PRINCIPLES OF SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSIONS MS6370- SPRING DR. STEVE WILKES

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1 PRINCIPLES OF SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSIONS MS6370- SPRING DR. STEVE WILKES Dr. STEVE WILKES 1850 Pecan Grove Dr. Southaven, MS (901) (Office) INTRODUCTORY THINKING: This course is an introductory study of Southern Baptist missions, with emphasis on the preparation, life, and work of the cross-cultural missionary. The first part considers the call, qualifications, and appointment procedure. The second part deals with field adjustment of the missionary on the mission field. The third part surveys the traditional methods of missionary work and examines some current innovative approaches to similar mission work. Primary attention will be given to international missions, but some attention will be given to North American missions and the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Cognitive Objective First the student will learn some fundamental principles of missionary work, emphasis will be given to life on the mission field and the family on the mission field. Affective Objective These objectives are motivated by desires which are stirred within the student. The student will be motivated by the reading and by the weekly assignments which are given online. Students will be encouraged to examine their own life and call concerning the mission field. Reflective Objectives

2 2 Student s will be encouraged to seriously consider God s will regarding their life and the great commission, Second students will be encouraged to pursue a lifelong process of reading missionary related materials, and talking to missionaries as the occasion occurs, and participating in mission endeavors such as short term mission work. Mid-America is committed to making every effort to expose all of our students to the urgency of the great commission and its need to be fulfilled in this generation in every people, language, culture, race, and religious background. COURSE TEXTBOOKS: Bright, Bill. Have You Made the Wonderful Discovery of the Spirit-filled Life. Campus Crusade for Christ, Olson, Bruce. Bruchko. Seattle: Ywan Publishing, 2005 Sills, M David, The Missionary Call. Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2008 Terry, John Mark, Ebby Smith, and Justice Anderson editors. Missiology. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998 BOOKS OF THE COURSE: The major text of the course will be Missiology by our own Dr. Mark Terry, and edited Dr. Ebby Smith, and Dr. Justice Anderson. Additionally you will read the book The Missionary Call by Dr. David Sills. Students will complete the reading assignments as instructed on the schedule which follows. The books will be supplemented by materials, interviews, and discussions with people from the IMB, NAMB, and other selected material. EXAMINATIONS There will be 2 examinations a midterm and a final at the end of the semester. The final will not be comprehensive, so it will only cover material from the midterm to the end of the course. BOOK REVIEWS You will read the books as directed on the course schedule. We will read Missiology in parts because it is a long book. The format for the book reviews will be as follows. First put a bibliographic entry of the book, second write a good full paragraph on the authors purpose in writing the book, next discuss how the author develops or organizes his topics, and finally give a critical evaluation of the book discussing you likes and dislikes concern

3 3 the book or the section of the book. The book reviews should only be two pages. Please do not submit any reviews over two pages. They should also be double spaced. CLASS ATTENDANCE Of course you will not be expected to attend any classes, but you will be expected to show up online at least three times per week. This can be tracked by Moodle, which is the system we use for online teaching. You also must participate in chats or discussions which are called by me the professor, if you do not show up at the chat or give a reason why you cannot before the chat occurs I will take one point away from your final grade. GRADING SCALE Class Participation online 10% Book Reviews 20% Online Presentation 20% Missionary Interviews Examination GRADUATING SENIORS 20% (online) 30% (15% each) 100% Graduating Seniors who carry an A average on the materials submitted are not required to take the final. AVAILABILITY OF THE PROFESSOR: You can me or call me in my office (swilkes@mabts.edu) ( ) or you can call me at home , my preference is that you me, but you can certainly call me whenever you need to. LATE WORK: If a book review is late you will lose 1 point from your final grade. If your presentation or your interviews online are late you will lose one letter grade from the one that is late. If it continues to be late you will lose one point in addition to the letter grade for each day it is late after the first day. GERNERAL RULES I don t like rules very much so I don t have any rule. I ask for you to be courteous, and kind and I will try to be the same with you. I will also be fair and ask you to be the same, I will be honest and I expect honesty from you. Let s have a good time, and learn and grow and listen to the voice of God during this course.

4 4 The instructor maintains the privilege to add to, delete, or change the content of this syllabus at his discretion. Please be aware that I will be putting weekly assignments up every week of the course and you re expected to do these, if you do not do the assignments you will lose credit. If you miss an assignment and do not it at all you will 1 point from your final grade for each assignment you do not finish. COURSE PROJECTS You will do two major projects for this course. The first one will be a project you will put online for all students to observe. In this project you will choose a major topic that you will investigate, you can look through the book Missiology and find plenty of ideas for topics and you must submit your idea for a presentation to me before February the 7 th. Approved topics will be presented online. You can use the course bibliography to assist you in this presentation and you can use your text book, feel free to use our library to interview any one of your choosing, search the internet. You are free to interview people at the IMB or at NAMB for you project. I expect the project to be creative with power point, video, interviews, or just type of material in it. Your second project will be very simple. You will find two missionaries and interview them concerning their call, their sense of guidance, and illustrations of how God guided them to the mission field. Also get them to give you an overview of the work that they have done, and get them to discuss their greatest sense of accomplishment while they have served on the mission field. That s three parts to the interview, the call, the sense of guidance, the second summation of their work on the mission field, and third their greatest sense of accomplishments. You must submit the names of the two missionaries that you plan to interview to me by February the 14 th. It will be first come first serve with only one person interviewing each missionary so this is something you should do early. COURSE CALENDAR January 29 February 6 February 6 February 13 February 13 February 18 February 27 February 27 March 3-6 March 6-23 March April 10 Book review due on chapters 1-10 of Missiology Book review due on chapters of Missiology 1 st project topic due Names of your missionary project due Critique of Bright s tract Book review due on chapters of Missiology Book review due on chapters of Missiology Book Review on Olson s book due Presentations will be put online Spring Break Mid-Term Exams Book review on Sills s book due

5 5 April May May Missionary interviews put online Biblical Church Growth Conference at Kirby Woods Baptist Church You will get extra credit for this. Final exams SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Akins, Thomas Wade. Pioneer Evangelism: Growing Churches and Planting New Ones that Are Self- Supporting Using New Testament Methods. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Junta de Missoes Nacionais, Allen, Catherine B. The New Lottie Moon Story. Nashville: Broadman, Anderson, Courtney. To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, Bright, Bill. Have You Made the Wonderful Discovery of the Spirit-filled Life. Campus Crusade for Christ, Chambers, Oswald. So Send I You Workmen of God: Recognizing and Answering God=s Call to Service. Grand Rapids: Discovery House, Clark, W[illie] Thornburn. Handmaidens of the King to Foreign Lands. Nashville: Broadman, Borthwick, Paul. A Mind for Missions: Ten Ways to Build Your World Vision. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, Brett, Donna Whitson, and Edward T. Brett. Murdered in Central America: The Stories of Eleven U. S. Missionaries. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, Comninellis, Nicholas. Shanghai Doctor: An American Physician Confronts Communist China. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, Covell, Ralph R. Mission Impossible: The Unreached Nosu on China=s Frontier. Pasadena, CA: Hope Publishing House, Culpepper, Charles Lee. Spiritual Awakening: The Shantung Revival. Dallas, TX: Crescendo Book Publications, Privately reprinted in 1993 with an added autobiographical collection of memories. Davis, Walter Bruce. William Carey: Father of Modern Missions. Chicago: Moody, Drummond, Lewis. A Biography: Miss Bertha: Woman of Revival. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, Edwards, Jonathan. Life and Diary of David Brainerd. Chicago: Moody, Elliot, Elisabeth. A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael. Grand Rapids: Revell, Baker, Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot. San Francisco, CA: HarperCollins, Through Gates of Splendor. New York: Harper Brothers, 1957.

6 6 Fitts, Leroy. Lott Carey: First Black Missionary to Africa. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, Fletcher, Jesse C. Bill Wallace of China. Edited by Timothy George and Denise George. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, Foyle, Marjory F. Overcoming Missionary Stress. Wheaton, IL: Evangelical Missions Information Service, George, Timothy. Faithful Witness: The Life and Mission of William Carey. Birmingham, AL: New Hope, Gibson, Tim, Steve Hawthorne, Richard Krekel, and Ken Moy, eds. Stepping Out: A Guide to Short Term Missions. Seattle: YWAM Publishing, Glisson, Jerry. Knowing and Doing God=s Will. Nashville: Broadman, Greenway, Roger S., ed. A World to Win: Preaching World Missions Today. Grand Rapids: Baker, Griffiths, Michael. Jesus= Call to World Mission: What on Earth Are You Doing? Grand Rapids: Baker, Grubb, Norman. C. T. Studd. Fort Washington, PA: CLC, Harley, C. David. Preparing to Serve: Training for Cross-Cultural Mission. Pasadena, CA: William Carey, Hefley, James C. By Life or by Death: Violence and Martyrdom in This Turbulent Age. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, Howard, David. M. What Makes a Missionary. Chicago: Moody Press, Humphres, Mary G., ed. Missionary Explorers among the American Indians. New York: Scribner, James, Sam. Servant on the Edge of History. Garland, TX: Hannibal Books, Johnstone, Patrick. The Church Is Bigger Than You Think: Structures and Strategies for the Church in the 21st Century. Bulstrode, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, Great Britain: WEC, Jones, Marge, with E. Grant Jones. Psychology of Missionary Adjustment. Springfield, MO: Logion Press, Kenney, Betty Jo. The Missionary Family. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, Knapp, Doug, and Evelyn Knapp. Thunder in the Valley. Nashville: Broadman, Kohls, L. Robert. Survival Kit for Overseas Living: For Americans Planning to Live and Work Abroad. 3d ed. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, Loss, Myron. Culture Shock: Dealing with Stress in Cross-Cultural Living. Winona Lake, IN: Light & Life Press, Mackenzie, Rob. David Livingstone: The Truth behind the Legend. Eastbourne, Great Britain: Kingsway Publications, Martyn, John R. C. Henry Martyn ( ), Scholar and Missionary to India and Persia: A Biography.

7 7 Lewiston, NY: Edward Mellen Press, McCasland, David. Eric Liddell~ Pure Gold: A New Biography of the Olympic Champion Who Inspired Chariots of Fire. Grand Rapids: Discovery House Publishers, Morrison, J. H. The Missionary Heroes of Africa. New York: Doran, Neill, Stephen. Call to Mission. Philadelphia: Fortress, Olson, Bruce E. Bruchko. Carol Stream, IL: Creation House, Pigin, Stuart, and John Roxborogh. The St. Andrews Seven: The Finest Flowering of Missionary Zeal in Scottish History. Edinburgh, England: Banner of Truth, Piper, John. Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions. Grand Rapids: Baker, Pollock, J.C. Hudson Taylor and Maria: Pioneers in China. New York: Macmillan, Richardson, Don. Peace Child. Seattle, WA: Seattle, WA: YWAM Publishing, Roseveare, Helen. He Gave Us a Valley. Downers Grove: IVP, Shenk, David W. God s Call to Mission. Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press, Shetler, Joanne, with Patricia Purvis. And the Word Came with Power. Orlando, FL: Wycliffe, Smith, Bertha. Go Home and Tell. Introduction by Lewis A. Drummond. Edited by Timothy George and Denise George. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, Sorrill, Bobbie. Annie Armstrong: Dreamer in Action. Nashville: Broadman, Springer, Barbara. Beyond Surrender. Garland, TX: Hannibal Books, Steffen, Tom A. Passing the Baton: Church Planting that Empowers. Rev. ed. La Habra, CA: Center for Organizational and Ministry Development, Stewart, Walter Sinclair. Later Baptist Missionaries and Pioneers. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Judson Press, Taylor, Dr. Howard, and Geraldine Taylor. J. Hudson Taylor: God s Man in China. Chicago: Moody, Terry, John Mark, Ebbie Smith, and Justice Anderson, eds. Missiology: An Introduction to the Foundations, History, and Strategies of World Missions. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, Troutman, Charles. Everything You Want to Know about the Mission Field, But Are Afraid You Won=t Learn until You Get There: Letters to a Prospective Missionary. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, Wagner, C. Peter. Strategies for Church Growth: Tools for Effective Mission and Evangelism. Ventura, CA: Regal Books, Wellman, Sam. Gladys Aylward: Missionary to China. Uhrichsville, OH: Barbour Publishing, n.d. White, Kathleen. Amy Carmichael. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany, 1986.

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