Theological and Historical Foundations.

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Using the principles of biblical hermeneutics, the course explores God’s mission from the Philistines of Abraham and David’s time in the Old Testament, to Jesus’ ministry amongst the marginalized in New Testament Palestine. This process develops an appreciation of theological reflection in Christian community that will affect the student’s ministry vocation. Furthermore, the course explores key persons and movements in the expansion of the Christian church from early monasticism and the Celtic Church, to Moravianism and Methodism. Our missiological reinterpretation of church history will focus on the dynamics of the expansion such as the Spirit’s renewal, structure of mission, role of leadership, and implications for contemporary strategies of mission. This process develops an appreciation of historio-missiological reflection in Christian community that will affect the student’s vocation call. In addition, students will grow in historical knowledge, practice historical reasoning, and develop an awareness of their own historical context as they practice historical reflection with application.