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THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF URBAN POOR CHURCHPLANTING |
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Lectures will be taken from among the following titles. The selection will be determined after interaction with the first day's class. |
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Required Readings |
Supplementary Readings |
Activity/ Handouts (to be reviewed) |
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Each day will include stories from class members, and a focus on
context, theology and practice.
These readings are meant to assist
not burden you down. All readings are on the CD |
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Browse means rapid browse of headings, titles, key ideas, not read
in detail or you will never sleep
Read means read quickly and put entry into log |
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Pre-Course |
Browse
Viv, Companion to the Poor, USA: Authentic, 2004,
(on CD)
or Grigg, Viv Cry of the Urban Poor, USA: Authentic, 2004 .
(on CD)
Browse Glasser, Arthur, Charles van Engen & Gilliland, Dean. (2003).
Announcing the Kingdom. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. |
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First Saturday |
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1 |
Introduction to Course |
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Davey, C. J. (1960). Kagawa of Japan. Across the
Death-Line. London, Camelot Press: 56-69. |
Expectations of Course Profile |
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The Frontier That Moved! |
Cry chap 1 |
Grigg Viv,
Squatters, URBAN MISSION, Vol.6/ no.5 May, 1989,
pp 41-50. |
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From Genesis to Revelations: Kingdom as Framework |
Snyder, H. (1985).
The Age of Jubilee. A Kingdom Manifesto:
68-76. |
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Start reading log |
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Kingdom, Society and Holism;
Kingdom and Mission
Discussion of Assignment 1 |
Myers, Bryant (1999)
Walking with
the Poor, New York, NY: Orbis Books, Maryknoll pp. 46-56 |
Browse Glasser, Arthur, Charles van Engen & Gilliland, Dean. (2003).
Announcing the Kingdom. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. |
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Set up weekend visit to
slum community |
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First Sunday
Monday |
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If not yet done, attend a poor people's church service. Report
second day of class |
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Proclamation as Kingdom
Focus Among the Poor
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Cry, chaps 9,10,11 |
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The Four Seasons of
Growth: Poor People's Ecclesiology
Discipling Structures for Squatter Churches
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Cry chap 13 |
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*Hand in report on
Squatter Church Worship Service |
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Causes of Poverty
or Sociological Analysis of Poverty in the Slums Who are the poor of your
city? or The Urban Context: Nature of Urbanization Theories of Slum Emergence
(These topic may be integrated with one of the other courses) |
Cry chap 3
Cry chap 4 |
Cry chap 2,5
Browse Child of the Dark, Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus
Gunnar Myrdal, Asian Drama
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Soto, H. (1989a). Informal Housing (J. Abbott, Trans.), The Other Path (pp. 17-57). New York:
Harper & Row.
Jocano, F. L. (1975). Round-the-Clock Activities. Slum as a
Way of Life. Quezon City, New Day Publishers: 33-50.
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*Find one analysis of who are the poor in the city. Contribute
it to the integrated report of the class. |
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Who Are the Poor? Biblical Reflections on Causes and Responses to Poverty |
Companion chap 3 |
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9 |
Developing a Work Plan for Evangelism |
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Tuesday |
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10 |
Church Growth in the Slums: The Church in the Slums |
Cry chap 6,7 |
Browse Part 1 ,
Schwartz, Christian A. (2003). Natural Church Development.
D-25924 Emmesbull, Germany: C & P Publishing. |
Pass in topic for assignment 1 |
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The Four Seasons of
Growth II: Analysing Case Studies,
Initial Design of a Workplan |
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Developing a Work Plan
for Each Season of Growth.
Discussion of Assignment 2 |
Hesselgrave, D. J. (1980).
Planting Churches Cross-Culturally;
A Guide for Home and Foreign Missions. The Believers Congregated. Grand
Rapids, Michigan, Baker Books: 269-301.
Phillips, K. (1996).
Out of Ashes. The Middle Years:
Christian Nurture. Los Angeles, World Impact Press: 87-94.
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Squatter Culture and the Church
Anthropology of Squatter Churches |
Cry 15, 16.
Lewis, Oscar
(1966). "The Culture of Poverty." Scientific
American, 215(4), 3-9. |
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Theologies of Incarnation |
Prior to Class read The Story of Zachery Baumkletterer
Browse the Incarnation case studies on the CD |
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*Rewrite
with your spouse your version of the
Lifestyles and Values of Servants (do
3 sections that are most useful for you) |
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Practical Issues in Incarnation |
Brewster, E. T. B. E. S. (1982).
Bonding and the Missionary
Task. Pasadena, CA, Lingua House. |
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Wednesday |
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The Poor and Poverty
a.In the Message of Jesus b. In the Church of 1st Century |
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Browse Julio de Santa Ana,
Good News for the Poor |
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Intro to reaching Gangs, Drug Addicts and Prostitutes in the Slum Church
12 StepsIntro to Reaching Street Children |
Eding, G. F. (1988).
Drug Addiction and Prostitution, Urban
Ministry in Asia
(Vol. 198-207): Asia Theological Association
Patricia Green, Impact of Sexual
Exploitation on Children. In Kilbourn & McDermid,
Sexually Exploited Children |
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Pass in reading log Pray through the twelve steps with your
husband or wife concerning sin in your own life. |
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Pastoring the Poor |
Cry 14 |
Browse Ellison and Maynard,
Healing the City |
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Squatter Economics |
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Browse
Santos, Milton. (1979). The Shared Space (trans from Portuguese,
C. Gerry, Trans.). London and New York: Methuen. |
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Intro to HIV/AIDS care
Intro to Developing Slum
Schools |
Foster, G. (1998). HIV and AIDS: Orphans and Sexual
Vulnerability.
Sexually Exploited Children; Working to Protect and Heal.
P. K. M. McDermid. Monrovia, CA, MARC: 216-232. |
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Kingdom Economics: Old Testament |
Snyder, H. (1985).
The Age of Jubilee.
A Kingdom Manifesto:
68-76. |
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Historical Responses by the Church to the Urban Poor |
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de Santa Ana, J. (1977). Good
News to the Poor. Geneva: WCC.
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Tomorrow pass in topic for assignment 3 with headings, and intro paragraph |
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Thursday |
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Developing a Work Plan III: Teaching Content |
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Phillips, K. (1996).
The Middle Years:
Christian Nurture. Out of Ashes. Los Angeles, World Impact Press: 87-94. |
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Pioneer Pastoring |
Cry chap 14 |
Hesselgrave, D. J. (1980). Planting Churches Cross-Culturally;
A Guide for Home and Foreign Missions.
The Believers Congregated. Grand
Rapids, Michigan, Baker Books: 269-301.
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In preparation for Friday exam, write up an outline of a strategy for
churchplanting in the slums |
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Diaconal Growth: Dealing with Poverty
Cash Flows in an Urban Poor Churchplant |
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Browse
William Booth,
In Darkest England and the Way Out |
Pass in reading log |
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When You Have No Money: Cooperative Economics:
Implications for Slum Churches |
Read Kagawa, Toyohiko,
Brotherhood Economics
Read Companion chap 6 |
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The Role of the Rich Church in Dealing with Poverty
Sahaara Video:
Holistic Churchplanting in Mumbai |
Cry 21 |
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1 Page outline of steps you feel you can take to
bring a rich church in contact with the poor. |
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Leadership for Multiplying Movements |
Cry chap 17,18,19 |
Breen, Mike, (2002). Fivefold Ministries. In The Apostle's Notebook. Eastbourne,
England.
Garrison, D. (2004). What does the Bible Say?
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Planting Movements: How God is Redeeming a Lost World. Midlothian, VA, WIGTake Resources: 199-219. |
Optional: go through Breen's gift analysis |
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Friday |
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Class Presentations 1 |
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Theologies of Community Development
Church Community Development
Practice. |
Companion chap 9,10 Cry chap 20 |
Browse
Paulo Friere, (1986). Pedagogy of the Oppressed
(M. B. Ramos, Trans.). New York:
Continuum.
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Browse Hanks, Thomas. (1984).
Basic Old Testament Vocabulary of Oppression.
God So Loved the Third World. Maryknoll, Orbis Books. |
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Development of a Plan for training a team. Discussion of Assignment
3. |
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Identify 5-8 people to
train. |
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Development of Leaders
Based on Spiritual Gifting |
Cry 18 |
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Theologies of Suffering |
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Browse Elsa Tamez Bible of the Oppressed |
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Theology of
Justice
Church & Land Rights Struggles |
Grigg, Viv, 2006,
Biblical Reflection on Land
and Land Rights, Auckland, Urban Leadership Foundation.
Companion 11 |
Browse
Land Rights Reader
Browse Hollnsteiner, Community Organization Among the Rural Poor |
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Additional Topic |
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Saturday |
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Class Presentations 2 |
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Final Exam |
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Done in class |
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38-39 |
Integration/Evaluation/Prayer |
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Evaluation discussion and
fill in form |
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Post class |
Ongoing practical work and assignments |
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Papers and final reading log due dates: ____
pass in to registrar. |
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