COURSE SYLLABUS 1MS518 Reformed Theological Seminary 5422 Clinton Boulevard Jackson, MS MISSIONS Fall 2015

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1 1 COURSE SYLLABUS 1MS518 Reformed Theological Seminary 5422 Clinton Boulevard Jackson, MS MISSIONS Fall 2015 Professor: Charles M. Wingard, D. Min. Teaching Assistant: Adam Parker Time: Mon. 8 a.m. to 9:55 a.m. Class Hours: 2 Syllabus Revised: June 4, cwingard@rts.edu Cell: adamc.parker@gmail.com COURSE PURPOSE This course examines issues in the world mission enterprise in light of today's challenges, opportunities, and obligations. The call to mission service is examined, the theological mandate for missions is clarified, the historical advance of the Church through missions is reviewed, and strategies for effective contemporary missions are considered. COURSE OBJECTIVES This course introduces the student to four key motivations toward cross-cultural missions as they relate to the Christian ministry: pastoral, biblical/theological, historical, and practical (strategy). Our goal is to learn in order to reach. The question to keep in mind is this: What does it have to do with God s glory, the edification (building up) of the church, and the salvation of the unconverted across the street and around the world? These lectures and activities have been designed to be reproduced in the context of the local churches. COURSE TEXTS Required Texts: The Book of Acts (Church Planting emphasis). Who? Where? What? When? To Whom? Responses/Reactions? And So What? Reading Report due on September 14 th. Piper, John Let the Nations be Glad: The Supremacy of God in Missions. 3 nd edition. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic. Book Report due on October 12 th. Patton, John (and James) John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides. Abridged edition. Christian Focus. Book Report Due on November 2 nd. At least 250 pages of reading from a missionary biography. Book Report Due on December 4 th. Please note that this final book review is up to your own discretion. You must ensure that the biography that you do a book review of is of a cross-cultural

2 missionary, not simply a preacher or evangelist. If in doubt, ask the teacher or teaching assistant to ensure that the book you are reading meets this requirement. 1 COURSE REQUIREMENTS 1. ATTENDANCE Class attendance is mandatory. If a student anticipates an unavoidable absence, he should notify the instructor in advance. Each hour of unexcused absence subjects the student to reduction of his final grade by one-half of a letter grade. Students missing one or more session (for any reason other than sickness) may either submit an additional, compensatory assignment [determined by the instructor] or choose to receive a half letter grade reduction in their final grade for each hour missed. In the event of a planned absence, written work and memory verses must be submitted to the teaching assistant electronically by the start time of the class missed. In the event of absence due to sickness, arrangements must still be made with the TA to turn in those assignments that are due on the day that they are due. 2. READING ASSIGNMENTS Textbook assignments must be read prior to class. 3. PAPER FORMATTING All papers must be typed double-spaced using 12 pt. Times New Roman font, and include pagination. Improperly formatted papers will receive a full letter grade deduction. Each assignment must included the following: a. Name(s) b. Course c. Date d. Assignment (e.g., Book Review 1) 5. GRADES The overall grade will be calculated as follows: a. Three Book Reviews 60% (20% Each) b. Acts Reading Report 10% c. 10 Minute In-Class Presentation 10% d. Interview with a Non-Christian 10% e. Classroom Participation 10% a. THREE BOOK REVIEWS In this class you will give three book reviews. Note that this is meant to be a critical interaction with the book. While quotes are allowed, the review should not be simply a collection of block quotes or of shorter quotes strung together. Students who have read the book ought to be able to do three things (giving 2 1 Suggestions: Daniel L. Akin Ten Who Changed the World. Foreword by David Platt. (Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group). Ron Davies A heart for mission: Five pioneer thinkers. (Ross- shire, Great Britain: Christian Focus). John Thornbury Five Pioneer Missionaries: David Brainerd, William C. Burns, John Eliot, Henry Martyn, John G. Paton (Banner of Truth).

3 roughly a page to each): (1) summarize the book in their own words, (2) analyze the author s primary argument, and (3) give their own evaluative response in the conclusion of the review. b. ACTS READING REPORT Students will read the book of Acts in its entirety. Students will contact the teaching assistant to let him know when the reading has been completed. This assignment is due on September 14 th before or during class time. It is the student s responsibility to turn this report in on time. Late submissions will be docked 10% for each day the reading report is turned in late. c. 10-MINUTE IN-CLASS PRESENTATION Beginning in class on October 12 th, students will each give a 10-minute oral presentation, as if being taught in a Sunday School class. This presentation will be biographical in nature, focusing on the work of a specific missionary of the student s choice in a cross-cultural context. Students will be called upon randomly, and there will be a one letter grade penalty if the student is not ready to give their presentation at the time when called upon. d. INTERVIEW WITH MEMBER OF NON-CHRISTIAN WORLD RELIGION Interview (conversation with) a member of one non-christian world religion (Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, etc.) and write one page report about your experience. This is not simply a run-of-the-mill pagan, Roman Catholic, cultist (Mormon, Jehovah s Witness, etc.) or atheist, but an adherent of a different world religion. This one-page report is due on the last day of class (December 4 th ). e. PARTICIPATION IN CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES Each day class will begin with a different group of students doing a presentation on a particular country or ethic group. These presentations should be no more than 20 minutes in length. Groups will be assigned by the teaching assistant and posted on Canvas on the first day of class. 10. GRADING SCALE % A 94-96% A % B % B 86-87% B % C % C 78-79% C % D % D 70-71% D- 0-69% F 11. CANVAS Canvas is a tool that will be used to track student assignments and grades during the course of the semester. Students can access Canvas at 3

4 Students should check Canvas often, as announcements and updates to the syllabus will be posted there. 12. JOHN REED MILLER LECTURES Students will attend all four John Reed Miller Preaching Lectures, November 10-12, and submit an outline of each lecture. Place outlines in my box by November 16. If you cannot attend any of these lectures, contact Adam Parker to make alternative arrangements. Students who do not complete this assignment will receive an unexcused absence for the November 9 th class. We would remind students that according to the syllabus Each hour of unexcused absence subjects the student to reduction of his final grade by one-half of a letter grade. [Note: If you are already a student in Comm 1 this semester, you need only turn in one outline of the lectures.] 13. DEADLINES - All course materials must be submitted at the beginning of class on the date due. Hard copies only; only submit work electronically to the teaching assistant on dates when you will be absent from class. Late work will be penalized a full letter grade each day thereafter. 14. ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Computers and tablets are not permitted in the classroom. Cell phones should be turned off and put away. Voice recorders are not permitted in class. 15. DISCLAIMER - The instructor reserves the right to modify any portion of this syllabus during the semester. Students are expected to keep up with syllabus revisions, which are posted online on Canvas. Late work because an out of date syllabus was consulted will not be excused. 16. OFFICE HOURS Monday through Thursday, by appointment or whenever my office door is open. My office is in the Dean Center attic. 4 COURSE OUTLINE August 24 LECTURE 1: Motivation #1 PASTORAL August 31 LECTURE 2: Motivation #1 PASTORAL (PT 2) September 7 NO CLASS (LABOR DAY) September 14 LECTURE 3: Motivation #2 BIBLICAL/THEOLOGICAL Acts Reading Due September 21 LECTURE 4: Motivation #2 BIBLICAL/THEOLOGICAL (PT 2) September 28 LECTURE 5: Motivation #3 HISTORICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

5 5 October 5 NO CLASS (READING WEEK) October 12 Student Biographical Presentations in Class Let the Nations Be Glad Book Review Due October 19 Student Biographical Presentations in Class October 26 Student Biographical Presentations in Class November 2 LECTURE 6: Motivation #3 HISTORICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL (PT 2) John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides Book Review Due November 9 NO CLASS Students will attend all four John Reed Miller Preaching Lectures, November 10-12, and submit an outline of each lecture. November 16 LECTURE 7: Motivation #4 PRACTICAL John Reed Miller Lecture Outlines Due November 23 LECTURE 8: Motivation #4 PRACTICAL (PT 2) November 30 DISCUSSING OUR INTERVIEWS WITH NON- CHRISTIANS December 4 NO CLASS Final Book Report Due BIBLIOGRAPHY Dictionaries Anderson, Gerald H Biographical dictionary of Christian missions. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. Moreau, A. Scott ed Evangelical dictionary of world missions. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. Corrie, John, J. Samuel Escobar, and Wilbert R. Shenk Dictionary of mission theology: Evangelical foundations. InterVarsity Press.

6 6 Reading on Islam Brown, Daniel W A new introduction to Islam. 2 nd edition. Wiley- Blackwell. Chedid, Bassam Islam: What every Christian should know. Evangelical Press. George, Timothy Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad? Understanding the differences between Christianity and Islam. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. Saleeb, Abdul, and Norman L. Geisler Answering Islam: The crescent in light of the cross. 2 nd edition. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books. Sarker, Abraham Understand my Muslim people. Barclay Press. Qureshi, Nabeel Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. White, James R What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur an. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany House Publishers (Baker Publishing Group). Yousef, Mosab Hassam (2010 hardcover). Son of Hamas: A gripping account of terror, betrayal, political intrigue, and unthinkable choices. Saltriver. Recommended Reading Bavinck, J. Herman An introduction to the science of missions. Translated by David Hugh Freeman. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company. Bavinck, J. Herman The church between the temple and the mosque. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Bolt, Peter, and Mark Thompson, eds The gospel to the nations: Perspectives on Paul s mission. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press. Escobar, Samuel Missons: New world order. Christianity Today November 14: Glasser, Arthur F. and Donald A. McGavran Contemporary theologies of mission. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House

7 7 Mandryk, Jason Operation world: The definitive prayer guide to every nation. Completely revised seventh edition. WEC International; and Biblica Publishing. Köstenberger, Andreas J., and Peter T. O Brien Salvation to the ends of the earth: A biblical theology of mission. New Studies in Biblical Theology series. Leicester: Apollos; and Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press. Moffett, Samuel Hugh Why we go: Recapturing our motivation for missions. Christianity Today November 14: Murray, Andrew. Key to the missionary problem. Fort Washington: Christian Literature Crusade. Newbigin, Lesslie A word in season: Perspectives on Christian world missions. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans; and Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press. O'Brien, Peter T Gospel and mission in the writings of Paul: An exegetical and theological analysis. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House; and Carlisle: Paternoster Press. Reymond, Robert L Missionary Paul theologian: A survey of his missionary labours and theology. Fearn, Ross- shire, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications. Tennent, Timothy C Invitation to world missions: A Trinitarian missiology for the twenty- first century. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications. Thomas, Norman E., ed Classic texts in mission & world Christianity: A reader's companion to David Bosch's "Transforming Mission." Maryknoll: Orbis Books. Timmer, Daniel C A gracious and compassionate God: Mission, salvation and spirituality in the book of Jonah. New Studies in Biblical Theology. Series editor: D. A. Carson. Leicester, England: Apollos; and Downers Grove, Ill.: Inter- Varsity Press. Verkuyl, Johannes Contemporary missiology: An introduction. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Co Thornbury, John David Brainerd: Pioneer missionary to the American Indians. Durham: Evangelical Press. Tucker, Ruth. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1983.

8 8 Winter, Ralph, and Steven C. Hawthorne, eds Perspectives on the world Christian movement: A reader. Third edition. Pasadena: William Carey Library. Woodberry, J. Dudley, Charles Van Engen, and Edgar J. Elliston, eds Missiological education for the 21st century: The book, the circle, and the sandals. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. Wright, J. H. Christopher The mission of God s people: A biblical theology of the Church s mission. Grand Rapids: Zondervan The mission of God: Unlocking the Bible s grand narrative. Leicester, England: Apollos; and Downers Grove, Ill.: Inter- Varsity Press. Other Readings in Biblical Theology of Mission For texts online see: online.org/listbycategory.asp?cat=4. See also the Bibliography on Mission Studies (International Review of Mission). Allen, Rolland [1962]. Missionary methods: St. Paul's or ours? Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans.. The spontaneous expansion of the church: And the causes which hinder it. Alexander, T. Desmond [1995]. From paradise to the promised land: An introduction to the main themes of the Pentateuch. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. Allis, Oswald T The blessing of Abraham. The Princeton Theological Review 25 (April): Anderson, Gerald H., ed The theology of the Christian mission. London: SCM Press Ltd. Anderson, Gerald H., James M. Phillips, and Robert T. Coote, eds Mission in the nineteen 90s. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans; and New Haven: Overseas Ministries Study Center. Beale, G. K The temple and church s mission: A biblical theology of the dwelling place of God. New Studies in Biblical Theology. Series editor: D. A. Carson. Leicester, England: Apollos; and Downers Grove, Ill.: Inter- Varsity Press.

9 9 Blauw, Johannes The missionary nature of the church. New York: McGraw- Hill Book Company, Inc. Blomberg, Craig L The globalization of hermeneutics. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 38 (December): Bosch, David J Transforming mission: Paradigm shifts in theology of mission. Maryknoll: Orbis Books The why and how of a true biblical foundation for mission. In Zending op weg naar de toekomst, ed. n.a., Kampen: Uitgeversmaatschappij J. H. Kok. Carriker, Timóteo Missão Integral: Uma Teologia Bíblica [Wholistic mission: A biblical theology]. São Paulo: Editora Sepal. Conn, Harvie M Eternal word and changing worlds: Theology, Anthropology, and mission in trialogue. Phillipsburg: Publishing The missionary task of theology: a love/hate relationship? Westminster Theological Journal 45: Davies, W.D The gospel and the land. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Dollar, Harold E St. Luke's missiology: A cross- cultural challenge. Pasadena: William Carey Library A biblical- missiological exploration of the cross- cultural dimensions in Luke- Acts. San Francisco: Mellen Research University Press. Dumbrell, William J The faith of Israel: Its expression in the books of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House. Dyrness, William A Invitation to cross- cultural theology: Case studies in vernacular theologies. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House. Farley, Edward Theologia: The fragmentation and unity of theological education. Philadelphia: Fortress Press. Filbeck, David Yes, God of the gentiles, too: The missionary message of the Old Testament. Wheaton: The Billy Graham Center. Gage, Warren Austin The gospel of Genesis: Studies in protology and eschatology. Foreword by Bruce K. Waltke. Winona Lake: Carpenter Books.

10 10 Gilliland, Dean S. ed The word among us: Contextualizing theology for mission today. Dallas: Word Publishing Gort, Jerald D The contours of the Reformed understanding of Christian mission: An attempt at delineation. Calvin Theological Journal 15 (April- November): Harman, A. M Missions in the thought of Jesus. The Evangelical Quarterly 41: Hedlund, Roger E The mission of the church in the world: A biblical theology. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House. Hesselgrave, David J Today's choices for tomorrow's mission: An evangelical perspective on trends and issues in missions. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House Holter, Knut Missiology and the Old Testament theology of religions. Missionalia 16 (April): Kaiser, Walter C Toward an Old Testament theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing Books. Kane, J. Herbert Christian missions in biblical perspective. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House Toward rediscovering the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing Books. Kelly, Douglas F Creation and change: Genesis in the light of changing scientific paradigms. Ross- shire, Great Britain: Mentor. Kelly, Douglas F., Hough W. McClure, III, and Philip Rollinson eds The Westminster Confession of faith: An authentic modern version. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Summertown Texts. Köstenberger, Andreas J., and Peter T. O Brien Salvation to the ends of the earth: A biblical theology of mission. New Studies in Biblical Theology 11. Series editor: D. A. Carson. Leicester: Appolos; and Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. Kuiper, R.B God- centered evangelism: A presentation of the scriptural theology of evangelism. London: The Banner of Truth Trust.

11 11 Larkin Jr, William, and Joel F. Williams, eds Mission in the New Testament: An evangelical approach. New York: Orbis Books. Leith, John H Introduction to the Reformed tradition: A way of being the Christian community. Rev. ed. Atlanta: John Knox Press McKim, Donald K. ed Major themes in the Reformed tradition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans , Medeiros, Elias What is a missionary? RTS Ministry (Fall): 8-9, 18. Miller, Patrick D The Old Testament and Christian faith. Currents in Theology and Mission 20 (August): Nel, Danie T Methods and models of context analysis: The challenge to missiology. Missionalia 16 (November): Newbigin, Lesslie [1963]. Trinitarian doctrine for today s mission. Carlisle: Paternoster Press. O'Brien, Peter T Gospel and mission in the writings of Paul: An exegetical and theological analysis. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House; and Carlisle: Paternoster Press. Peskett, Howard, and Vinoth Ramachandra The message of mission. The Bible Speaks Today. Bible Themes Series. Series editor: Derek Tidball. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press. Peters, George W A biblical theology of missions. Chicago: Moody Press. Reymond, Robert L Missionary Paul theologian: A survey of his missionary labours and theology. Fearn, Ross- shire, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications. Ridenhour, Thomas E The Old Testament and Preaching. Currents in Theology and Mission 20 (August): Robertson, O. Palmer The Christ of the covenants. Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing House. Rommen, Edward, ed Spiritual power and missions: Raising the issues. Evangelical Missiological Society series 3. Pasadena: William Carey Library.

12 12 Scherer, James A. and Stephen B. Bevans eds New directions in mission and evangelization 1: Basic statements Maryknoll: Orbis Books. Schofield, J. N Law, prophets, and writings: The religion of the books of the Old Testament. London: S.P.C.K. Stackhouse, Max L Apologia: Contextualization, globalization, and mission in theological education. With a Foreword by Donald W. Shriver, Jr. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. Thomas, Norman E., ed Classic texts in mission & world Christianity. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. Tippet, Alan Introduction to missiology. With a Foreword by Charles H. Kraft and Marguerite G. Kraft. Pasadena, California: William Carey Library. Towner, Philip H Paradigms lost: Mission to the kosmos in John and in David Bosch's biblical models of mission. The Evangelical Quarterly 67: Van Engen, Charles Mission on the way: Issues in mission theology. Foreword by Paul G. Hiebert. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House. Van Engen, Charles, Dean S. Gilliland, and Paul Pierson, eds The good news of the kingdom: Mission theology for the third millennium. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. Van Gelder, Craig The covenant's missiological character. Calvin Theological Journal 29 (April): VanGemeren, Willem A [1988]. The progress of redemption: The story of salvation from creation to the New Jerusalem. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House. Verkuyl, J Contemporary missiology: An introduction. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Verstraelen, F. J., ed Missiology, an ecumenical introduction: Texts and contexts of global Christianity. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Vos, Geerhardus Biblical Theology: Old and New testaments. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans. Wallace, Ronald S Calvin, Geneva, and the reformation: A study of Calvin as social reformer, churchman, pastor, and theologian. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House; and Edinburgh, UK: Scottish Academic Press ,

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