamics, leadership development, decision making, power, and conflict management). Students will participate and reflect on a contextual exegesis experience from a theological and missiological perspective. This course will help students diagnose and explore possibilities for leveraging cultural diversity in their own organizational or church contexts to create conditions for the Gospel to be shared holistically and faithfully from all peoples to all peoples.