COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course explores two distinct yet interrelated issues; God’s mission and His purpose for His creation, and how Disciples of Jesus Christ can effectively partner with God in fulfilling His missions. The course will lay a Biblical and sound foundation for Missions work. It will discuss appropriate strategies and methods that can be employed in Missions work which uphold integrity of the Gospel and take into consideration the human component of a believer who works with God.
This course is structured to prepare students for cross cultural missions, to bring the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to unreached people and plant strong churches that will grow and multiply
RATIONALE
Every believer, Pastors and other ministers of the Gospel are aware of the importance of the great commission, but few even preach about it let alone become involved in world evangelization.
There’s a prevailing mindset about mission’s work being the responsibility of only “missionaries” who have been trained and are qualified to do it; yet every believer has been called by our Lord Jesus to be a missionary, hence the Great Commission. Therefore, every believer can do Missions work. That said, there is wisdom in building the capacity of believers and pastors to be more effective missionaries through learning and training.
PREREQUISITTES: None
Course Features
- Lectures 19
- Quiz 0
- Duration 6 Weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 9
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
- 7 Sections
- 19 Lessons
- 6 Weeks
- Section 13
- Week 1Students will learn about God’s vision for the Nations, the crucial role of Prayer in World Evangelization, the importance of setting right priorities for life and why Administrative skills are necessary for Missional work.3
- Week 2This module focuses on personal preparation for Missions, time management, organizing a simple Missionary activity, administrative concepts and skills for managing people, finances and problem solving.2
- Week 3This module focuses on cultural contexts of Mission and why knowing/understanding the culture of the people is vital for reaching them in the Gospel. It will also cover appreciating diverse cultures, learning local languages and how to communicate effectively with the people.3
- Week 4Module 4 centers on the role of bounding as an essential foundation for Evangelization, Missions strategies and principles, the eight roles of the Missionary, church planting and multiplying strategies and planting of indigenous churches.3
- Week 5Module 5 discusses strategies for starting church planting movement for the multiplication of churches, the Patterson church concept for church panting movement, factors, the China church planting movement and how it can be replicated in our own Mission fields.3
- Week 6For Module 6, students are expected to visit any Missions field of their choice for a short-term Missions experience, keep a detailed log book (with pictures) of his/her experience (activities, problems, temptations, challenges and testimonies). The student must set personal goals for this Missions experience and document them. At the end of the short-term visit, the student must assess and document whether these goals were met and give reasons why they were not. The Log book must be duly signed and certified by the supervising missionary.2
