Introduction to Missions #
Cantonese/Mandarin
粵語/華語
3 Credit Hours
3 學分
12-week online course
12周在線課程
About 4 hours of recorded video lectures and online interaction each week
每周約4小時的講座視頻和在線互動
Choice of Cantonese or Mandarin Video Lectures
自選粵語或華語視頻講座
Assignments may be submitted in Chinese or English
作業可以中文或英文提交
COURSE DESCRIPTION
課程簡介
This course is an introduction to missiology that seeks to develop in the student a creative understanding of missions as practiced in an international context. Emphasis will be given on helping students understands their own future ministry and how it can relate to global missions. 本課程介紹宣教學，旨在培養學生對在國際環境中實踐的宣教的創造性理解。重點在於幫助學生了解自己未來的事工，以及如何與全球宣教有關。
COURSE OBJECTIVES
課程目的
Upon the successful completion of this course, students should:
1. Obtain a global view of the Christian world mission.
2. Gain a biblical basis for the missionary task.
3. Gain knowledge of broad outlines and highlights in missionary history.
4. Be challenged to be active with God on mission.
5. Gain an understanding of the various missiological concepts.
6. Gain knowledge of Southern Baptist initiatives in North American and International missions.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
必備課本
Moreau, Scott A., Gary R. Corwin, and Gary B. McGee. Introducing World Missions: A Biblical Historical and Practical Survey. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2020.
Barnett, Mike and Robin Martin, eds. Discovering the Mission of God: Best Missional Practices for the 21stCentury. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2012.
Corbett, Steve, and Brian Fikkert. When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself. 2nd ed. Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2012.
GRADING
評分
Over the course of the semester, the following evaluation exercises will be used to determine the level of mastery of course content achieved by each class participant:
- Class attendance and participation (20%)
Classes will consist of live discussions as well as pre-recorded lectures. Students should attend and properly prepare to actively participate in live discussion every class.
- Reading (10% + 5% extra-credit)
Students will read select portions of Moreau and Allen. and any additional selected readings. The volume of reading should be between 1000-1200. Students will turn in a reading log at the end of class. Up to 5% extra credit can be earned for reading exceeding 1200 pages (1% per 100 pages).
- Personal Reflection (10%)
Students will write a 2 page response to the class. What did you learn? What did God teach you? How will you apply this class and be missional in your life? - People Group Presentation (10%)
Students will search info, needs, and important aspects of an unreached (or unengaged) people group. These can been found through online resources such as Operation World and Joshua Project, among others. Information on the chosen people group should go beyond these resources. These should be 5-10 minute recorded presentations. People groups should not overlap with other students and can be chosen the first or second week.
- Teaching Project(25%)
Students can choose from one of the following projects (2-5 pages):
- Outline of a sermon or bible study around a bible passage related to mission – the sermon should be between 15-30 minutes long / A bible study should be between 30 – 60 minutes long among a small group (4-10) of believers. (10% Extra credit for a recorded submission of the sermon / bible study)
- Mission history project – Student will write a paper describing how the gospel reaches a particular people group / country at a particular historic period. Example: “Missionaries in Japan in the 19th Century”, “Nestorian Christianity during the Tang Dynasty in China”
- Biograph of a missionary – Students will identify a missionary and write a biography and summary of their mission.
Example Missionaries:
Amy Carmichael Jackie Pullinger Corrie ten Boom
David Brainerd Brother Andrew Heidi Baker
William Carey Bruce Olson Ida Scudder
Adoniram Judson Don Richardson John Paton
Mary Slessor Billy Graham Raymond Lull
Lottie Moon Sadhu Sundar Singh John Sung (宋尚節)
Hudson Taylor K.P. Yohannan Watchman Nee (倪柝聲)
Robert Moffatt Samuel Escobar Wang Zhiming (王志明)
Gladys Aylward Helen Roseveare Samuel Lamb (林獻羔)
Count Zinzendorf Elisabeth Elliot Jim Elliot
- Missions project (25%) (5 pages paper or 10 minutes recorded presentation)
Missionas projects are research projects of mission ministry in contemporary contexts. Students will pick one of two options:- Students will investigate their local setting (neighborhood, city, state, province, country). They will identify a people group different than their own. They will identify businesses, community aspects, cultural qualities, language, religion, and recreational elements for the group. Students should seek to speak to a person from this group to learn more (if possible). Then students will prepare a missional strategy assessment on potential ways for the student and their church to reach the people group with the Gospel.
- Students will study an active missionary or mission organization. They should conduct interview with the missionary, study the context and methods of their missions, understand their needs and challenges, and provide practical suggestions for ways to extend their missions.
Semester Grades
Participation 20%
Reading 10%
Reflection 10%
People Group 10%
Teaching Project 25%
Missions Project 25%
Total 100%
GRADING SCALE
評分等級
| A | A- | |
| 94-100 | 90-93 | |
| B+ | B | B- |
| 87-89 | 84-86 | 80-83 |
| C+ | C | C- |
| 77-79 | 74-76 | 70-73 |
| D+ | D | D- |
| 67-69 | 64-66 | 60-63 |
| F | ||
| 0-59 |
LECTURES AND ASSIGNMENTS
講座與作業
| Week | Lectures & Assignments | |
| 1 | Introduction to the Course Overview of missions Definitions, Why missions? of missions | Moreau: chapter 1 Barnett: Intro, chapter 3 |
| 2 | Survey of Biblical & Theological foundations | Moreau: chapter 2-5 Barnett: chapter 1-5 |
| 3 | Survey of History of Missions & Movements | Moreau: chapter 6-8, 17, 19 Barnett: chapter 11-17 |
| 4 | Missions and Worldviews, Missions and Cultures Teaching project DUE | Moreau: chapter 14, 16, 18 Barnett: chapter 18-22 |
| 5 | Missions among the Diaspora | [assigned online resources] |
| 6 | Missions, Language, Technologies, and the Missionary | Moreau: chapter 9-13 Barnett: chapter 6-10 |
| 7 | Mission and Social Justice | [assigned online resources] |
| 8 | Missions & Religions: Contextualization People Group Project and presentation DUE | Barnett: chapter 23-27 |
| 9 | Church Planting | Barnett: chapter 28-33 |
| 10 | Mission in the Developing World | Corbett: chapters 1,2,4,5,7 |
| 11 | Mobilizing the local church Missions Project DUE | Moreau: chapter 15 Barnett: chapter 34-38 |
| 12 | Mobilizing the local church Reading Log DUE Personal Reflection DUE | Moreau: chapter 15 Barnett: chapter 34-38 |
REFERENCE RESOURCES
參考資源
Adamson, David. MetaChurch: How to Use Digital Ministry to Reach People and Make Disciples. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2023.
Allen, Roland. Spontaneous Expansion of the Church: And the Causes Which Hinder It. CreateSpace, 2018.
Anderson, Justice. “William Carey: a bi-centennial tribute.” Southwestern Journal of Theology 35, no 1 (Fall 1992).
Banerjee, Abhijit V., and Esther Duflo. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty. New York: PublicAffairs, 2011.
Barrett, David B. and Todd M. Johnson. World Christian Trends AD30-AD2200. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 2001.
Bergquist, Linda and Allan Karr. Church Turned Inside Out: A Guide for Designers, Refiners, and Re-Aligners. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.
Carey, William. An Enquiry into the Obligation of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathen. 1792. [https://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/enquiry/anenquiry.pdf]
Hesselgrave, David. Paradigms in Conflict: 10 Key Questions in Christian Missions Today. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2005.
Hunter, George G. Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West . . .Again. Revised ed. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2010.
Kostenberger, Andreas J. and T. Desmond Alexander. Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: A Biblical Theology of Missions. 2nd ed. New Studies in Biblical Theology, vol. 53. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2020.
Moreau, A. Scott, ed. Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.
Piper, John. Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2010.
Wright, Christopher J.H. The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2018.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
精選參考書目
Allen, Roland. Missionary Methods, St. Paul’s or Ours? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.
Allen, Roland. Spontaneous Expansion of the Church: And the Causes Which Hinder It. CreateSpace, 2018.
Anthony, Michael J., ed. The Short Term Missions Boom. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1994.
Ashford, Bruce, ed. Theology and Practice of Mission: God, the Church, and the Nations.
Nashville: B&H, 2011.
Banerjee, Abhijit V., and Esther Duflo. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty. New York: PublicAffairs, 2011.
Beaver, R. Pearce, et al., eds. Eerdmans’ Handbook to the World’s Religions. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
Bosch, David. Transforming Mission-Paradigm Shift in Theology of Mission. New York: Orbis Books, 1991.
Crawley, Winston. Global Mission—A Story to Tell. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1985.
Engel, James F. and William A. Dyrness. Changing the Mind of Missions. Downers Grove: IVP, 2000.
Estep, William R. Whole Gospel—Whole World. Nashville: B&H, 1994.
Garrison, David. Church Planting Movements. Bangalore: WIGTake Resources, 2004.
Glenny, W. Edward and William H. Smallman, eds. Missions in a New Millennium. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2000.
Guthrie, Stan. Missions in the Third Millennium. Waynesboro: Paternoster, 2000.
Hardin, Daniel C. The Paul and Barnabas Syndrome. Fort Worth, TX: Star Bible, 1991.
Hedlund, Roger. The Mission of the Church in the World. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1991.
Heibert, Paul G. Anthropological Insights for Missionaries. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 1985.
Heibert, Paul G. and Eloise Hiebert Meneses. Incarnational Ministry. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1995.
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Jenkins, Phillip. The Next Christendom. Oxford University Press, 2002.
Johnston, Patrick and Jason Mandryk. One World. London: Bethany House, 2001.
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Kane, J. Herbert. Understanding Christian Missions. 4th ed.Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1986.
Kraft, Charles. Anthropology for Christian Witness. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1996
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Kostenberger, Andreas J. and Peter T. O’Brien. Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: A
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