02DM804 Church Growth and Renewal RTS Doctor of Ministry July 16-20, 2018 Sanders L. Willson

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1 02DM804 Church Growth and Renewal RTS Doctor of Ministry July 16-20, 2018 Sanders L. Willson Course Description: In this course we will attempt to grow in our understanding of what a healthy and growing church is and how we can more effectively lead her toward greater health and growth. Our primary resource will be the Scriptures, and we will also look to various theological and cultural commentators, as well as our shared experiences as current leaders and practitioners. Topics will include church and culture, evangelism, discipleship, worship, preaching, teaching, missions, and various aspects of pastoral leadership. Course Instructor: In 2017 Sandy Willson retired as senior minister of Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN after 22 years. He previously pastored Memorial Presbyterian Church in Elizabethton, TN and Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church in Lookout Mountain, TN. Currently he serves as the interim senior pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Birmingham AL. Sandy received a B.S from the University of Virginia, an M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a D.D. from Capital Seminary and Graduate School (Lancaster Bible College). Sandy and his wife, Allison, were married in 1972 and are grateful for five children, three daughtersin-law, a son-in-law, and twelve grandchildren. Class Dates & Times: Mon., July 16: 1:00 PM 6:00 PM Tues., July 17: 9:00 AM 5:00 PM Wed., July 18: 9:00 AM 5:00 PM Thurs., July 19: 9:00 AM 5:00 PM Fri., July 20: 9:00AM 1:00 PM Course Assignments: Book reports Each student should read 2000 pages of new reading and submit a one-page book report on each book or article over 50 pages in length. One report can be submitted to summarize all of the shorter readings. The books reports are due on October 30, Integration paper Each student will also submit a page integration paper describing how he/she will seek to implement what has been learned, interacting with as many of the reading assignments, lectures, and discussions as possible. This paper is to be submitted to the D.Min. office by October 30, Required reading Each student should read the required books (if not already read) and at least one book from each of the four categories for a total of 2000 pages of new reading. Required Books I. Being a Healthy Leader Kotter, John. Leading Change. Harvard Business School Press, Witmer, Timothy Z., The Shepherd Leader: Achieving Effective Shepherding in Your Church, P&R, 2010

2 II. Knowing Our People Kinnaman, David & Lyons, Gabe, Good Faith: Being a Christian When Society Thinks You re Irrelevant and Extreme, Baker, III. Leading a Healthy Church Clowney, Edmond P. The Church. IVP, Dever, Mark. Nine Marks of a Healthy Church. Crossway Books, IV. Leading a Growing Church Warren, Rick. Purpose Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message. Zondervan, 1995 Additional Book Choices I. Being a Healthy Leader Allen, Jason K., General Editor, Portraits of a Pastor: The 9 Essential Roles of a Church Leader, Moody, Biehl, Bobb. Increasing Your Leadership Confidence. Questor Publishing, Blanchard, Ken; Hybels, Bill; Hodges, Phil. Leadership by the Book. Morrow, Blanchard, Ken. Leadership and The One Minute Manager, William Morrow, Blanchard, Ken. Self Leadership and The One Minute Manager, William Morrow, Bridges, Jerry. Discipline of Grace. NavPress, Buckingham, Marcus and Clifton, Donald. Now, Discover Your Strengths, The Free Press, Callahan, Kennon L. Effective Church Leadership. Harper & Row, Carson, Don. The Cross and Christian Ministry: Leadership Lessons from I Corinthians. Baker, Drucker, Peter. The Effective Executive. Harper & Row, Fernando, Ajith. Jesus Driven Ministry. Crossway Books, Ford, Leighton. Transforming Leadership. IVP, Galloway, Dan with Bird, Warren. On-Purpose Leadership. Beacon Hill Press, Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference. Back Bay Books, Heifetz, Ronald; Linsky, Marty. Leadership On The Line. Harvard Business School Publishers, Hunter, III, George C. Leading and Managing a Growing Church. Abingdon Press, Hybels, Bill. Courageous Leadership. Zondervan, Lencioni, Patrick. The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team, Jossey Bass, Lencioni, Patrick. The Four Obsessions Of An Extraordinary Executive, Jossey Bass, Lencioni, Patrick. The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable. Jossey Bass, Miller, Paul E. A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World. NavPress, Neuhaus, Richard John. Freedom for Ministry. Eerdmans, Peterson, Eugene. Working the Angles. Eerdmans, Peterson, Eugene. The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction. Eerdmans, Piper, John. Brothers, We are NOT Professionals. Broadman & Holman Publishers Prime, Derek and Begg, Alistair. On Being A Pastor: Understanding Our Calling and Work. Moody, Rainer, Thom. High Expectations: The Remarkable Secret of Keeping People in Your Church. Broadman & Holman, 1999.

3 Sanders, J. Oswald. Spiritual Leadership, Moody Publishers, Rev Scazzero, Peter, The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World, Zondervan, Tichy, Noel. Leadership Engine. HarperCollins, Willard, Dallas. The Spirit of Disciplines. HarperCollins, Witmer, Timothy Z., The Shepherd Leader: Achieving Effective Shepherding in Your Church, P&R, II. Knowing Our People Anderson, Leith. Dying for Change. Bethany House, Barna, George, America at the Crossroads: Explosive Trends Shaping America s Future and What You Can Do About It, Baker, Barna, George, Barna Trends 2018: The Truth About a Post-Truth Society, Baker, Barna, George. Revolution. Tyndale Barna, George. The Seven Faith Tribes: Who They Are, What They Believe and Why They Matter. Barna, George. Futurecast: What Today s Trends Mean for Tomorrow s World. Tyndale, Barna Group, Churchless: Understanding Today s Unchurched and How to Connect With Them, Tyndall Momentum, Belcher, Jim. Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional. IVP, Carson, D.A. Christ and Culture Revisited. Eerdmans, Coupland, Douglas, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, St. Martin s Griffin, Coupland, Douglas, Life After God, Pocket Books, Crouch, Andy. Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. IVP, Dean, Kendra Creasy. Almost Christian: What the Faith of our Teenagers is Telling the American Church. Oxford University Press, Hunter, James Davison. To Change The World: The Irony, Tragedy and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World. Oxford University Press, Kinnaman, David and Lyons, Gabe. unchristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity And Why It Matters. Baker Books, 2007 McNeal, Reggie. The Present Future. Jossey Bass, Newbigin, Lesslie. The Gospel in a Pluralist Society. Eedrmans, Noll, Mark A. The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith. IVP Academic, Rainer, Thom. S. and Rainer, Jess W., the millennials: Connecting to America s Largest Generation, B&H Books, Smith, Christian with Melinda Lundquist Denton. Soul Searching: The Religions and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers. Oxford University Press, Smith Christian with Patricia Snell. Souls in Transition: The Religions and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults. Oxford University Press, Smith, Christian and Emerson, Michael O. with Patricia Snell. Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don t Give Away More Money. Oxford University Press, Wells, David. Above All Earthly Pow rs: Christ in the Postmodern World. IVP, Wells, David. The Courage to Be a Protestant: Truth-Lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World. Eerdmans, 2008.

4 III. Leading a Healthy Church Adams, Jay. Purpose in Preaching. Zondervan, Callahan, Kennon. Twelve Keys to an Effective Church. Jossey Bass, Chester, Tim and Timmis, Steve, Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community, Crossway, Clifton, Mark, Reclaiming the Glory: Revitalizing Dying Churches, B&H Books, Collins, James & Jerry Porras. Built to Last. New York, NY: Harper Business, Collins, James. Good to Great. New York, NY: HarperCollins, Croft, Brian, Biblical Church Revitalization: Solutions for Divided & Dying Churches, Christian Focus, Cymbala, Jim. Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire: What Happens When God s Spirit Invades the Heart of His People? Zondervan, Davis, Andrew, Revitalize: Biblical Keys to Helping Your Church Come Alive Again, Baker, Dawn, Marva. Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down. Eerdmans, Dever, Mark, ed. Danny Akin and David Dockery. The Church. Broadman and Holman. Dever, Mark and Alexander, Paul. The Deliberate Church: Building Your Ministry On The Gospel. Crossway, Greidanus, Sidney. The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text: Interpreting and Preaching Biblical Literature. IVP, Harney, Kevin G., Organic Outreach for Churches: Infusing Evangelistic Passion into Your Congregation, Zondervan, Keller, Timothy, Center Church: Doing Balanced Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City, Zondervan, Keller, Tim. The Missional Church. Lawless, Chuck. Membership Matters. Zondervan, Leeman, Jonathan, Word Centered Church: How Scripture Brings Life and Growth to God s People, Moody, Lewis, Robert. The Church of Irresistible Influence. Zondervan, Lloyd-Jones, Martin. Preaching and Preachers. Zondervan, Lucas, Sean Michael. On Being Presbyterian: Our Beliefs, Practices and Stories. P & R Publishing, Marshall, Colin and Payne, Tony, The Trellis and the Vine, Matthias Media, Maxwell, William D. A History of Christian Worship: An Outline of Its Development and Forms. Baker, Miller, C. John. Outgrowing the Ingrown Church. Zondervan, Parrish, Archie and Sproul, R.C. The Spirit of Revival. Crossway, Pope, Randy. The Prevailing Church. Moody, Rainer, Thom S. & Eric Geiger. Simple Church. Broadman & Holman, Reeder, Harry L., III with David Swavely. From Embers to a Flame: How God Can Revitalize Your Church. P & R Publishing, Robinson, Haddon. Biblical Preaching. Baker, Stetzer, Ed & Dodson, Mike, Comeback Churches: How 300 Churches Turned Around and Yours Can Too, B&H Books, Stott, John R. W. Between Two Worlds. Eerdmans, Stott, John R. W. The Living Church: Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor. IVP, 2007.

5 IV. Leading a Growing Church Barna, George. Turn Around Churches. Regal Books, Coleman, Robert. Master Plan of Evangelism. Revell, Guder, Darrell. The Continuing Conversion of the Church. Eerdmans, Hunter, III, George G. Church for the Unchurched. Abingdon, Hunter, III, George G. Radical Outreach: Recovery of Apostolic Ministry and Evangelism. Abingdon Press Hunter, III, George G. How to Reach Secular People. Abingdon Press, Macchia, Stephen A. Becoming a Healthy Church: 10 Characteristics. Baker, McIntosh, Gary, ed., Evaluating the Church Growth Movement: Five Views. Zondervan, Newbigin, Lesslie. The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission (Revised Ed). Eerdmans, Pippert, Rebecca Manley. Out of the Salt Shaker & Into the World: Evangelism as a Way of Life. IVP, Rainer, Thom S., Autopsy of a Deceased Church: 12 Ways to Keep Yours Alive, B&H Books, Rainer, Thom S. Breakout Churches: Discover How to Make the Leap. Zondervan, Rainer, Thom S. Surprising Insights from the Unchurched. Zondervan Roxburg, Alan J. and Romanuk, Fred. The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing World. Jossey Bass, Russell, Bob with Rusty Russell. When God Builds A Church: 10 Principles for Growing a Dynamic Church. Howard Publishing, Stearns, Richard. The Hole in Our Gospel: The Answer that Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World. Thomas Nelson, Stetzer, Ed and Putnam, David. Breaking the Missional Code. Broadman & Holman, Sweet, Leonard. Aqua Church. Vital Ministry, Willard, Dallas. The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus Essential Teachings on Discipleship. Harper Collins, 2006.

6 Course Objectives Related to DMin* Student Learning Outcomes Course: Church Growth and Renewal Professor: Sanders L. Willson Campus: Orlando Date: July DMin* Student Learning Outcomes In order to measure the success of the DMin curriculum, RTS has defined the following as the intended outcomes of the student learning process. Each course contributes to these overall outcomes. This rubric shows the contribution of this course to the DMin outcomes. Rubric Strong Moderate Minimal None Mini-Justification Biblical/ Theological Foundations: Significant knowledge of biblical and theological foundations for pastoral ministry. (This includes interaction with Biblical texts, as well as awareness of Reformed Theology.) Strong Through our readings and discussions, we shall seek a solid biblical and theological mandate for church growth and renewal. Historical/ Contemporary Practices: Significant knowledge of historical and contemporary practices of pastoral ministry. Moderate We shall study a variety of church growth and renewal strategies. Integration: Ability to reflect upon and integrate theology and practice, as well as implementation in a contemporary pastoral setting. Strong We shall seek to apply our readings and discussions to our current areas of ministry. Sanctification: Demonstrates a love for the Triune God that aids in the student s sanctification. Moderate We shall study how church growth and renewal is rooted in the personal growth and renewal of the leader.