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1 Biola University 1 DOCTOR OF MINISTRY (TTMN) TTMN Christ, Culture, and the Church I Credits 6 This course will explore the issues and challenges that Asian-American leaders may face in any Asian-American ministry. This will include an examination of Asian culture and its influence on Christianity, different church models, social structures, and procedural and philosophical differences present in an Asian ministry context. This course will also include an overview of the latest trends and innovations that Asian- American churches are currently experiencing and implementing. Grade TTMN Year One Post-Residency Project Credit 1 Post-residency Project related to the Year One coursework. The project should be done in the student's place of ministry. Notes: Required upon successful completion of Year One residency. This course is a prerequisite to Year Two. Grade TTMN Year Two Post-Residency Project Credit 1 Post-residency Project related to the Year Two coursework. The project should be done in the student's place of ministry. Notes: Required upon successful completion of Year Two residency. This course is a prerequisite to Year Three. Grade Prerequisites: TTMN 801. TTMN Year Three Post-Residency Project Credit 1 Post-residency Project related to the Year Three coursework. The project should be done in the student's place of ministry. Notes: Required upon successful completion of Year Three residency. This course is a prerequisite to TTMN 892 Doctoral Project Proposal Submission. Grade Prerequisites: TTMN 802. TTMN The Personal Life of the Asian-American Leader Credits 6 This course will be a comprehensive study of the needed self-awareness and disciplines required for a leader in an Asian-American ministry context. This will include personal spiritual disciplines, the role of the family, resources for spiritual growth, and ministerial coaching for longterm success. Grade TTMN Christ, Culture, and the Church II Credits 6 This course will examine more closely the influences of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism as they conflict with Christian biblical principles and practices within the church. Contextualization and assimilation will also be examined in order to bring about an integration of Christian principles. Grade TTMN The Challenges of Asian-American Leadership Credits 6 Asian-American leaders can expect particular challenges in ministry. These issues will be explored with the goal of preparing a proactive plan to overcome these challenges. This will include biblical training in conflict resolution, conducting a healthy staff, building a resource network for crisis situations, and developing a personal support system. Grade Mode: TTMN Lessons on Longevity for the Asian-American Leader Credits 6 The focus for this course will be to help Asian-American leaders build healthy practices that will lead to a long and enduring ministry. Lessons will include spiritual self-care, team support-building, physical and emotional nurture, and careful, strategic, planning for the long haul. Grade TTMN The Asian-American Mentor Credits 6 This class will give a biblical overview of mentorship and will teach the leaders how to mentor others for leadership development. Different models of mentorship, discipleship, and coaching will be examined in light of the busy schedules of people today. This week of study will include an emphasis on the topic of leadership succession. Grade Mode: TTMN Understanding Leadership Credits 6 Students will learn the character and competencies required of a Christian leader. Instruction will involve biblical exegesis, exposure to leadership literature, and interactive dialogue with current Christian leaders. Students will then engage in a self-assessment exercise of their current leadership practices. Grade TTMN Speaking as a Leader Credits 6 Students learn why Christian leaders need to speak God's word and how to speak God's word. Students learn how to identify a biblical idea and effectively employ that idea in their public communication. Students learn how to be persuasive and how to understand the people they are speaking to. Students speak in class without notes. Grade TTMN The Nature of the Church Credits 6 This course is held off campus and involves travel to different cities. Students enhance their ability to evaluate a ministry theologically. Students are exposed to a variety of theologies of the church through lectures and 'on location' exposure. Students interact with ministry leaders, fellow students and their faculty-mentor to discover and theologically evaluate a variety of evangelical ministries. As a result, students should be able to accurately assess and express the theology of their own ministry. Grade TTMN The Cultural Sensitivity of the Church Credits 6 This course is held off campus in a different city. The goal of this course is for students to enhance their ability to evaluate the cultural adaptation of a ministry. Students interact with ministry leaders, fellow students and their faculty-mentor as they discover in what ways and how effectively these ministries have adapted to the culture in which they minister. As a result, students are better able to assess and express the cultural sensitivity of their own ministries. Grade TTMN Healing the Wounded Leader Credits 6 During this class, students learn how and why ministry leaders are wounded in ministry. Through interaction with their faculty-mentor and guest faculty, students learn a variety of strategies to address the hurts experienced by leaders in the practice of ministry. Students apply these strategies to their own ministries and the ministries of others where appropriate. Grade

2 2 Doctor of Ministry (TTMN) TTMN Healing the Wounded Congregation Credits 6 Students learn how to assess if, and how severely, a ministry has been wounded. Through interaction with their faculty-mentor and guest faculty, students also learn a variety of strategies that leaders can use to address the corporate wounds of a ministry and facilitate healing and wholeness. Students apply these strategies to their own ministries and the ministries of others where appropriate. Grade TTMN The Biblical Context of Discipleship and the Person I Credits 6 During this class, students explore their own background in discipleship practices in light of the historical and biblical context of discipleship, seeking to understand Jesus' distinct form of discipleship. This leads to an understanding of discipleship as Jesus intended it to be developed in the early church, and how Paul and Peter and other biblical authors developed discipleship and spiritual formation in their writings as a theoretical and practical way of life for individual believers and the church. Grade TTMN The Biblical Context of Discipleship and the Person II Credits 6 During this class, students examine and apply these biblical principles of discipleship in their personal life. Students are guided by resident and guest professors as they reflect upon their lifetime of study and application of discipleship and spiritual formation. Students conclude by developing a strategy of personal growth in their discipleship to Jesus, and how that can be implemented in the lives of those within their ministry. Grade TTMN Discipleship as the Ministry of the Church I Credits 6 Students explore God's plan for the church and how discipleship can be understood as a holistic ministry of the church. Students are assisted by resident and guest professors in understanding the nature of the church and its relation to discipleship. Grade TTMN Discipleship as the Ministry of the Church II Credits 6 During this class, guest professors escort students through past and present ministries to examine specific practices of discipleship within the church. Students visit with guest professors and examine firsthand various aspects of discipleship, including mentoring, leadership development, and small groups. During the rest of the week, we discuss life-span Christian education, youth ministry, family ministry, counseling, evangelism and follow-up. Grade TTMN Discipleship and Community Relationships I Credits 6 During this class, students explore the relationship of the biological community, the family, with the spiritual community, the church. Family developmental experts guide students to elaborate the working relationship between family and church discipleship and how they can support and promote each other. Grade TTMN Discipleship and Community Relationships II Credits 6 This class expands the study begun in TTMN 825 to include a strategy for developing discipleship relations between the local church and various external communities, including parachurch ministries. Veteran Christian leaders guide students through an examination of strategies to build a local discipleship community that reaches into their neighborhood, school, workplace, and the world. Grade TTMN Foundations of Executive Management Credits 6 Students gain a biblical and theological basis for management in the local church and learn to critically reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of various governance models in local church ministry. Students develop a strategic plan for their particular ministry. Grade TTMN Personal Strengths Assessment Credits 6 Students learn how to gain a better understanding of their own strengths and spiritual gifts. Students are then guided into how best to apply their personal strengths to their present area of ministry leadership. Grade TTMN Finances, Facilities and Fundraising Credits 6 Students develop a biblical understanding of stewardship from a broad perspective. Students learn proper account management, facilities planning, and ethical techniques of fundraising for both operational budgets and capital campaigns. Grade TTMN Legal and Ethical Issues in Executive Management Credits 6 Students learn how the legal system affects the development and operation of churches as well as ethical dilemmas being faced in complex ministries today. Issues such as staff hiring, firing, liability concerns, and policy development are covered. Grade TTMN Personnel Development and Human Resource Management Credits 6 Extensive overview of matters pertaining to recruiting, training and developing volunteer and paid staff ministry leaders. Students learn how to develop policies and procedures, conduct in-service training seminars, and how best to mentor leaders. Grade TTMN The XP Tool Box Credits 6 This course covers a variety of topics, including PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) charting for effective program management, overseeing information technology, working through teams, becoming a change agent, handling conflict resolution, and personal career development. Grade TTMN Developing Life Groups and Transforming Communities Credits 6 Life Groups and Transforming Communities form the platform for pastoral counseling ministries and marriage and family ministries as well as student's leadership development. First students will learn compassionate connecting skills and how to teach them to church leaders. Then we will look at Life Groups with a pastor who uses them as his primary strategy for developing more and closer followers of Jesus. Third, we will explore Transforming Communities and their roles in healing individuals and marriages as well as developing volunteer ministers. Students design a plan to develop Life Groups or Transforming Communities in their churches, and receive feedback. Grade

3 Biola University 3 TTMN Counseling Individuals, Couples and Families Credits 6 This course focuses on how to help individuals, couples and families realize their conflicts and take responsibility for the changes that will dismantle their barriers to God and each other. The goal is not to turn students into Pastoral Counselors but to equip students to develop those in their churches who are gifted to develop transforming ministries including mentoring with individuals, couples and families. Students demonstrate competency in the skills of a Christ-Church multilevel model for counseling individuals, couples and families and to demonstrate awareness of personal limits by setting default decisions for counseling and referral. Grade TTMN Developing Redemptive Family Ministries I Credits 6 The focus of this class is on developing family and counseling ministries in church that will meet some of the needs of people in neighborhoods as well as the people in the congregation, and be on-ramps to evangelism. Students design and/or develop a Redemptive Family Ministry appropriate to a student's church's needs, goals and resources. Grade TTMN Developing Redemptive Family Ministries II Credits 6 This course challenges and equips students to develop a plan for ministry to people in a selected form of non-traditional family structure. This course will equip students (and through them, their leaders) to reach people in family structures that don't normally experience churches as open to them. The residency outcome will be to write and develop this plan for a classmate and obtain your professor's evaluation. Grade Mode: TTMN Ministering to People in Addictive Bondage Credits 6 This class will extend the focus of the second residency to minister to people both in and outside a student's church who are living in addictive bondage. Examples of bondage are alcoholism, drug addiction, sex addiction, gambling as well as more common addictions such as addiction to eating and smoking. The residency outcome will be a workable plan addressing these issues. Grade TTMN Ministering to People in the Wake of Crisis, Loss and Trauma Credits 6 This class equips students and their churches to minister in the wake of individual, family and neighborhood crisis, loss and trauma. Recent catastrophes such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina showed the need for thousands of volunteers who have been trained to respond to spiritual and emotional needs. People in your church can be equipped to minister in the wake of shootings, accidents, and bereavement in your neighborhoods as well as the larger traumas such as earthquakes and firestorms. Students develop contingency plans for their ministry. Grade TTMN Understanding Worldviews and Culture I Credits 6 Designed to produce confidence in engaging worldviews in a manner that is culturally relevant and theologically and philosophically informed. Students examine the nature of a worldview, and probe the foundations of the two major worldviews that rival Christianity and shape our culture: naturalism and postmodernism. Students interact with the strengths and weaknesses of the emergent church movement and address open theism. Time will be given to Islam, a rising influence in our culture, and students will learn ways Christians can reach Muslims. Grade TTMN Understanding Worldviews and Culture II Credits 6 Students learn how to think Christianly in the midst of worldview conflict and cultural chaos. Four areas of conceptual clarity examined: (1) crucial notions in metaphysics relevant to preaching, the nature of reality, the reality of truth, love, life after death, and God Himself; (2) crucial notions in epistemology at the center of cultural conflict; (3) the nature of consciousness and human persons; and (4) important issues in science and religion, reductionism, and the Intelligent Design debate. Grade Mode: TTMN Engaging Worldviews and Culture I Credits 6 Leadership tools in the areas of ethics and politics. Addresses how to help people to think ethically by evaluating relativism, moral absolutism, utilitarianism, and virtue ethics, and to consider individual impact upon character development and discipleship. Students learn about issues such as abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, cloning, capital punishment, just war theory and homosexuality. Since we live in a political world, the course includes a look at the different views of the Kingdom of God, the church/state relationship, Christian political engagement and social justice. Grade TTMN Engaging Worldviews and Culture II Credits 6 Students examine specific cultural issues and voices. Students learn about and discuss culturally significant books, movies, events and leaders. Students also learn about the nature of the modern secular university: how it developed, why it is so hostile to Christianity, how it impacts the church and what can be done about it. Grade TTMN Reclaiming Worldviews and Culture I Credits 6 Students gain skills needed to defend Christianity and to equip the local church for boldness in evangelism and cultural engagement. Students form answers to issues such as the existence of God, pluralism and the exclusivity of Christianity, challenges to the historical Jesus, the problem of evil, and the fairness of hell. Grade TTMN Reclaiming Worldviews and Culture II Credits 6 Students learn practical ministry implications of previous coursework. Students examine the nature of spiritual formation and discipleship, learn how to discern the voice of God and His guidance, learn how to foster a healthy, balanced experiential knowledge of God and His Spirit within the Christian religious tradition, and the criteria for discerning answers to prayer. Students also learn how to preach apologetically and how apologetics and worldview can be applied to youth ministry. Grade Mode: TTMN Foundations of Biblical Church Growth and Multiplication Credits 6 An introductory examination of the theology, history, principles, procedures, pathologies, and typologies for growing and multiplying churches in North America. The student develops a biblical perspective, engages the historical impact of different movements on churches in the USA, and analyzes a church ministry, developing bold plans for growth and health. Students will be introduced to the procedures for writing book reviews for publication. Grade

4 4 Doctor of Ministry (TTMN) TTMN Evangelizing Secular Peoples Credits 6 Exploration of North American culture, principles, and methods for reaching secular non-christian peoples, and the role of church leaders in developing healthy, growing churches. Students grow in their understanding of North American culture, learn how to reach people for Christ in our post-modern world, and investigate models and case studies of growing churches. Grade TTMN Turnaround Strategies Credits 6 Examines the theology, skills, and strategies for bringing renewal and revival to existing churches. Students learn and apply ideas for turning around declining churches and renewing ones that have lost their vision and vitality. Students will be introduced to the procedures for writing articles for publication. Grade TTMN Church Multiplication Credits 6 Advanced study of strategies and practices for effective church planting and multiplication. Insights on selecting and training effective church planters, birthing daughter churches, and using demographics will be explored. Grade TTMN Growing Ministries in the "New World" I Credits 6 Explores the challenges and opportunities for church growth and multiplication in the post-modern context. Analyzes the theology, procedures, and methods of new movements and emerging models. Students will be introduced to the procedures for writing a book manuscript for publication. Grade Mode: A, R. TTMN Growing Ministries in the "New World" II Credits 6 Examines cultural anthropology and multi-ethnic church growth and multiplication. A ministry strategy course designed to aid the student in understanding the opportunity, complexity, and methods for reaching people of differing ethnic backgrounds in North America. Grade TTMN Discipleship I Credits 6 This course will help students develop a biblical understanding of Jesus' distinct form of discipleship and apply those principles to their personal lives. Students will develop a strategy for personal growth in their discipleship to Jesus. Grade TTMN Discipleship II Credits 6 This course teaches how discipleship can be understood as a holistic ministry of the church that involves one's biological community, the family of God, and various external communities such as neighborhood, school, workplace and the world. Students will develop a discipleship strategy for their ministries. Grade TTMN Foundations of Biblical Preaching Credits 6 This course will provide a complete overview of the process of preparing biblical sermons from start to finish. It will emphasize the importance of understanding the literary forms of the Bible in hermeneutics and exegesis. Students will learn to move from the text to the sermon, create outlines, and shape their sermons for maximum impact. They will also have the opportunity to prepare and deliver a didactic sermon from the epistles and receive feedback. Grade TTMN Communication and Persuasion in Preaching Credits 6 This course will provide advanced training in the art of persuasion through the study of communication theory. It will explore techniques and tools for keeping sermons relevant, clear, interesting and fresh. Students will learn how to choose and organize the resources they will need to prepare sermons. They will also have the opportunity to prepare and deliver a didactic sermon from the epistles and receive feedback. Grade TTMN Preaching Biblical Narratives Credits 6 A comprehensive study of the unique literary characteristics of narrative literature in both the Old and New Testaments. Students will learn how to interpret and communicate the narrative passages of scripture in a way that is congruent with the biblical text itself. They will also have the opportunity to prepare and deliver a sermon from a narrative section of scripture and receive feedback. Grade TTMN Preaching to Your Audience Credits 6 In this course, students will learn how to understand their audience and respond to challenges such as gender, vocation, age and culture. This course will also probe the issue of Christocentric versus Theocentric preaching. Students will learn to prepare topical sermons to address the specific needs and life situations of their audience. They will also have the opportunity to prepare and deliver a sermon from a narrative section of scripture and receive feedback. Grade TTMN Expository Preaching Credits 6 Students learn the fundamentals of expository preaching. Students learn a definition of expository preaching, how to identify the idea of a natural unit of epistle literature, how to effectively outline a sermon for a postmodern audience, how to preach without notes, and how to analyze an audience. Students preach in class without notes. Grade TTMN Narrative Preaching Credits 6 Students learn the unique literary characteristics of biblical narratives and how to apply that knowledge to the hermeneutical and homiletical tasks of preaching. The class is both inductive and deductive in nature. Students preach in class without notes. Grade TTMN Leadership I Credits 6 Students learn the character that is required of a Christian Leader. This study involves biblical exegesis, exposure to leadership literature, and interactive dialogue with current Christian leaders. Students engage in a self-assessment exercise to better understand their own character in light of what they have learned. Grade TTMN Leadership II Credits 6 Students learn a variety of theories of leadership from the past as well as the present. Students are encouraged to critically evaluate these theories, and then propose a leadership theory that is compatible with Scripture and well-suited for their current ministry environment. Grade TTMN Foundations for Multiethnic Ministry Credits 6 A comprehensive study of the Old and New Testament focusing primarily on the evangelistic mandate to disciple all the nations. Attention is given to a history of the apostolic response and missionary obedience of the church (Matthew 28:18 20), as well as an investigation of God's desire to reach all people groups. Grade

5 Biola University 5 TTMN Principles and Procedures of Multiethnic Ministry Credits 6 An overview of the essential principles and practices of multiethnic church ministry in the North American context. Focus is placed on understanding the historical development of immigration in the USA, as well as understanding cultures, social structures, procedures, methodologies, barriers, and general steps for effective growth of multiethnic churches. Grade TTMN Models and Strategies for Multiethnic Congregations Credits 6 An exploration of historical and contemporary models of multiethnic and multicultural churches. Emphasis will be placed on case studies, visits to multiethnic churches in Southern California, and discussion with pastors from multiethnic churches. Grade TTMN Understanding the Peoples of Ethnic America Credits 6 An overview of the numerous ethnic peoples in the United States. The course will include a historical analysis of immigration patterns, and descriptive discussion of the cultures of the major ethnic groups present in the US Grade TTMN Multiethnic Dimensions of Missional Leadership Credits 6 Systematic study of the history and development of leadership theory throughout the last century, with special emphasis on application to missional leadership of multiethnic churches in the United States. Grade TTMN Leading and Managing Multiethnic Congregations Credits 6 This course explores the principles and best practices for managing change and conflict in a local church, and will make extensive use of case studies of effective conflict management in secular and Christian organizations. The doctoral project idea will be presented in this course, with an emphasis in assisting the student to prepare a proposal, as well as teaching how to write and present the final doctoral project. Grade TTMN Preaching the Bible Credits 6 In this course, students wrestle with what it means to create a 'biblical sermon'. Students work through a number of passages in order to understand the main idea of the text. Emphasis is placed on the importance of recognizing and respecting the genre of a biblical text throughout the preaching process. Students preach without notes at the end of the week and be evaluated by the professor as well as others in the class. Grade TTMN Preaching to Listeners Credits 6 Since preachers always speak to particular people, this course focuses upon understanding the audience. Utilizing guest professors, the class learns how to analyze an audience and wrestle with how sermons can respond to communication challenges such as gender, age and culture. Students preach without notes at the end of the week and are evaluated by the professor as well as others in the class. Grade TTMN Preaching Narratives Credits 6 During this course, students learn the unique literary characteristics of biblical narratives and how to apply that knowledge to the hermeneutical and homiletical tasks of preaching. The class is both inductive and deductive in nature. Students preach in class without notes. Grade Mode: TTMN Preaching Epistles Credits 6 During this course, students engage in a fresh re-examination of the epistles. Students learn the unique literary characteristics of the epistle literature in the Bible and how to apply that knowledge to the hermeneutical and homiletical tasks of preaching. The class is both inductive and deductive in nature. Students preach in class without notes. Grade TTMN Preaching Apocalyptic Literature Credits 6 During this course, students learn the unique literary characteristics of biblical apocalyptic literature and how to apply that knowledge to the hermeneutical and homiletical tasks of preaching. The class is both inductive and deductive in nature. Students preach in class without notes. Grade TTMN Preaching Poetic, Prophetic, Law and Proverb Credits 6 During this course, students learn the unique literary characteristics of the poetic, prophetic, law and proverbial literature in the Bible, and how to apply that knowledge to the hermeneutical and homiletical tasks of preaching. The class is both inductive and deductive in nature. Students preach in class without notes. Grade TTMN Preaching the Gospels Credits 6 During this course, students engage in a fresh examination of the gospels. Students learn the unique literary characteristics of gospel literature in the Bible and how to apply that knowledge to the hermeneutical and homiletical tasks of preaching. The class is both inductive and deductive in nature. Student preaching in class without notes. Grade TTMN Preaching Prophetic and Wisdom Literature Credits 6 A comprehensive study of the unique literary characteristics of the Prophets, Psalms, and Wisdom Literature in the Old Testament. Students will learn how to interpret and communicate these passages in a way that is congruent with the biblical text itself. They will also have the opportunity to prepare and deliver a sermon from the prophetic literature and receive feedback. Grade TTMN Preaching Apocalyptic Literature Credits 6 A comprehensive study of the unique literary characteristics of the Apocalyptic Literature in both the Old and New Testaments. Students will learn how to interpret and communicate these passages in a way that is congruent with the biblical text itself. They will also learn about creative preaching forms as well as addressing the challenges of balance in the preacher's personal life. They will also have the opportunity to prepare and deliver a sermon from the prophetic literature and receive feedback. Grade

6 6 Doctor of Ministry (TTMN) TTMN Year Four Doctoral Project I Credits 0 TTMN Year Four Doctoral Project II Credits 0 TTMN Year Five Doctoral Project I Credits 0 TTMN Year Five Doctoral Project II Credits 0 TTMN Year Six Doctoral Project I Credits 0 TTMN Year Six Doctoral Project II Credits 0 TTMN Leave of Absence Credits 0 Leave of absence due to emergency. Grade Mode: C, Fee: $100. TTMN Seminar: Selected Topics Credits 1-6 Seminars offered by special lecturers or visiting scholars addressing areas of specific interest. Notes: May be taken multiple times for credit. Grade TTMN Independent Study Credits 1-6 A directed individual study whereby the student may do advanced reading or research into an area of special interest. A proposal must be prepared according to guidelines available in the D.Min. office and approved by the D.Min. director. Grade TTMN Doctoral Project Proposal Submission Credits 0 First time submission of final doctoral project proposal. Grade Mode: V. Fee: $1,000.

7 Biola University 7 TTMN Program Extension Credits 0 Students who have completed the doctoral project courses (TTMN ) but have not completed an acceptable doctoral project, may apply for an extension. If granted, they must be registered in this course. Extensions are granted on a case-by-case basis, require a special application and approval by the D.Min. office and the Dean of Academic Records. Extensions are granted one semester at a time but the student may request an extension of two semesters on the application. Grade Mode: D. Prerequisites: Demonstrated legitimate need for more time, steady progress toward project completion and statement of feasible plan to complete the project with intermediate deadlines. Fee: $750 per semester. TTMN Caring for the Soul II Credits 6 This course focuses on the strategies, challenges, and best practices of implementing spiritual formation in the local church and para-church given the diverse contexts in which we find ourselves. It includes discussion of how spiritual formation is connected to mission, social justice, and evangelism. Grade TTMN Preaching to the Heart I Credits 6 This course will provide a complete overview of the process of preparing biblical sermons from start to finish. Students will hone their skills in moving from the text to the sermon, developing outlines that reflect the biblical author's flow of thought, and shaping their sermons for maximum impact. Each student will have the opportunity to prepare and deliver a sermon from a didactic/epistolary section of Scripture, and receive feedback from the faculty-mentor and the class. Grade TTMN Preaching to the Heart II Credits 6 In this course, students will work through two additional genres of biblical literature (narrative and poetic). Each student will prepare and deliver a sermon from a narrative section of Scripture, and again receive feedback from the faculty-mentor and the class. Different kinds of filing systems will also be discussed, which will enable the student to stay on the cutting edge of biblical scholarship and retain resources for future preaching. Grade TTMN Renewing the Mind I Credits 6 This course will lay a biblical and theological foundation for apologetics and cultural engagement. By exploring the rich resources of the Gospel, students will develop a model for engagement that is adaptable to a variety of institutions and practices. Students will explore the nature of apologetics and begin to develop a strategy for some of the larger issues in apologetics -- the existence of God, evil, suffering, worldviews, religious pluralism, relativism, science and reason. Grade TTMN Renewing the Mind II Credits 6 This course will focus on equipping students to build culture-leaders. We will explore the nature of institutional change and how believers can inhabit those institutions faithfully. Students will also develop a facility with a broader concept of apologetics that connect the Gospel with the deeper affections of people. Grade TTMN Caring for the Soul I Credits 6 This course investigates spiritual formation in Christ, focusing in on our own transformational discipleship to Jesus as well as how to come alongside others in their discipleship to Jesus. It includes a discussion of the historical and sociological forces that have influenced the variety of contemporary understandings of spiritual formation, followed by the development of a biblical-systematic theology of discipleship and formation. Grade

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